Longfellow Bridge

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bridge granite bridge historic place road-rail bridge steel bridge

Longfellow Bridge is a historic steel and granite bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, known for carrying road and rail traffic between Boston and Cambridge across the Charles River.

Aliases (1)

Longfellow Bridge, Boston–Cambridge ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bridge → granite bridge → historic place → road-rail bridge → steel bridge →
alsoKnownAs	Salt-and-Pepper Bridge →
carries	MBTA Red Line → Massachusetts Route 28 → Massachusetts Route 3 → rail traffic → road traffic →
connects	Boston → Cambridge →
constructionStartDate	1900 →
crosses	Charles River →
crossesAt	between Beacon Hill and Kendall Square →
hasArchitecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts elements →
hasDesign	arch bridge → viaduct →
hasFeature	granite piers → ornamental towers → steel arches →
hasLength	about 1,767 feet →
hasNicknameOrigin	towers resemble salt and pepper shakers →
hasNumberOfSpans	11 →
hasRailConfiguration	two Red Line tracks →
hasTowers	4 →
hasTrafficDirection	bidirectional road traffic →
isNear	Charles River Esplanade → Massachusetts General Hospital →
isOnHistoricRoute	connection between downtown Boston and Cambridge →
isSignificantFor	Boston–Cambridge transportation network →
locatedIn	Boston → Massachusetts → United States →
maintainedBy	Massachusetts Department of Transportation →
material	granite → steel →
name	Longfellow Bridge →
namedAfter	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow →
opened	1906 →
partOf	Charles River crossings in Boston →
replaced	West Boston Bridge →
underwentMajorRehabilitation	2013–2018 →
usedBy	bicycles → motor vehicles → pedestrians → subway trains →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Storrow Drive →	crossesUnder
Charles River →	hasBridge
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ("Longfellow Bridge, Boston–Cambridge") →	hasMonument
Charles/MGH →	locatedOn
Longfellow Bridge →	name