List of crossings of the Charles River

List of crossings of the Charles River
"Charles River Bridge" redirects here; see below for the historic structures or Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge for the lawsuit.
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

This is a list of the crossings of the Charles River from its mouth at Boston Harbor upstream to its source at Echo Lake. All locations are in Massachusetts.

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Crossing Carries Location Built Notes Coordinates
ferry (historical) Boston to Charlestown 1630 Operated by various private individuals under colonial sanction, then Harvard College in 1640. Obsoleted by Charles River Bridge, at the same location.[1]
Charlestown Bridge (Charles River Bridge) MA Route 99.svg Rt. 99 1786 (Charles River Bridge), 1900 42°22′08″N 71°03′36″W / 42.36889°N 71.06°W / 42.36889; -71.06 (Charlestown Bridge)
Charles River Dam pedestrians and bicycles 1978 Fish ladder, pumps and three locks for navigation. Constructed on the site of the Warren Bridge. 42°22′07″N 71°03′41.10″W / 42.36861°N 71.061417°W / 42.36861; -71.061417 (Charles River locks)
Warren Bridge 1828 Demolished in 1962.
Charlestown High Bridge I-93.svg I-93
US 1.svg US 1		 1956 Demolished in 2004.
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge I-93.svg I-93
US 1.svg US 1		 2003 42°22′08″N 71°03′49″W / 42.36889°N 71.06361°W / 42.36889; -71.06361 (Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge)
MBTA Orange Line Haymarket North Extension (tunnel) MBTA Orange Line 1975
Leverett Circle Connector Bridge Boston to Cambridge 1999 42°22′08″N 71°03′52″W / 42.36889°N 71.06444°W / 42.36889; -71.06444 (Leverett Circle Connector Bridge)
MBTA Commuter Rail Charles River Bridge (aka "bascule bridge") MBTA Commuter Rail at North Station 1931 42°22′8.29″N 71°03′54.96″W / 42.3689694°N 71.0652667°W / 42.3689694; -71.0652667 (MBTA Commuter Rail)
Boston and Lowell Railroad Charles River Bridge (removed) 1835 first movable railroad bridge in the United States [1]
MBTA Green Line Lechmere Viaduct MBTA Green Line 1912 42°22′2.32″N 71°04′8.29″W / 42.3673111°N 71.0689694°W / 42.3673111; -71.0689694 (MBTA Green Line)
Charles River Dam Bridge MA Route 28.svg Rt. 28 1910 42°22′01.66″N 71°04′08.87″W / 42.3671278°N 71.0691306°W / 42.3671278; -71.0691306 (Charles River Dam Bridge)
Longfellow Bridge MA Route 3.svg Rt. 3
MBTA Red Line		 1793 (West Boston Bridge), 1907 MBTA Red Line in median; built in 1907 as the Cambridge Bridge, renamed for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1927. 42°21′41″N 71°04′32″W / 42.36139°N 71.07556°W / 42.36139; -71.07556 (Longfellow Bridge)
Harvard Bridge MA Route 2A.svg Rt. 2A (Massachusetts Avenue 1891, 1909 (rebuilt), 1924 (overhaul), 1990 (rebuilt) Longest bridge over the Charles. Northern terminus at MIT, not Harvard University. 42°21′15″N 71°05′28″W / 42.35417°N 71.09111°W / 42.35417; -71.09111 (Harvard Bridge)
Boston University Bridge (built as the Cottage Farm Bridge) MA Route 2.svg Rt. 2 1928 renamed in 1949 42°21′09.12″N 71°06′38.26″W / 42.3525333°N 71.1106278°W / 42.3525333; -71.1106278 (Boston University Bridge)
Grand Junction Railroad bridge MBTA Grand Junction Branch crosses the river under the Boston University Bridge 42°21′09.69″N 71°06′36.72″W / 42.3526917°N 71.1102°W / 42.3526917; -71.1102 (Grand Junction Railroad bridge)
River Street Bridge 1926 42°21′41″N 71°07′00″W / 42.36139°N 71.1166667°W / 42.36139; -71.1166667 (River Street Bridge)
Western Avenue Bridge 1924 42°21′51.25″N 71°07′01.13″W / 42.3642361°N 71.1169806°W / 42.3642361; -71.1169806 (Western Avenue Bridge)
John W. Weeks Bridge pedestrians 1926 the only pedestrian bridge across the basin, with a Harvard campus steam tunnel inside 42°22′6.63″N 71°07′05.26″W / 42.3685083°N 71.1181278°W / 42.3685083; -71.1181278 (John W. Weeks Bridge)
ferry (historical) at the foot of Dunster Street in Cambridge, at canal/creek;[2] 1635 Obsoleted by Great Bridge[3]
Anderson Memorial Bridge (Great Bridge) N. Harvard Street/JFK Street 1662 (Great Bridge), 1862 (rebuilt), 1912 (Anderson Memorial Bridge) a memorial to Nicholas Longworth Anderson donated by his son Larz Anderson 42°22′08″N 71°07′23″W / 42.36889°N 71.12306°W / 42.36889; -71.12306 (Anderson Memorial Bridge)
Eliot Bridge 1950 a memorial to Charles W. Eliot, Harvard president 1869–1909, and his son Charles Eliot, landscape architect for the Metropolitan Park Commission 42°22′18″N 71°07′59″W / 42.37167°N 71.13306°W / 42.37167; -71.13306 (Eliot Bridge)
Arsenal Street Bridge Brighton to Watertown 1925 42°21′42″N 71°08′50″W / 42.36167°N 71.14722°W / 42.36167; -71.14722 (Arsenal Street Bridge)
North Beacon Street Bridge US 20.svg US 20 1917 42°21′32″N 71°09′42″W / 42.35889°N 71.16167°W / 42.35889; -71.16167 (North Beacon Street Bridge)
Watertown Bridge MA Route 16.svg Rt. 16 Galen Street Watertown about 1907 42°21′53″N 71°11′08″W / 42.36472°N 71.18556°W / 42.36472; -71.18556 (Watertown Bridge)
Watertown Dam about 1634 42°21′55.27″N 71°11′21.34″W / 42.3653528°N 71.1892611°W / 42.3653528; -71.1892611 (Watertown Dam)
Cpl. Joseph U. Thompson Footbridge 42°21′54.39″N 71°11′24.97″W / 42.3651083°N 71.1902694°W / 42.3651083; -71.1902694 (Pedestrian bridge)
Bridge Street Newton to Watertown 42°21′56.87″N 71°12′15.96″W / 42.3657972°N 71.2044333°W / 42.3657972; -71.2044333 (Bridge Street)
Bemis Dam (breached) 1821 breached 1944 42°21′56.58″N 71°12′17.92″W / 42.3657167°N 71.2049778°W / 42.3657167; -71.2049778 (Bemis Dam)
Blue Heron Footbridge pedestrians and bicycles 2005 42°21′53.33″N 71°12′45.85″W / 42.3648139°N 71.2127361°W / 42.3648139; -71.2127361 (Blue Heron Footbridge)
Farwell Street Waltham 42°22′51.47″N 71°13′5.12″W / 42.3809639°N 71.2180889°W / 42.3809639; -71.2180889 (Farwell Street)
Bleachery Dam (originally Gore Paper Mill dam) 1794 42°22′8.83″N 71°13′22.74″W / 42.3691194°N 71.2229833°W / 42.3691194; -71.2229833 (Bleachery Dam)
Mary T. Early Footbridge (formerly Calvary Street Footbridge) 42°22′10.74″N 71°13′25.94″W / 42.36965°N 71.2238722°W / 42.36965; -71.2238722 (Mary T. Early Footbridge)
Boston & Maine Railroad trestle (abandoned) abandoned Watertown Branch 42°22′11.11″N 71°13′26.29″W / 42.3697528°N 71.2239694°W / 42.3697528; -71.2239694 (Boston & Maine Railroad)
Charles F. Graceffa Bridge (Newton Street) (original built 1761) 42°22′21.10″N 71°13′43.51″W / 42.372528°N 71.2287528°W / 42.372528; -71.2287528 (Newton Street)
Elm Street Bridge 42°22′22.87″N 71°13′57.19″W / 42.3730194°N 71.2325528°W / 42.3730194; -71.2325528 (Elm Street)
Boston & Maine Railroad trestle (abandoned) abandoned Watertown Branch 42°22′22.21″N 71°13′59.12″W / 42.3728361°N 71.2330889°W / 42.3728361; -71.2330889 (Boston & Maine Railroad)
Richard Landry Park footbridge 1978 42°22′20.59″N 71°14′5.95″W / 42.3723861°N 71.2349861°W / 42.3723861; -71.2349861 (Richard Landry Park footbridge)
Waltham Dam or Moody Street Dam (original Eden Vale dam built 1785) 1836 42°22′22.87″N 71°14′10.24″W / 42.3730194°N 71.2361778°W / 42.3730194; -71.2361778 (Moody Street Dam)
Moody Street bridge (original built 1846, rebuilt 1871, 1921) 1946 42°22′23.61″N 71°14′11.63″W / 42.373225°N 71.2365639°W / 42.373225; -71.2365639 (Moody Street bridge)
Gold Star Mothers Bridge, Prospect Street (drawbridge 1882) 1889 42°22′7.91″N 71°14′36.93″W / 42.3688639°N 71.2435917°W / 42.3688639; -71.2435917 (Gold Star Mothers bridge)
Weston Aqueduct
Commonwealth Avenue, Newton / South Avenue, Weston MA Route 30.svg Rt. 30 Newton to Weston site of old Norumbega Bridge 42°20′38.27″N 71°15′41.01″W / 42.3439639°N 71.2613917°W / 42.3439639; -71.2613917 (Commonwealth Avenue)
MetroWest Tunnel (aqueduct)
I-90/I-95 connector I-90.svg I-90
I-95.svg I-95		 original Mass Pike terminus until 1964 42°20′29.76″N 71°15′42.51″W / 42.3416°N 71.2618083°W / 42.3416; -71.2618083 (I-90 / I-95 connector)
Hultman Aqueduct
Massachusetts Turnpike Boston Extension (Interstate 90) I-90.svg I-90 42°20′27.53″N 71°15′39.42″W / 42.3409806°N 71.26095°W / 42.3409806; -71.26095 (I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike))
I-90/I-95 connector 42°20′27.62″N 71°15′34.98″W / 42.3410056°N 71.2597167°W / 42.3410056; -71.2597167 (I-90 / I-95 connector)
Footbridge from Riverside Rd., Newton to Recreation Rd., Weston (closed) 42°20′28.36″N 71°15′29.73″W / 42.3412111°N 71.2582583°W / 42.3412111; -71.2582583 (Newton / Weston pedestrian bridge)
CSX/MBTA railroad bridge Framingham/Worcester Line impressive single-arch concrete span 42°20′26.45″N 71°15′25.44″W / 42.3406806°N 71.2570667°W / 42.3406806; -71.2570667 (CSX / MBTA railroad bridge)
pedestrian bridge 42°20′24.16″N 71°15′21.39″W / 42.3400444°N 71.2559417°W / 42.3400444; -71.2559417 (pedestrian bridge)
I-95 offramp northbound exits 23–25; originally Route 128 until 1964 42°20′15.466″N 71°15′26.56″W / 42.33762944°N 71.2573778°W / 42.33762944; -71.2573778 (I-95 offramp)
Interstate 95/Route 128 I-95.svg I-95
MA Route 128.svg Rt. 128		 42°20′11.83″N 71°15′31.04″W / 42.3366194°N 71.2586222°W / 42.3366194; -71.2586222 (Interstate 95 / MA-128)
Concord Street, Newton / Park Road, Weston 42°19′50.04″N 71°16′4.53″W / 42.3305667°N 71.267925°W / 42.3305667; -71.267925 (Concord Street, Newton / Park Road, Weston)
Leo J. Martin Golf Club Footbridge Newton to Wellesley 42°19′42.16″N 71°16′12.29″W / 42.3283778°N 71.2700806°W / 42.3283778; -71.2700806 (Leo J. Martin Golf Club Footbridge)
Railroad (former Boston & Albany RR Newton Lower Falls Branch) bridge (abandoned) 42°19′36.34″N 71°15′40.58″W / 42.3267611°N 71.2612722°W / 42.3267611; -71.2612722 (Boston & Albany RR Newton Lower Falls Branch)
Washington Street MA Route 16.svg Rt. 16 42°19′31.15″N 71°15′30.07″W / 42.3253194°N 71.2583528°W / 42.3253194; -71.2583528 (Washington Street (Rt 16))
Finlay Dam 42°19′31.74″N 71°15′15.78″W / 42.3254833°N 71.2543833°W / 42.3254833; -71.2543833 (Finlay Dam)
Cordingly Dam and Falls 42°19′32.91″N 71°15′15.28″W / 42.3258083°N 71.2542444°W / 42.3258083; -71.2542444 (Cordingly Dam and Falls)
Mary Hunnewell Fyffe Footbridge pedestrian bridge[4]
Wales Street, Newton / Walnut Street, Wellesley 42°19′36.39″N 71°15′11.42″W / 42.326775°N 71.2531722°W / 42.326775; -71.2531722 (Wales Street / Walnut Street)
Cochituate Aqueduct 1848 42°19′27.48″N 71°14′59.95″W / 42.3243°N 71.2499861°W / 42.3243; -71.2499861 (Cochituate Aqueduct)
Interstate 95/Route 128 I-95.svg I-95
MA Route 128.svg Rt. 128		 42°19′25.09″N 71°14′57.36″W / 42.3236361°N 71.2492667°W / 42.3236361; -71.2492667 (I-95 / MA-128)
Boston-Worcester Turnpike MA Route 9.svg Rt. 9 42°19′00.5″N 71°13′41.2″W / 42.316806°N 71.228111°W / 42.316806; -71.228111 (Boston-Worcester Turnpike (Rt 9))
Metropolitan Circular Dam
Echo Bridge/Sudbury Aqueduct pedestrians and bicycles 1876 42°18′53.13″N 71°13′37.17″W / 42.3147583°N 71.2269917°W / 42.3147583; -71.2269917 (Echo Bridge / Sudbury Aqueduct)
Silk Mill Dam 42°18′49.76″N 71°13′34.82″W / 42.3138222°N 71.2263389°W / 42.3138222; -71.2263389 (Silk Mill Dam)
Elliot Street, Newton / Central Avenue, Needham Newton to Needham 42°18′44.30″N 71°13′37.37″W / 42.312306°N 71.2270472°W / 42.312306; -71.2270472 (Elliot Street, Newton / Central Avenue, Needham)
rail bridge (former Charles River Railroad) 42°18′26.08″N 71°13′26.32″W / 42.3072444°N 71.2239778°W / 42.3072444; -71.2239778 (rail bridge)
Needham Street Bridge Needham Street, Newton / Highland Avenue, Needham 42°18′23.51″N 71°13′1.02″W / 42.3065306°N 71.21695°W / 42.3065306; -71.21695 (Needham Street, Newton / Highland Avenue, Needham)
rail bridge made pedestrian bridge 42°18′21.65″N 71°12′46.73″W / 42.3060139°N 71.2129806°W / 42.3060139; -71.2129806 (rail bridge made pedestrian bridge)
Kendrick Street, Needham / Nahanton Street, Newton 42°17′49.57″N 71°12′28.12″W / 42.2971028°N 71.2078111°W / 42.2971028; -71.2078111 (Kendrick Street, Needham / Nahanton Street, Newton)
MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line bridge West Roxbury to Needham 42°16′46.17″N 71°11′6.89″W / 42.2794917°N 71.1852472°W / 42.2794917; -71.1852472 (MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line)
Honorable Robert L. Cawley Bridge MA Route 109.svg Rt. 109 West Roxbury to Dedham Connects Boston with Dedham on Route 109 at Bridge Street (Dedham) and Spring Street (West Roxbury) 42°16′15.02″N 71°10′23.90″W / 42.2708389°N 71.173306°W / 42.2708389; -71.173306 (Honorable Robert L. Cawley Bridge)
Ames Street Dedham 42°15′8.61″N 71°10′34.37″W / 42.2523917°N 71.1762139°W / 42.2523917; -71.1762139 (Ames Street)
Bridge Street MA Route 109.svg Rt. 109 42°15′14.85″N 71°10′51.60″W / 42.254125°N 71.181°W / 42.254125; -71.181 (Bridge Street)
Interstate 95/Route 128 I-95.svg I-95
MA Route 128.svg Rt. 128		 Needham to Dedham 42°16′1.96″N 71°12′10.20″W / 42.2672111°N 71.202833°W / 42.2672111; -71.202833 (I-95 / MA-128)
Greendale Avenue, Needham / Lyons Street, Dedham 42°16′1.33″N 71°12′17.42″W / 42.2670361°N 71.2048389°W / 42.2670361; -71.2048389 (Greendale Avenue, Needham / Lyons Street, Dedham)
Route 135 / West Street, Dedham / Dedham Ave, Needham MA Route 135.svg Rt. 135 42°16′3.67″N 71°13′4.89″W / 42.2676861°N 71.218025°W / 42.2676861; -71.218025 (Route 135 / West Street)
Chestnut Street bridge Needham to Dover 42°15′35.40″N 71°14′13.48″W / 42.259833°N 71.2370778°W / 42.259833; -71.2370778 (Chestnut Street bridge)
dam 42°15′31″N 71°15′46.8″W / 42.25861°N 71.263°W / 42.25861; -71.263 (dam)
Willow Street, Dover / South Street, Needham 42°15′32.66″N 71°15′47.26″W / 42.2590722°N 71.2631278°W / 42.2590722; -71.2631278 (Willow Street / South Street)
rail bridge 42°15′26.97″N 71°16′14.26″W / 42.2574917°N 71.2706278°W / 42.2574917; -71.2706278 (rail bridge)
Central Ave/Centre Street bridge 42°15′32.37″N 71°16′17.31″W / 42.2589917°N 71.271475°W / 42.2589917; -71.271475 (Central Ave / Centre Street bridge)
missing bridge? 42°15′48.07″N 71°17′5.55″W / 42.2633528°N 71.284875°W / 42.2633528; -71.284875 (missing bridge?)
Dover Road/Charles River Street bridge 42°16′9.50″N 71°17′59.43″W / 42.269306°N 71.2998417°W / 42.269306; -71.2998417 (Dover Road / Charles River Street bridge)
Cheney Drive bridge 42°16′32.68″N 71°18′34.38″W / 42.2757444°N 71.30955°W / 42.2757444; -71.30955 (Cheney Drive bridge)
Pleasant Street bridge South Natick 42°16′18.13″N 71°18′54.52″W / 42.2717028°N 71.3151444°W / 42.2717028; -71.3151444 (Pleasant Street bridge)
dam 42°16′17.27″N 71°18′56.57″W / 42.2714639°N 71.3157139°W / 42.2714639; -71.3157139 (dam)
pedestrian crossing 42°16′01″N 71°19′16″W / 42.26696°N 71.32112°W / 42.26696; -71.32112 (pedestrian crossing)
Farm Road/Bridge Street bridge 42°13′57.45″N 71°19′48.67″W / 42.232625°N 71.3301861°W / 42.232625; -71.3301861 (Farm Road / Bridge Street bridge)
rail bridge 42°12′53.43″N 71°20′53.79″W / 42.2148417°N 71.348275°W / 42.2148417; -71.348275 (rail bridge)
South Main Street/North Meadows Road bridge MA Route 27.svg Rt. 27 42°12′35.98″N 71°21′6.23″W / 42.2099944°N 71.3517306°W / 42.2099944; -71.3517306 (South Main Street / North Meadows Road bridge)
former bridge? 42°12′28.00″N 71°21′7.20″W / 42.20778°N 71.352°W / 42.20778; -71.352 (former bridge?)
rail bridge 42°11′18.38″N 71°20′3.54″W / 42.1884389°N 71.3343167°W / 42.1884389; -71.3343167 (rail bridge)
Dover Road bridge 42°11′19.41″N 71°19′59.76″W / 42.188725°N 71.3332667°W / 42.188725; -71.3332667 (Dover Road bridge)
Main Street bridge MA Route 109.svg Rt. 109 42°10′52″N 71°19′21.52″W / 42.18111°N 71.3226444°W / 42.18111; -71.3226444 (Main Street bridge)
Forest Road/Orchard Street bridge 42°9′28.26″N 71°19′55.43″W / 42.15785°N 71.3320639°W / 42.15785; -71.3320639 (Forest Road / Orchard Street bridge)
Norfolk Road bridge MA Route 115.svg Rt. 115 42°8′35.80″N 71°20′57.42″W / 42.143278°N 71.3492833°W / 42.143278; -71.3492833 (Norfolk Road bridge)
Dean Street/Pleasant Street bridge 42°8′17.64″N 71°21′31.08″W / 42.1382333°N 71.3586333°W / 42.1382333; -71.3586333 (Dean Street / Pleasant Street bridge)
Myrtle Street bridge 42°8′0.63″N 71°21′42.86″W / 42.1335083°N 71.3619056°W / 42.1335083; -71.3619056 (Myrtle Street bridge)
Walker Street bridge 42°8′24.32″N 71°23′22.39″W / 42.1400889°N 71.3895528°W / 42.1400889; -71.3895528 (Walker Street bridge)
Sanford Street bridge 42°8′17.96″N 71°23′54″W / 42.1383222°N 71.39833°W / 42.1383222; -71.39833 (Sanford Street bridge)
Shaw Street/Elm Street bridge 42°8′11.40″N 71°25′6.72″W / 42.1365°N 71.4185333°W / 42.1365; -71.4185333 (Shaw Street / Elm Street bridge)
Woodland Park bridge 42°8′19.39″N 71°25′18.92″W / 42.1387194°N 71.4219222°W / 42.1387194; -71.4219222 (Woodland Park bridge)
dam 42°8′20.62″N 71°25′27.07″W / 42.1390611°N 71.4241861°W / 42.1390611; -71.4241861 (dam)
Franklin Street / Pond Street bridge 42°8′17.36″N 71°25′51.87″W / 42.1381556°N 71.431075°W / 42.1381556; -71.431075 (Franklin Street / Pond Street bridge)
Pearl Street bridge 42°7′51.52″N 71°26′38.53″W / 42.1309778°N 71.4440361°W / 42.1309778; -71.4440361 (Pearl Street bridge)
Plymouth Road bridge 42°7′22.07″N 71°26′51.69″W / 42.1227972°N 71.4476917°W / 42.1227972; -71.4476917 (Plymouth Road bridge)
Maple Street bridge 42°7′10.32″N 71°27′12.35″W / 42.1195333°N 71.4534306°W / 42.1195333; -71.4534306 (Maple Street bridge)
I-495 bridge (Bellingham/Franklin?) I-495.svg I-495 42°06′27″N 71°27′30″W / 42.1075°N 71.45833°W / 42.1075; -71.45833 (I-495 bridge)
High Street Bellingham 42°5′50.69″N 71°27′33.07″W / 42.0974139°N 71.4591861°W / 42.0974139; -71.4591861 (High Street bridge)
rail bridge (ruin?) 42°5′22.91″N 71°28′13.16″W / 42.0896972°N 71.4703222°W / 42.0896972; -71.4703222 (rail bridge (ruin?))
North Main Street MA Route 126.svg Rt. 126 42°05′39″N 71°28′34″W / 42.09417°N 71.47611°W / 42.09417; -71.47611 (North Main Street)
rail bridge 42°5′39.54″N 71°28′50.71″W / 42.0943167°N 71.4807528°W / 42.0943167; -71.4807528 (rail bridge)
Depot Street 42°5′38.39″N 71°28′55.65″W / 42.0939972°N 71.482125°W / 42.0939972; -71.482125 (Depot Street)
Maple Street 42°6′12.41″N 71°29′59.19″W / 42.1034472°N 71.499775°W / 42.1034472; -71.499775 (Maple Street)
Mellon Street 42°07′0.8″N 71°30′5″W / 42.116889°N 71.50139°W / 42.116889; -71.50139 (Mellon Street)
Howard Street 42°07′5.30″N 71°30′17.88″W / 42.118139°N 71.5049667°W / 42.118139; -71.5049667 (Howard Street)
rail bridge 42°7′7.22″N 71°30′20.97″W / 42.1186722°N 71.505825°W / 42.1186722; -71.505825 (rail bridge)
Howard Street Milford 42°07′32″N 71°30′33″W / 42.12556°N 71.50917°W / 42.12556; -71.50917 (Howard Street)
Central Street 42°08′21″N 71°30′45″W / 42.13917°N 71.5125°W / 42.13917; -71.5125 (Central Street)
Main Street MA Route 16.svg Rt. 16 42°08′37″N 71°30′47″W / 42.14361°N 71.51306°W / 42.14361; -71.51306 (Main Street)
Dilla Street 42°09′41″N 71°30′43″W / 42.16139°N 71.51194°W / 42.16139; -71.51194 (Dilla Street)
I-495 bridge (Exit 20) I-495.svg I-495 42°10′04″N 71°30′41″W / 42.16778°N 71.51139°W / 42.16778; -71.51139 (I-495 bridge)
Route 85 bridge MA Route 85.svg Rt. 85 42°10′26″N 71°30′30″W / 42.17389°N 71.50833°W / 42.17389; -71.50833 (Route 85 bridge)
Route 85 bridge MA Route 85.svg Rt. 85 42°10′55″N 71°30′22″W / 42.18194°N 71.50611°W / 42.18194; -71.50611 (Route 85 bridge)

Source: Echo Lake 42°11′35″N 71°30′43″W / 42.193012°N 71.5119°W / 42.193012; -71.5119 (Echo Lake (river source))

The Eliot Bridge, spanning the Charles River along Pleasant Street, was originally a footbridge built by the Praying Indians in the late 1600s to connect their village with their pastureland.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ http://www.kellscraft.com/EventsBoston/EventsBoston05.html
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