Great Bridge (Cambridge)

Great Bridge (Cambridge)

The Great Bridge over the Charles River connected Cambridge, Massachusetts to Little Cambridge, which was the name for Allston-Brighton before it separated from Cambridge in 1807, first becoming the town of Brighton and finally joining the city of Boston in 1874. The Great Bridge was built in 1660-1662 at what was then called Brighton Street, and was the first bridge to span the Charles. A toll was authorized in 1670, rebuilt in 1862. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=UfrVQjFQBbQC History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 By Lucius Robinson Paige] . p. 195-6]

The Great Bridge was at the site of the modern-day Anderson Memorial Bridge, which today connects John F. Kennedy Street in Cambridge to North Harvard Street in Allston.

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