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Western Avenue Bridge

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Crosses
  
Charles River

Address
  
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Location
  
Cambridge

Body of water
  
Charles River

Design
  
arch bridge

Opened
  
1924

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge

Western Avenue Bridge

Carries
  
west-bound traffic on Western Avenue

Locale
  
Cambridge, Massachusetts to Allston, Boston, Massachusetts

Maintained by
  
Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Similar
  
River Street Bridge, Anderson Memorial Bridge, Eliot Bridge, John W Weeks Bridge, Arsenal Street Bridge

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The Western Avenue Bridge is a bridge carrying Western Avenue over the Charles River between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Allston, Boston. It was built in 1924 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission.

Contents

The bridge carries one-way traffic going west, into Allston. Eastbound traffic must take the nearby River Street Bridge.

Western avenue bridge and river street bridge traffic simulation pm peak hour


History

The original bridge on the site was the River Street Bridge (not to be confused with the modern River Street Bridge just down the river) constructed in 1824.

References

Western Avenue Bridge Wikipedia