Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge

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Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
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The bridge in 2013
Coordinates 42°21′15″N71°04′12″W / 42.354127°N 71.069915°W / 42.354127; -71.069915
Locale Boston Public Garden
History
Architect William G. Preston
Engineering design by Clemens Herschel
Opened1867
Location
Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge

The Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge is a pedestrian bridge crossing the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Description and history

Built in 1867, it was the world's shortest functioning suspension bridge before its conversion to a girder bridge in 1921. [1]

A plaque reads, "Public Garden / Foot Bridge / Opened June 1, 1867 / Designers / Clemens Herschel, Civil Engineer / 1842 - 1930 / William G. Preston, Architect / 1842 - 1910 / Tablet Placed June 1, 1936 / Boston Society of Civil Engineers". [2]

The bridge is surrounded with "a horticultural effusion of specimen trees and carpet bedding (...) replacing a private effort to create a horticultural garden on the site of ropewalks that had been destroyed by fire". [3]

The route of the Swan Boats passes under the bridge.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bridge under construction on Stuart Street - Boston Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29.
  2. ↑ "Boston Garden Foot Bridge - 1867 - Boston, MA". Waymarking. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ Keith N. Morgan, "Boston Public Garden", Boston, Massachusetts, SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012 - Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press.
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