Eliot Bridge

The Eliot Bridge is a bridge over the Charles River between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. It connects Soldiers Field Road in Allston with Gerry's Landing Road, Memorial Drive, Greenough Boulevard, and the Fresh Pond Parkway in Cambridge.

Eliot Bridge
The Eliot Bridge in October 2008
Coordinates42.3718°N 71.1328°W / 42.3718; -71.1328
CrossesCharles River
LocaleCambridge, Massachusetts to Allston
Characteristics
Designarch bridge[1]
History
Construction end1950[2]
Location

The bridge was built in 1950 as a memorial to Charles W. Eliot, Harvard president 1869–1909, and his son Charles Eliot, landscape architect for the Metropolitan Park Commission.

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