Anderson Memorial Bridge
42,369 - 71.12312Koordinaten: 42 ° 22 ' 8.4 " N, 71 ° 7' 23.2 " W
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Predecessor building: Great Bridge ( 1662)
The Anderson Memorial Bridge ( commonly, but incorrectly as Larz Anderson Bridge called ) is an arch bridge in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, joining the Boston's Allston Cambridge. The building is located at the place where previously stood in 1662 built Great Bridge, which spanned the Charles River as the first bridge. Today, completed in 1915, the bridge carries traffic from Boston from the North Harvard Street on the John F. Kennedy Street to Harvard Square in Cambridge.
Name
It is often assumed that the bridge was named after the businessman and diplomat Larz Anderson. It was actually built by him, but as a memorial to his father Nicholas Longworth Anderson. For construction of the bridge used Larz Anderson a part of the family fortune of his wife Isabel Weld Perkins. The Metropolitan Park Commission wrote in 1913:
" The Anderson Memorial Bridge replaces the inadequate, old wooden draw bridge Which for many years had marked the former condition of the banks of the Charles River. The new bridge which made possible by the gift of the Honorable Larz Anderson as a memorial to his father, a gallant general of the United States Army, Nicholas Longworth Anderson, renowned for his part in the American Civil War. "
" The Anderson Memorial Bridge replaced the old, inadequate, wooden drawbridge, which marked the former course of the banks of the Charles River for many years. The new bridge was made possible by the gift of the Honorable Larz Anderson, so his father Nicholas Longworth Anderson, a gallant general of the United States Army and fighters in the American Civil War, a memorial to. "
Planning
The bridge was designed by the architectural firm Wheelwright, Haven and Hoyt and under the responsibility of the chief engineer of the Metropolitan District Commission, John R. Rablin, completed.
Rehabilitation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has begun in the spring of 2012 as part of its Accelerated Bridge Program with the renovation of the Anderson Memorial Bridge. As part of the work, the sheets are repaired and replaced the bridge railings, sidewalks, lighting and pavement. The cost of the renovation is estimated at 19.9 million U.S. dollars. The end of construction is planned for late 2014.
Properties
The Anderson Memorial Bridge is made of reinforced concrete, which is covered with red bricks. The walls are prepared so that they create the illusion of roughly hewn stone. The bridge was built in the style of Georgian architecture, but also has influences of classicism. This combination connects the building to the other, the Charles River spanning bridges, and with the nearby buildings of Harvard University.
Right next to the bridge is the university belonging Weld Boathouse, which is why the bridge " has sufficiently high arches, to allow the passage of all types of pleasure boats ." The boat house, but also a part of the cost of the bridge were financed from the posthumous heir of industrialist William Fletcher Weld, who was a major commercial success in the 19th century.