Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
Pedestrian bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
42°21′15″N 71°04′12″W / 42.354127°N 71.069915°W / 42.354127; -71.069915The Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge is a pedestrian bridge crossing the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 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, 2019
- The bridge at night, 2007
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External links
- Media related to Lagoon bridge in the Boston Public Garden at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-76, "Boston Public Garden, Suspension Bridge, Boston Public Garden, Boston, Suffolk County, MA", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page
- Public Garden Footbridge, 1867, cultureNOW
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