Western Avenue Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 42°21′51″N 71°07′01″W / 42.36422°N 71.11690°W |
Carries | west-bound traffic on Western Avenue |
Crosses | Charles River |
Locale | Cambridge, Massachusetts to Allston, Boston, Massachusetts |
Maintained by | Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
Characteristics | |
Design | arch bridge |
History | |
Opened | 1924[citation needed] |
Location | |
The Western Avenue Bridge is a bridge carrying Western Avenue over the Charles River between Cambridge and Allston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1924 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission.
The bridge carries one-way traffic going west, into Allston. Eastbound traffic must take the nearby River Street Bridge.