Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge

Pedestrian bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge

The bridge in 2013

Coordinates| 42°21′15″N 71°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
Opened| 1867
Location

The 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

## See also[edit]

* Massachusetts portal

* List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Massachusetts

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* 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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