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Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
The bridge in 2013
Coordinates42°21′15″N 71°04′12″W / 42.354127°N 71.069915°W / 42.354127; -71.069915
LocaleBoston Public Garden
History
ArchitectWilliam G. Preston
Engineering design byClemens Herschel
Opened1867
Location
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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]

  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.

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