Arch bridge (reinforced concrete and structural steel)
Total length
1,700 feet (520 m)[1]
No. of spans
12
History
Construction start
June 20, 1907[1]
Opened
June 1, 1912[2]
Location
The Lechmere Viaduct is a concrete arch bridge connecting the West End neighborhood of Boston to East Cambridge, Massachusetts. Opened in 1912, the viaduct carries the MBTA's Green Line over the Charles River. It is adjacent to the Charles River Dam Bridge, but structurally separate.
^ ab"STATE AND CITY OFFICIALS INSPECT NEW ELEVATED: East Cambridge Extension For Surface Cars Will Reduce Running Time From North Station to Three Minutes". Boston Globe. May 28, 1912. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O.R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 39–49. ISBN 0938315048.
The LechmereViaduct is a concrete arch bridge connecting the West End neighborhood of Boston to East Cambridge, Massachusetts. Opened in 1912, the viaduct...
through Lechmere Square began around 1861, using the Craigie Bridge to reach Boston, and was electrified in the 1890s. The LechmereViaduct was opened...
north end of the LechmereViaduct, where the former ground-level Lechmere station was replaced by an elevated station on an extended viaduct. Two branches...
and then turned northwest above Lowell Street, before joining the LechmereViaduct at Leverett Circle. It was a two-track structure on steel girders,...
North Station via the Tremont Street subway. It then follows the LechmereViaduct to Lechmere, then the Medford Branch to Medford/Tufts. As of February 2023[update]...
(Charles River Dam Road at this location) next to the Green Line's LechmereViaduct. The Museum of Science is located on the dam and nearby piers. Charles...
an incline to reconnect to the LechmereViaduct. The final section of elevated, between the LechmereViaduct and Lechmere station, was closed in 2020 for...
: 19 On June 1, 1912, the Causeway Street elevated (which led to the LechmereViaduct) was connected to the outer tracks at the incline. After route 93 was...
onlinepubs.trb.org. Retrieved 2021-02-23. Daniel, Mac (11 November 2005). "Lechmere, Science Park stations reopen". Boston.com. Archived from the original...
relocated into a tunnel with an incline to reconnect to the LechmereViaduct. The LechmereViaduct and a short section of steel-framed elevated at its northern...
classic elevated structures are the Green Line's LechmereViaduct, including the Science Park and Lechmere stations, and a short segment of the Red Line...
Lechmere Warehouse was a railroad stop in Woburn, Massachusetts. It served the Lowell Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system. The station, located in northwestern...
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital (original Spaulding building) LechmereViaduct Mugar Omni Theater Museum of Science (Boston) Nashua Street Jail List...
Alpes-Maritimes of France. June 1 – The first streetcars cross the new LechmereViaduct and run on the Causeway Street Elevated line in revenue service in...
after 30 years running to Lechmere, the line was cut back to North Station (except Sundays). It was extended back to Lechmere on March 25, 1967; Saturday...
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