Boston University Bridge

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The Boston University bridge and Grand Junction Railroad bridge, seen from the Boston side looking upstream.
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The Boston University bridge and Grand Junction Railroad bridge, seen from the Boston side looking upstream.

The Boston University Bridge, originally the Cottage Farm Bridge, is a bridge carrying Route 2 over the Charles River connecting Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is named for Boston University, which lies at the south end of the bridge.

The bridge crosses diagonally over an older bridge carrying the CSX Transportation Grand Junction Line.

During the period of planning for the Inner Belt, the BU Bridge represented the planned crossing point of the highway from Boston to Cambridge. Several plans were discussed for the area; had the road been built over the river, the bridge would have been demolished and replaced with a high-level highway overpass, while if the road had been built as a tunnel, the bridge would have been left standing as a crossing for surface route traffic.