| Crossing |
Carries |
Location |
Built |
Notes |
Coordinates |
| Charlestown Bridge |
 Rt. 99 |
Boston to Charlestown |
1786, 1900 |
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42°22′08″N 71°03′36″W / 42.36889, -71.06 (Charlestown Bridge) |
| Charles River Dam |
pedestrians and bicycles |
1978 |
Fish ladder, pumps and three locks for navigation[1] |
42°22′07″N 71°03′41.10″W / 42.36861, -71.0614167 (Charles River locks) |
| Warren Bridge |
|
1828 |
demolished 1962 |
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| Charlestown High Bridge |
 I-93
 US 1 |
1956 |
demolished 2004 |
|
| Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge |
I-93
US 1 |
2003 |
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42°22′08″N 71°03′49″W / 42.36889, -71.06361 (Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge) |
| MBTA Orange Line Haymarket North Extension (tunnel) |
1975 |
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| Leverett Circle Connector Bridge |
|
Boston to Cambridge |
1999 |
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42°22′08″N 71°03′52″W / 42.36889, -71.06444 (Leverett Circle Connector Bridge) |
| MBTA Commuter Rail Charles River Bridge (aka "bascule bridge") |
|
1931 |
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42°22′8.29″N 71°03′54.96″W / 42.3689694, -71.0652667 (MBTA Commuter Rail) |
| Boston and Lowell Railroad Charles River Bridge (removed) |
|
1835 |
first movable railroad bridge in the United States [2] |
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| MBTA Green Line Lechmere Viaduct |
|
1912 |
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42°22′2.32″N 71°04′8.29″W / 42.3673111, -71.0689694 (MBTA Green Line) |
| Charles River Dam Bridge |
 Rt. 28 |
1910 |
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42°22′01.66″N 71°04′08.87″W / 42.3671278, -71.0691306 (Charles River Dam Bridge) |
| Longfellow Bridge |
 Rt. 3 |
1907 |
built on site of West Boston Bridge of 1793; MBTA Red Line in median; built as the Cambridge Bridge, renamed for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1927 |
42°21′41″N 71°04′32″W / 42.36139, -71.07556 (Longfellow Bridge) |
| Harvard Bridge (A.K.A. "Mass Ave Bridge") |
 Rt. 2A |
1891 |
longest bridge over the Charles, carrying Massachusetts Avenue; despite name, northern terminus is MIT, not Harvard |
42°21′15″N 71°05′28″W / 42.35417, -71.09111 (Harvard Bridge) |
| Boston University Bridge (built as the Cottage Farm Bridge) |
 Rt. 2 |
1928 |
renamed in 1949 |
42°21′09.12″N 71°06′38.26″W / 42.3525333, -71.1106278 (Boston University Bridge) |
| Grand Junction Railroad bridge |
CSX Grand Junction Branch |
|
crosses the river under the Boston University Bridge |
42°21′09.69″N 71°06′36.72″W / 42.3526917, -71.1102 (Grand Junction Railroad bridge) |
| River Street Bridge |
|
1926 |
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42°21′41″N 71°07′00″W / 42.36139, -71.116667 (River Street Bridge) |
| Western Avenue Bridge |
|
1924 |
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42°21′51.25″N 71°07′01.13″W / 42.3642361, -71.1169806 (Western Avenue Bridge) |
| John W. Weeks Bridge |
pedestrians |
1926 |
the only pedestrian bridge across the basin, with a Harvard campus steam tunnel inside |
42°22′6.63″N 71°07′05.26″W / 42.3685083, -71.1181278 (John W. Weeks Bridge) |
| Anderson Memorial Bridge |
N. Harvard Street/JFK Street |
1912 |
a memorial to Nicholas Longworth Anderson donated by his son Larz Anderson |
42°22′08″N 71°07′23″W / 42.36889, -71.12306 (Anderson Memorial Bridge) |
| Eliot Bridge |
|
1950 |
a memorial to Charles W. Eliot, Harvard president 1869–1909, and his son Charles Eliot, landscape architect for the Metropolitan Park Commission |
42°22′18″N 71°07′59″W / 42.37167, -71.13306 (Eliot Bridge) |
| Arsenal Street Bridge |
|
Brighton to Watertown |
1925 |
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42°21′42″N 71°08′50″W / 42.36167, -71.14722 (Arsenal Street Bridge) |
| North Beacon Street Bridge |
 US 20 |
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1917 |
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42°21′32″N 71°09′42″W / 42.35889, -71.16167 (North Beacon Street Bridge) |
| Watertown Bridge |
 Rt. 16 Galen Street |
Watertown |
about 1907 |
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42°21′53″N 71°11′08″W / 42.36472, -71.18556 (Watertown Bridge) |
| Watertown Dam |
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about 1634 |
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42°21′55.27″N 71°11′21.34″W / 42.3653528, -71.1892611 (Watertown Dam) |
| pedestrian bridge |
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42°21′54.39″N 71°11′24.97″W / 42.3651083, -71.1902694 (Pedestrian bridge) |
| Bridge Street |
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Newton to Watertown |
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42°21′56.87″N 71°12′15.96″W / 42.3657972, -71.2044333 (Bridge Street) |
| Bemis Dam (breached) |
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1821 |
breached 1944 |
42°21′56.58″N 71°12′17.92″W / 42.3657167, -71.2049778 (Bemis Dam) |
| Blue Heron Footbridge |
pedestrians and bicycles |
|
2005 |
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42°21′53.33″N 71°12′45.85″W / 42.3648139, -71.2127361 (Blue Heron Footbridge) |
| Farwell Street |
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Waltham |
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42°22′51.47″N 71°13′5.12″W / 42.3809639, -71.2180889 (Farwell Street) |
| Bleachery Dam (originally Gore Paper Mill dam) |
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1794 |
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42°22′8.83″N 71°13′22.74″W / 42.3691194, -71.2229833 (Bleachery Dam) |
| Mary T. Early Footbridge (formerly Calvary Street Footbridge) |
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42°22′10.74″N 71°13′25.94″W / 42.36965, -71.2238722 (Mary T. Early Footbridge) |
| Boston & Maine Railroad trestle (abandoned) |
abandoned Watertown Branch |
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42°22′11.11″N 71°13′26.29″W / 42.3697528, -71.2239694 (Boston & Maine Railroad) |
| Newton Street |
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Waltham |
(original built 1761) |
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42°22′21.10″N 71°13′43.51″W / 42.3725278, -71.2287528 (Newton Street) |
| Elm Street |
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Waltham |
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42°22′22.87″N 71°13′57.19″W / 42.3730194, -71.2325528 (Elm Street) |
| Boston & Maine Railroad trestle (abandoned) |
abandoned Watertown Branch |
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42°22′22.21″N 71°13′59.12″W / 42.3728361, -71.2330889 (Boston & Maine Railroad) |
| Richard Landry Park footbridge |
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1978 |
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42°22′20.59″N 71°14′5.95″W / 42.3723861, -71.2349861 (Richard Landry Park footbridge) |
| Waltham Dam or Moody Street Dam (original Eden Vale dam built 1785) |
|
Waltham |
1836 |
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42°22′22.87″N 71°14′10.24″W / 42.3730194, -71.2361778 (Moody Street Dam) |
| Moody Street bridge |
|
Waltham |
(original built 1846, rebuilt 1871, 1921) 1946 |
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42°22′23.61″N 71°14′11.63″W / 42.373225, -71.2365639 (Moody Street bridge) |
| Gold Star Mothers Bridge, Prospect Street |
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Waltham |
(drawbridge 1882) 1889 |
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42°22′7.91″N 71°14′36.93″W / 42.3688639, -71.2435917 (Gold Star Mothers bridge) |
| Weston Aqueduct |
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| Commonwealth Avenue, Newton / South Avenue, Weston |
 Rt. 30 |
Newton to Weston |
|
site of old Norumbega Bridge |
42°20′38.27″N 71°15′41.01″W / 42.3439639, -71.2613917 (Commonwealth Avenue) |
| MetroWest Tunnel (aqueduct) |
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| I-90/I-95 connector |
 I-90
 I-95 |
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original Mass Pike terminus until 1964 |
42°20′29.76″N 71°15′42.51″W / 42.3416, -71.2618083 (I-90 / I-95 connector) |
| Hultman Aqueduct |
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| Massachusetts Turnpike Boston Extension (Interstate 90) |
I-90 |
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42°20′27.53″N 71°15′39.42″W / 42.3409806, -71.26095 (I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike)) |
| I-90/I-95 connector |
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42°20′27.62″N 71°15′34.98″W / 42.3410056, -71.2597167 (I-90 / I-95 connector) |
| Footbridge from Riverside Rd., Newton to Recreation Rd., Weston (closed) |
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42°20′28.36″N 71°15′29.73″W / 42.3412111, -71.2582583 (Newton / Weston pedestrian bridge) |
| CSX/MBTA railroad bridge |
Framingham/Worcester Line |
|
impressive single-arch concrete span |
42°20′26.45″N 71°15′25.44″W / 42.3406806, -71.2570667 (CSX / MBTA railroad bridge) |
| pedestrian bridge |
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42°20′24.16″N 71°15′21.39″W / 42.3400444, -71.2559417 (pedestrian bridge) |
| I-95 offramp |
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northbound exits 23–25; originally Route 128 until 1964 |
42°20′15.466″N 71°15′26.56″W / 42.33762944, -71.2573778 (I-95 offramp) |
| Interstate 95/Route 128 |
I-95
 Rt. 128 |
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42°20′11.83″N 71°15′31.04″W / 42.3366194, -71.2586222 (Interstate 95 / MA-128) |
| Concord Street, Newton / Park Road, Weston |
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42°19′50.04″N 71°16′4.53″W / 42.3305667, -71.267925 (Concord Street, Newton / Park Road, Weston) |
| Leo J. Martin Golf Club Footbridge |
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Newton to Wellesley |
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42°19′42.16″N 71°16′12.29″W / 42.3283778, -71.2700806 (Leo J. Martin Golf Club Footbridge) |
| Railroad (former Boston & Albany RR Newton Lower Falls Branch) bridge (abandoned) |
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42°19′36.34″N 71°15′40.58″W / 42.3267611, -71.2612722 (Boston & Albany RR Newton Lower Falls Branch) |
| Washington Street |
Rt. 16 |
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42°19′31.15″N 71°15′30.07″W / 42.3253194, -71.2583528 (Washington Street (Rt 16)) |
| Finlay Dam |
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42°19′31.74″N 71°15′15.78″W / 42.3254833, -71.2543833 (Finlay Dam) |
| Cordingly Dam and Falls |
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42°19′32.91″N 71°15′15.28″W / 42.3258083, -71.2542444 (Cordingly Dam and Falls) |
| pedestrian bridge |
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| Wales Street, Newton / Walnut Street, Wellesley |
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42°19′36.39″N 71°15′11.42″W / 42.326775, -71.2531722 (Wales Street / Walnut Street) |
| Cochituate Aqueduct |
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1848 |
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42°19′27.48″N 71°14′59.95″W / 42.3243, -71.2499861 (Cochituate Aqueduct) |
| Interstate 95/Route 128 |
I-95
Rt. 128 |
Newton/Wellesley and at Dedham/Needham line |
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42°19′25.09″N 71°14′57.36″W / 42.3236361, -71.2492667 (I-95 / MA-128) |
| Boston-Worcester Turnpike |
 Rt. 9 |
Newton/Wellesley |
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42°19′00.5″N 71°13′41.2″W / 42.316806, -71.228111 (Boston-Worcester Turnpike (Rt 9)) |
| Metropolitan Circular Dam |
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| Echo Bridge/Sudbury Aqueduct |
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1876 |
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42°18′53.13″N 71°13′37.17″W / 42.3147583, -71.2269917 (Echo Bridge / Sudbury Aqueduct) |
| Silk Mill Dam |
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42°18′49.76″N 71°13′34.82″W / 42.3138222, -71.2263389 (Silk Mill Dam) |
| Elliot Street, Newton / Central Avenue, Needham |
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Newton to Needham |
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42°18′44.30″N 71°13′37.37″W / 42.3123056, -71.2270472 (Elliot Street, Newton / Central Avenue, Needham) |
| rail bridge |
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42°18′26.08″N 71°13′26.32″W / 42.3072444, -71.2239778 (rail bridge) |
| Needham Street, Newton / Highland Avenue, Needham |
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42°18′23.51″N 71°13′1.02″W / 42.3065306, -71.21695 (Needham Street, Newton / Highland Avenue, Needham) |
| rail bridge made pedestrian bridge |
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42°18′21.65″N 71°12′46.73″W / 42.3060139, -71.2129806 (rail bridge made pedestrian bridge) |
| Kendrick Street, Needham / Nahanton Street, Newton |
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42°17′49.57″N 71°12′28.12″W / 42.2971028, -71.2078111 (Kendrick Street, Needham / Nahanton Street, Newton) |
| MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line bridge |
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West Roxbury to Needham |
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42°16′46.17″N 71°11′6.89″W / 42.2794917, -71.1852472 (MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line) |
| Honorable Robert L. Cawley Bridge |
 Rt. 109 |
West Roxbury to Dedham |
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Connects Boston with Dedham on Route 109 at Bridge Street (Dedham) and Spring Street (West Roxbury) |
42°16′15.02″N 71°10′23.90″W / 42.2708389, -71.1733056 (Honorable Robert L. Cawley Bridge) |
| Ames Street |
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Dedham |
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42°15′8.61″N 71°10′34.37″W / 42.2523917, -71.1762139 (Ames Street) |
| Bridge Street |
Rt. 109 |
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42°15′14.85″N 71°10′51.60″W / 42.254125, -71.181 (Bridge Street) |
| Interstate 95/Route 128 |
I-95
Rt. 128 |
Needham to Dedham |
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42°16′1.96″N 71°12′10.20″W / 42.2672111, -71.2028333 (I-95 / MA-128) |
| Greendale Avenue, Needham / Lyons Street, Dedham |
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42°16′1.33″N 71°12′17.42″W / 42.2670361, -71.2048389 (Greendale Avenue, Needham / Lyons Street, Dedham) |
| Route 135 / West Street, Dedham / Dedham Ave, Needham |
 Rt. 135 |
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42°16′3.67″N 71°13′4.89″W / 42.2676861, -71.218025 (Route 135 / West Street) |
| Chestnut Street bridge |
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Needham to Dover |
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42°15′35.40″N 71°14′13.48″W / 42.2598333, -71.2370778 (Chestnut Street bridge) |
| dam |
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42°15′31″N 71°15′46.8″W / 42.25861, -71.263 (dam) |
| Willow Street, Dover / South Street, Needham |
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42°15′32.66″N 71°15′47.26″W / 42.2590722, -71.2631278 (Willow Street / South Street) |
| rail bridge |
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42°15′26.97″N 71°16′14.26″W / 42.2574917, -71.2706278 (rail bridge) |
| Central Ave/Centre Street bridge |
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42°15′32.37″N 71°16′17.31″W / 42.2589917, -71.271475 (Central Ave / Centre Street bridge) |
| missing bridge? |
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42°15′48.07″N 71°17′5.55″W / 42.2633528, -71.284875 (missing bridge?) |
| Dover Road/Charles River Street bridge |
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42°16′9.50″N 71°17′59.43″W / 42.2693056, -71.2998417 (Dover Road / Charles River Street bridge) |
| Cheney Drive bridge |
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42°16′32.68″N 71°18′34.38″W / 42.2757444, -71.30955 (Cheney Drive bridge) |
| Pleasant Street bridge |
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South Natick |
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42°16′18.13″N 71°18′54.52″W / 42.2717028, -71.3151444 (Pleasant Street bridge) |
| dam |
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42°16′17.27″N 71°18′56.57″W / 42.2714639, -71.3157139 (dam) |
| pedestrian crossing |
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| Farm Road/Bridge Street bridge |
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42°13′57.45″N 71°19′48.67″W / 42.232625, -71.3301861 (Farm Road / Bridge Street bridge) |
| rail bridge |
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42°12′53.43″N 71°20′53.79″W / 42.2148417, -71.348275 (rail bridge) |
| South Main Street/North Meadows Road bridge |
 Rt. 27 |
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42°12′35.98″N 71°21′6.23″W / 42.2099944, -71.3517306 (South Main Street / North Meadows Road bridge) |
| former bridge? |
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42°12′28.00″N 71°21′7.20″W / 42.2077778, -71.352 (former bridge?) |
| rail bridge |
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42°11′18.38″N 71°20′3.54″W / 42.1884389, -71.3343167 (rail bridge) |
| Dover Road bridge |
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42°11′19.41″N 71°19′59.76″W / 42.188725, -71.3332667 (Dover Road bridge) |
| Main Street bridge |
Rt. 109 |
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42°10′52″N 71°19′21.52″W / 42.18111, -71.3226444 (Main Street bridge) |
| Forest Road/Orchard Street bridge |
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42°9′28.26″N 71°19′55.43″W / 42.15785, -71.3320639 (Forest Road / Orchard Street bridge) |
| Norfolk Road bridge |
 Rt. 115 |
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42°8′35.80″N 71°20′57.42″W / 42.1432778, -71.3492833 (Norfolk Road bridge) |
| Dean Street/Pleasant Street bridge |
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42°8′17.64″N 71°21′31.08″W / 42.1382333, -71.3586333 (Dean Street / Pleasant Street bridge) |
| Myrtle Street bridge |
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42°8′0.63″N 71°21′42.86″W / 42.1335083, -71.3619056 (Myrtle Street bridge) |
| Walker Street bridge |
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42°8′24.32″N 71°23′22.39″W / 42.1400889, -71.3895528 (Walker Street bridge) |
| Sanford Street bridge |
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42°8′17.96″N 71°23′54″W / 42.1383222, -71.39833 (Sanford Street bridge) |
| Shaw Street/Elm Street bridge |
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42°8′11.40″N 71°25′6.72″W / 42.1365, -71.4185333 (Shaw Street / Elm Street bridge) |
| Woodland Park bridge |
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42°8′19.39″N 71°25′18.92″W / 42.1387194, -71.4219222 (Woodland Park bridge) |
| dam |
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42°8′20.62″N 71°25′27.07″W / 42.1390611, -71.4241861 (dam) |
| Franklin Street / Pond Street bridge |
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42°8′17.36″N 71°25′51.87″W / 42.1381556, -71.431075 (Franklin Street / Pond Street bridge) |
| Pearl Street bridge |
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42°7′51.52″N 71°26′38.53″W / 42.1309778, -71.4440361 (Pearl Street bridge) |
| Plymouth Road bridge |
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42°7′22.07″N 71°26′51.69″W / 42.1227972, -71.4476917 (Plymouth Road bridge) |
| Maple Street bridge |
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42°7′10.32″N 71°27′12.35″W / 42.1195333, -71.4534306 (Maple Street bridge) |
| I-495 bridge (Bellingham/Franklin?) |
 I-495 |
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42°06′27″N 71°27′30″W / 42.1075, -71.45833 (I-495 bridge) |
| High Street |
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Bellingham |
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42°5′50.69″N 71°27′33.07″W / 42.0974139, -71.4591861 (High Street bridge) |
| rail bridge (ruin?) |
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Bellingham |
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42°5′22.91″N 71°28′13.16″W / 42.0896972, -71.4703222 (rail bridge (ruin?)) |
| North Main Street |
 Rt. 126 |
Bellingham |
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42°05′39″N 71°28′34″W / 42.09417, -71.47611 (North Main Street) |
| rail bridge |
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42°5′39.54″N 71°28′50.71″W / 42.0943167, -71.4807528 (rail bridge) |
| Depot Street |
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42°5′38.39″N 71°28′55.65″W / 42.0939972, -71.482125 (Depot Street) |
| Hartford Avenue |
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42°6′12.41″N 71°29′59.19″W / 42.1034472, -71.499775 (Hartford Avenue) |
| Mellon Street |
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42°07′0.8″N 71°30′5″W / 42.116889, -71.50139 (Mellon Street) |
| Howard Street |
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42°07′5.30″N 71°30′17.88″W / 42.1181389, -71.5049667 (Howard Street) |
| rail bridge |
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42°7′7.22″N 71°30′20.97″W / 42.1186722, -71.505825 (rail bridge) |
| Howard Street |
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42°07′32″N 71°30′33″W / 42.12556, -71.50917 (Howard Street) |
| Central Street |
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42°08′21″N 71°30′45″W / 42.13917, -71.5125 (Central Street) |
| Main Street |
Rt. 16 |
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42°08′37″N 71°30′47″W / 42.14361, -71.51306 (Main Street) |
| Dilla Street |
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42°09′41″N 71°30′43″W / 42.16139, -71.51194 (Dilla Street) |
| I-495 bridge (Exit 20) |
I-495 |
Milford |
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42°10′04″N 71°30′41″W / 42.16778, -71.51139 (I-495 bridge) |
| Route 85 bridge |
 Rt. 85 |
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42°10′26″N 71°30′30″W / 42.17389, -71.50833 (Route 85 bridge) |
| Route 85 bridge |
Rt. 85 |
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42°10′55″N 71°30′22″W / 42.18194, -71.50611 (Route 85 bridge) |
