River Street Bridge (Charles River)
River Street Bridge | |
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The River Street Bridge in 2023 | |
| Coordinates | 42°21′40″N 71°07′00″W / 42.36123°N 71.11670°W |
| Carries | east-bound traffic on River Street to Cambridge Street |
| Crosses | Charles River |
| Locale | Cambridge, Massachusetts to Allston, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Maintained by | Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | arch bridge |
| No. of spans | 3 arches, 330 feet |
| History | |
| Opened | 1925 |
| Location | |
The River Street Bridge is a bridge on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts, connecting River Street in Cambridge to Cambridge Street in Allston near the southern end of the Harvard University campus. It was built in 1925 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission.
The bridge carries one-way traffic going east, into Cambridge. Westbound traffic must take the nearby Western Avenue Bridge.