Great Bridge (Cambridge)

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The Great Bridge over the Charles River connected Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Little Cambridge, which was the name for Allston-Brighton before it separated from Cambridge in 1807, first becoming the town of Brighton and finally joining the city of Boston in 1874. The Great Bridge was built in 1660-1662 at what was then called Brighton Street, and was the first bridge to span the Charles. A toll was authorized in 1670. The bridge was rebuilt in 1862.[1]

The Great Bridge was at the site of the modern-day Anderson Memorial Bridge, which today connects John F. Kennedy Street in Cambridge to North Harvard Street in Allston.

References

  1. ^ History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 By Lucius Robinson Paige. p. 195-6

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