Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Chelsea River on Meridian Street in Boston
- Location
- Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1954; rehabilitated 2002
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 225.1 ft.
Total length: 1,075.2 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.38500, -71.03972 (decimal degrees)
42°23'06" N, 71°02'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 19461 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 12/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 50.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 23,600