Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Fort Point Channel on Congress Street in Boston
- Location
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1850; rehabilitated 1930
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 93.8 ft.
Total length: 546.9 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 25.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.35167, -71.05139 (decimal degrees)
42°21'06" N, 71°03'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/331044/4690860 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Boston South
- Inventory number
- BH 19450 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 07/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
- 14,600