Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
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Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge | |
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_(11061421303)_(cropped).jpg) The bridge in 2013 | |
| Coordinates | 42°21′15″N 71°04′12″W / 42.354127°N 71.069915°W |
| Locale | Boston Public Garden |
| History | |
| Architect | William G. Preston |
| Engineering design by | Clemens Herschel |
| Opened | 1867 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge | |
The Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge is a pedestrian bridge crossing the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Built in 1867, it was the world's shortest functioning suspension bridge before its conversion to a girder bridge in 1921.[1]
A plaque reads, "Public Garden / Foot Bridge / Opened June 1, 1867 / Designers / Clemens Herschel, Civil Engineer / 1842 - 1930 / William G. Preston, Architect / 1842 - 1910 / Tablet Placed June 1, 1936 / Boston Society of Civil Engineers".[2]
The bridge is surrounded with "a horticultural effusion of specimen trees and carpet bedding (...) replacing a private effort to create a horticultural garden on the site of ropewalks that had been destroyed by fire".[3]
The route of the Swan Boats passes under the bridge.
The bridge, 2019
The bridge at night, 2007
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