Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge

Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
The bridge in 2013
Coordinates42°21′15″N 71°04′12″W / 42.354127°N 71.069915°W / 42.354127; -71.069915
LocaleBoston Public Garden
History
ArchitectWilliam G. Preston
Engineering design byClemens Herschel
Opened1867
Location
Map

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 bridge, 2019
    The bridge, 2019
  • Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge at night, 2007. The bridge is illuminated by lampposts, and several people are standing on it.
    The bridge at night, 2007

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bridge under construction on Stuart Street - Boston Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29.
  2. ^ "Boston Garden Foot Bridge - 1867 - Boston, MA". Waymarking. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Keith N. Morgan, "Boston Public Garden", Boston, Massachusetts, SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012 - Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press. [1]


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