Boston University Bridge
The Boston University Bridge, originally the Cottage Farm Bridge and commonly referred to as the BU Bridge, is a steel truss through arch bridge with a suspended deck carrying Route 2 over the Charles River, connecting the Boston University campus to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Boston University Bridge | |
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The Boston University bridge and Grand Junction Railroad bridge, seen from the Boston side looking upstream. | |
| Coordinates | 42.35238°N 71.11066°W |
| Carries | Route 2 |
| Crosses | Charles River |
| Locale | Boston, Massachusetts to Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss through arch bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| History | |
| Designer | Andrew Canzanelli |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Location | |
The bridge, with the Grand Junction Railroad Bridge directly underneath it, is incorrectly rumored to be the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. Other such places include the Steel Bridge in Portland, Oregon, the Manhattan Bridge in New York City and the 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, although all of those bridges feature road and rail on the same span. In this case the rail and road traffic are on separate bridges.