Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge

Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
The bridge in 2026
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 by
Clemens Herschel
Opened1867
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.

Description and history

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bridge under construction on Stuart Street - Boston Business Journal". Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.
  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.
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