Great Bridge (Cambridge)

The Great Bridge over the Charles River connected Cambridge, Massachusetts, to what is now known as Allston, Boston, Massachusetts.^[1] The Great Bridge was built in 1660–1662 at what was then called Brighton Street, and was the first bridge to span the Charles. A toll was authorized in 1670. The bridge was rebuilt in 1862.^[2]

The Great Bridge was at the site of the modern-day Anderson Memorial Bridge, which connects John F. Kennedy Street in Cambridge to North Harvard Street in Allston.

References

^ Allston was originally known as the Little Cambridge district of Cambridge, which became the independent town of Brighton in 1807, and finally joined the city of Boston in 1874.
^ History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 By Lucius Robinson Paige. p. 195-6

42°22′08″N 71°07′23″W / 42.369°N 71.123°W / 42.369; -71.123

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[1] Allston was originally known as the Little Cambridge district of Cambridge, which became the independent town of Brighton in 1807, and finally joined the city of Boston in 1874.

[2] History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 By Lucius Robinson Paige. p. 195-6

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