Massachusetts. Cambridge Bridge Commission

The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established, pursuant to St 1898, c 467, to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge. The commission consisted of the mayors of Cambridge and Boston and their joint appointee. The bridge, originally conceived as a drawbridge, became the first fixed span bridge on the Charles River (St 1899, c 180), and was intended to accommodate all forms of travel including private cars and elevated cars of the Boston Elevated Railway Company. (An additional commission responsibility was the rebuilding of the Soldiers' Field (now Larz Andersen) Bridge, also across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, pursuant to St 1904, c 412.) The termination date of the commission is unknown, but there are no surviving documents using its name (alternatively Boston and Cambridge Bridge Commission) after 1912. Responsibility for replacing or rebuilding Charles River bridges in the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities) was assigned by St 1910, c 628 to the Metropolitan Park Commission.

NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agency described above can be found by searching the following access point for the time period stated: 1898-1912?--Massachusetts. Cambridge Bridge Commission.

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