Harvard Bridge - Wikipedia
WEBThe Harvard Bridge (also known locally as the MIT Bridge, the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, and the "Mass. Ave." Bridge) is a steel haunched girder bridge carrying Massachusetts Avenue over the Charles River and connecting Back Bay, Boston with Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston ...
WEBPhoto, Print, Drawing Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Smoots Bridge in Boston - Celebrate Boston
WEBSmoot's (Harvard) Bridge. Mass Ave at Storrow Drive, Boston, MA 02115. In 1958, during a fraternity pledge, MIT students measured the Mass Ave Bridge at 364.4 Smoots, by rolling Oliver Smoot across the bridge and spray painting hash marks every 10 Smoots.
Smoot - Wikipedia
WEBThe smoot / ˈ s m uː t / is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha by Oliver R. Smoot, who in October 1958 lay down repeatedly on the Harvard Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, so that his fraternity brothers could use his height to measure the length of the bridge.
What’s In A Smoot? | Mass Ave, MA
WEBSep 27, 2014 — The bridge that spans the Charles River and separates the Cambridge campus of MIT from the city of Boston is officially called the Harvard Bridge. We locals tend to call it the Mass. Ave. Bridge or the MIT Bridge.
Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston ...
WEBTitle: Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Other Title: Xylophone Bridge. Creator (s): Historic American Engineering Record, creator.
Mass. Ave. Bridge - Boston | Historic New England
WEBBrowse Collection. Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s. Negatives. Miscellaneous by location. Boston - Back Bay. 6" gas pipe before sheating was disturbed, Boylston & Tremont Sts.
Ollie Smoot, The Official Unit Of Measure For The Harvard Bridge - WBUR
WEBMay 6, 2016 — Today, you can simply walk across over the Mass. Ave. Bridge. Look down as you cross the span, and every 50 feet or so, you'll see a painted mark. 10 Smoots, 20 Smoots, 30 Smoots, all the...
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge and Boston skyline, reflected in …
WEBMassachusetts Avenue Bridge and Boston skyline with reflection in Charles river at night in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Product Specifications. Expertly Handcrafted.
Harvard Bridge – Cambridge, Massachusetts - Atlas Obscura
WEBAug 15, 2014 — This bridge across the Charles River from Boston to Cambridge is notorious not for how it was constructed or where it connects, but how it was measured by an MIT fraternity for a hazing ritual.
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