This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.
1867: Public Garden
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Public Garden lagoon
| Bridgemeister ID: | 245 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1867 |
| Name: | Public Garden |
| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Crossing: | Public Garden lagoon |
| Coordinates: | 42.354119 N 71.069920 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | William Gibbons Preston, Clemens Herschel |
| References: | HBE |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2019) |
| Main Cables: | Eyebar (iron) |
| Suspended Spans: | 3 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 15.2 meters (50 feet) estimated |
| Side Spans: | 2 |
Notes:
- Often claimed to have been the shortest "functioning" suspension bridge up until 1921 when a steel girder was added as the primary means of support. However this was not true. There were shorter suspension bridges, some of which are still in existence. For example, see Schaukelbrücke Ilmpark completed in 1833, still in use as of the 2010s, and only 48.6 feet long. Likely the shortest functioning suspension bridge ever built was at Castle Bergedorf in Hamburg, Germany with a main span of 22.6 feet (6.9 meters).
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