Illustrated Boston : the metropolis of New England containing also reviews of its principal environs . et, which is thefull width of the stroet The width of the roadway inside the trusses is 44 feet The construction was by the THE METROPOLIS OF NEW ENGLAND. , 87 Boston Bridge Works of CambridgeporU The bridge cost about 850,000, and is one of the best, as well atthe most unique, of its kind in the city. The cost of the abutments of this bridge was about 880,000, which,added to that of the bridge superstructure, would make the total cost of the bridge $230,000. This is a costlyimprovement, to b
Illustrated Boston : the metropolis of New England containing also reviews of its principal environs . et, which is thefull width of the stroet The width of the roadway inside the trusses is 44 feet The construction was by the THE METROPOLIS OF NEW ENGLAND. , 87 Boston Bridge Works of CambridgeporU The bridge cost about 850,000, and is one of the best, as well atthe most unique, of its kind in the city. The cost of the abutments of this bridge was about 880,000, which,added to that of the bridge superstructure, would make the total cost of the bridge $230,000. This is a costlyimprovement, to be sure, but one of great utility and public importance. With the completion of the bridge,the tracks of the West End Railway will be quickly pushed forward and united to those on West ChesterPark; and a direct line of communication, not only to the Back Bay residences south of CommonwealthAvenue established, but to the Back Bay Park, which can thus be readily and quickly reached, and the round-about way through Marlboro Street avoided. Altogether this work of completing Boylston Street is one that. Statue of Washington-Public Garden. adds another to the many great improvements that the city government is making on the Back Bay district ofBeston. In addition to these public Improvements the whole ot the Charles River embankment, beginning at Let-erett Street near Craigies Bridge, and extending to Cottage Farms Bridge, is being enlarged, fronted with s miwall and laid out as a park, 200 feet in width, and will connect with a park at Brighton. Near West ChesterPark a bridge—to be known as Harvard Bridge—is in course of construction across the Charles River to Cam-bridge, and will when completed, be a great boon to residents on both sides of the river. West Chester Parkis not a park but a street ninety feet wide. It crosses Commonwealth Avenue, about five blocks west of Vendorae, and beginning at Charles River, and varying its direction at Falmouth Street, runs screes
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