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Anderson Bridge, ground level

Schematic design proposal of Anderson Bridge underpass by Landscape Architecture Professor Pierre Belanger, Harvard GSD. Design of arches will respect historic architecture of the bridge.

TAKE ACTION

  

The period for public comment on MassDOT's Environmental Notification Form has been extended until Friday, March 4th! If you care about increased safety, improved public access to the Parklands, and unimpeded mobility for recreational and commuter use along the Charles, then help to support the underpass efforts for Anderson Bridge by signing our letter to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) analysts.

 

 Click here to read our letter to MEPA 

 

Click here if you would like to sign our letter to MEPA!

 

Click here if you would like to write your own letter on behalf of the Anderson Bridge underpasses! 


SUPPORTERS 

 

The underpasses have the support of Livable Streets, MassBike, Walk Boston, the Boston Preservation Alliance, Community Path, the Allston Civic Association, and the Allston Brighton North Neighbors Forum, among others.  As you can read in the Boston Globe article, Representatives Walz and Wolf are also strong supporters.

 

IMAGES OF THE PROPOSED UNDERPASSES! 


Anderson View 1

 

 Underpasses & Pathways: view looking southeast towards the Anderson Memorial Bridge showing the pathways alongside the Charles River. On either side of the bridge, the 60' underpasses flow below and through the bridge to join the main pathway.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Anderson View 2 

Parklands &  Pathways: view looking southeast towards the Anderson Memorial Bridge where North Harvard and John F. Kennedy Streets cross over the Charles River. The unimpeded flow of pathways alongside the river is made possible by the separation of modes of transportation with bridge underpasses below the Anderson Bridge creating a continuous network of pathways for bicycle commuters, runners, roller bladers and walkers.

REMINDERS 

 

The Anderson Bridge Rehabilitation Project Public Meeting takes place this Wednesday, March 2nd! 

 

Where: Auditorium of the Dr. Martin Luther King School

100 Putnam Ave., Cambridge

When: 6:30 pm

Why: To express your opinions in support of the Anderson Bridge underpasses, and hear what others have to say on the project as well.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE:  

 

Mass DOT Anderson Memorial Bridge studies

Charles River Conservancy President Renata von Tscharner's op-ed in the Boston Globe

Boston Globe staff writer Eric Moskowitz's article on dangerous crossings on the Charles



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