Harvard Bridge
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Harvard Bridge, also known locally as the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge and "Mass. Ave." Bridge, is a steel haunched girder bridge carrying Massachusetts Avenue over the Charles River and connecting Bac
Harvard Bridge seen from Cambridge in August 2017
A postcard of Harvard Bridge looking toward Boston in 1910, from the roof of the Riverbank Court Hotel, which is now Maseeh Hall, a dormitory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An early 20th century postcard of Harvard Bridge looking toward Cambridge and MIT
Harry Houdini, who jumped from the bridge in 1908
Smoot
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The smoot 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 be
Harvard Bridge
…carrying Massachusetts Avenue (Route 2A) over the Charles River and connecting Back Bay, Boston with Cambridge, Massachusetts. At 2,164.8 feet (387.72 sm; 659.82 m), it is the longest bridge over the Charles River. After years of disagreement between the cities of Boston and Cambridge, the bridge was…
"364.4 smoots ± 1 ear" painted on the Harvard Bridge sidewalk in Cambridge, Massachusetts
A plaque on Harvard Bridge on the history of the smoot
100-smoot mark with the Charles River and Cambridge, Massachusetts in the background
"HALF WAY TO HELL" and an arrow pointing towards MIT.