John W. Weeks Bridge

The John W. Weeks Memorial Bridge, usually called the Weeks Footbridge or simply Weeks Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge over the Charles River, located four miles northwest of downtown Boston on the Harvard University campus.

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Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in United States of America
Also known as: “John W Weeks Pedestrian Bridge” and “John Wingate Weeks Foot Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Art Museums.

Harvard Kennedy School

University

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The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Kennedy School is situated 1,600 feet northwest of John W. Weeks Bridge.

Harvard Art Museums

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 2,300 feet northeast of John W. Weeks Bridge.

Fogg Museum

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Fogg Museum is situated 2,200 feet northeast of John W. Weeks Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.

Riverside

Suburb

Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.

Mid-Cambridge

Suburb

Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the Somerville border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

Cambridge

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Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It is renowned as the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both widely considered to be among the best universities in the world.

John W. Weeks Bridge

Categories: footbridge and transportation
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.36843° or 42° 22′ 6″ north

Longitude

-71.11783° or 71° 7′ 4″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87JC9V9J+9V

GeoNames ID

4940976

Wikidata ID

Q14629066

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From Dutch to German—“John W. Weeks Bridge” goes by many names.

Dutch: “John W. Weeks Bridge”
German: “John W. Weeks Bridge”

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