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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Also known as: “John W Weeks Pedestrian 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 referred to as Harvard Kennedy School, is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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.
Houghton Library
Library
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Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. Houghton Library is situated 1,800 feet north of John W. Weeks Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.
Riverside
Neighborhood
Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the east, River Street on the south, the Charles River on the west, and JFK Street on the north.
Mid-Cambridge
Neighborhood
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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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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