Frances Appleton Bridge
The Frances Appleton Pedestrian Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Boston, Massachusetts that opened on August 31, 2018. The bridge, which crosses Storrow Drive, is named in recognition of the celebrated courtship and marriage of Frances “Fanny” Appleton and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, after whom an adjacent larger bridge is named.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Massachusetts General Hospital and TD Garden.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021. Massachusetts General Hospital is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Frances Appleton Bridge.
TD Garden
Stadium
Photo: Nywalton, Public domain.
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Frances Appleton Bridge.
Charles/MGH station
Metro station
Photo: Eric F. James, CC BY 2.0.
Charles/MGH station is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Red Line, elevated above Charles Circle on the east end of the Longfellow Bridge in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Charles/MGH station is situated 360 feet northeast of Frances Appleton Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beacon Hill and Back Bay-Beacon Hill.
Beacon Hill
Suburb
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
West End
Suburb
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The West End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the Charles River to the west and northwest, North Washington Street on the north and northeast, and New Sudbury Street on the east.
Frances Appleton Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Category: transportation
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36037° or 42° 21′ 37″ northLongitude
-71.07217° or 71° 4′ 20″ westInception
August 31st, 2018Named after
Fanny Appleton LongfellowOpen location code
87JC9W6H+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 824629404OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q12053346
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Dutch—“Frances Appleton Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “弗兰西斯·阿普尔顿人行桥”
- Dutch: “Boston Esplanade Pedestrian Bridge”
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