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Leonard P. Zakim - Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, Boston, MA
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 If you live in the Greater
Boston area or have traveled to Boston in recent years you have no
doubt noticed one of Boston's newest and most beautiful
architectural landmarks. But if you asked the people who have gazed
in awe at this majestic bridge probably less than 1 in 3 could give
you its true name, and less than 1 in 10 could tell you anything
about who it is named after: Please read on to become one of the
enlightened......Leonard P. Zakim - Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that carries eight lanes of the Interstate 93 and U.S. Route 1 concurrency, plus a two lane access ramp, across the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. The bridge was built as part of the Big Dig, the largest overall highway construction project in the United States. The entrance to the Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. Tunnel, another major component of the Big Dig, is at the bridge's southern end, while north of the bridge I-93 heads toward New Hampshire and US 1 splits from the Interstate and travels northeast toward Massachusetts' north shore, crossing the Mystic River via the Tobin Bridge. The bridge replaced the Charlestown High Bridge when it opened, and was the widest cable-stayed bridge built prior to 2003. The bridge is now a major landmark and has been featured in several films recently including the 2005 version of War of the Worlds and often serves as a backdrop for interviews This article is licensed under GNU Free Documentation License.
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