- City:
- Boston, MA
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, National Recovery Administration (NRA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Contractor:
- Coleman Brothers Corporation
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The bridge carrying the Jamaicaway over Huntington Avenue, near Brookline, was constructed with NIRA funds. The structure was renamed in 2017 for the sons of Boston Marathon bombing hero Carlos Arredondo.
Source notes
Plaques on bridge.
"JP Bridge Renamed For Late Sons Of Marathon Bombing Hero Carlos Arredondo". 28 Sept 2017. CBS Boston. (https://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/09/28/carlos-arredondo-sons-bridge-renamed-jamaica-plain-boston-marathon-bombing/), accessed September 1, 2018.
"Overpass opens for week-end." Boston Globe, 23 Aug 1936, p. 1.
"Jamaicaway Bridge Over Route 9." Jamaica Plain Historical Society. (https://www.jphs.org/transportation/jamaicaway-bridge-over-route-9.html), accessed September 1, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Ken Liss - Brookline Historical Society on September 1, 2018.
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