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United States Boston Massachusetts Latitude/Longitude N E studio Christian Menn info@christian-menn.ch Website Year 2003 Type of Structure bridges and viaducts Client Massachusetts Department of Transportation Area m2 / sq feet Cost US 100'000'000 Publications

Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge © Imelda and Fran Murphy, Boston Description Main Dimensions: Main span 227 m, width of the 10 lane deck 56 m Special Features (new at the time of construction): Asymmetrical cable stayed bridge. Special anchoring of the stay cables due to construction constraints: at the edges of the main deck in the central span and in the median of the main deck in the side spans. The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, part of The Big Dig Project in Boston, is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The Bridge serves as the northern entrance to and exit from Boston. The Bridge is named after civil rights activist Lenny Zakim and the American colonists who fought the British in the Battle of Bunker Hill. (This text is from http://www.leonardpzakimbunkerhillbridge.org/) © Imelda and Fran Murphy, Boston © Imelda and Fran Murphy, Boston