The Charles River Railway Bridge is a railway drawbridge across the Charles River that connects North Station in Boston, Massachusetts to MBTA Commuter Rail lines north of Boston.

Satelite image

Photo 33d, Oct 2011

Railroad drawbridge

The Charles River Bridge is a pair of railroad single-leaf, through-truss, rolling bascule bridges across the Charles River that connects North Station in Boston, Massachusetts to MBTA Commuter Rail lines in northern Massachusetts.

These bridges were designed by Keller & Harrington of Chicago, Illinois and built by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Each bridge uses a 629-short-ton over-head concrete counterweight. Originally, there were four bridges, but only two of them remain.

Photo 33, May 2012

Railroad drawbridge

The Charles River Bridge

Photo 38a, May 2012

Zachim Bridge with RR drawbridge in the foreground

Photo 34, May 2012