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Owner: Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Designer: Christian Menn
Contractor: Bechtel/Parsons Brinkerhoff
With its graceful lines and 270-foot towers, the Leonard P.
Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge fuses Boston's future with its historic
past. It is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world and
the first "hybrid" cable-stayed bridge in the United
States, using both steel and concrete in its frame. Swiss bridge
designer Christian Menn conceived the bridge, with its inverted
Y-shaped towers, to reflect the shape of the Bunker Hill Monument in
neighboring Charlestown.
Courtesy of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
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