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Preservation of Fenway Park Rollins Square, South End Boston Athenaeum Emmanuel Church, Back Bay Jurys Boston Hotel, Back Bay The Opera House, Theater District Meonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge Old State House, Downtown Hibernian Hall, Roxbury David Anderson
2007 Preservation AwardsMeonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge
Meonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge

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 MonumentĀ in neighboring Charlestown.

Courtesy of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority