Norfolk street, near Dorchester station. Silver street. Sixth street. Third street. 6th. — New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., Old Colony Livision. Adams street. Cedar Grove Cemetery. Freeport street. Medway street. Savin Hill avenue. 7th. — New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., Providence IDivision. Albany street. Beech street, West Roxbury. Bellevue street, West Roxbury. Berkeley street. Broadway. Canterbury street, West Roxbury. Castle square. Centre and Mt. Vernon streets, West Roxbury. Columbus avenue. Dartmouth street. Dudley avenue, West Roxbury. Harrison avenue. Park street, West Roxbury. Washington street. W. — BRIDGE SUPPORTED BY THE METROPOLITAN PARK COMMISSION. Mattapan bridge, Dorchester to Milton. RECAPITULATION OF BRIDGES. I. Number wholly supported by Boston e . . 72 II. Number of which Boston supports that part within its limits . © to io go o 13 III. Number of which Boston pays a part of the cost of maintenance . & & 24 IV. Number supported by railroad corporations: 1. Boston & Albany Railroad . © so © 5 2. Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany Rail roads . & * ge g wo so e 2 3. Boston & Maine, Eastern Division . se 1 4. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad . 1 5. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., Midland Division 11 6. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., Old Colony Division 5 7. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., Providence Division 14 V. Number supported by the Metropolitan Park * Commission e * e © ę e 1 Total 149 Agassiz-road Bridge (in the Fems). This bridge was built in 1887, of brick and stone masonry. It is maintained by the Park Department, and is in good condition. Albany-street Bridge (over the Boston & Albany R. R. Freight Tracks). The original structure was built in 1856–57, and rebuilt in 1867–68. The present bridge was built in 1886–87, and is maintained in part by the City of Boston, and in part by the Boston & Albany Railroad. The lower planking is in very poor condition, and should be renewed this year, and the sidewalk planking put in good condition. When this work is done the floor beams should be painted. Allston Bridge (over the Boston & Albany R. R., Brighton). This is an iron bridge, built in 1892. The ironwork needs painting, and some of the woodwork around the trusses should be renewed. Arborway Bridge (over Stony brook, in Parkway, near Forest Hills Station). This is a wooden bridge resting on abutments of vulcanized spruce piles. The stringers and under-planking are of vulcanized hard pine. It was built in 1893, and is maintained by the Park Department. The sidewalk planking has been renewed during the year. The bridge should be sheathed. Ashland-street Bridge (over Providence Division, New York, The lower planking is in very poor condition and should be renewed this year, and the iron work cleaned and painted. Ashmont-street and Dorchester-avenue Bridge (over Old Colony Division, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.). This is a wooden bridge, formerly maintained by the railroad company. It was lengthened on the Boston side in 1895, and now the city maintains 75 feet of the northerly part. Additional hard pine floor beams and new 3-inch deck planking have been placed under the part of the bridge occupied by the Boston Elevated Railroad, and one of the fences has been painted. The fence owned by the city should be painted. Athens-street Bridge (over Midland Division, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.). This is an iron bridge, built in 1874. The ironwork is very rusty ; the deck planking and fences are in poor condition. The bridge should be stripped and painted. Audubon-road Bridge (over the Boston & Albany R.R.). This is a steel-plate girder bridge, built in 1893–94, and is maintained by the Park Department. The sidewalk planking is in poor condition, and should be renewed. The ironwork over the main tracks is rusty and should be painted. Beacon-street Bridge (over Outlet of the Fens). This bridge was built in 1880–81, and had, up to 1901, a wooden floor for the roadway. At the latter date the wooden stringers and planking were removed, and twelve lines of 18-inch steel I-beam stringers put in. The new stringers and the old plate girders were then encased in Portland cement concrete, strengthened with expanded metal. The roadway was paved with hard-pine blocks, treated by the creo-resinate process. The bridge is now in good condition. Beacon-street Bridge (over Boston & Albany R.R.). This is an iron bridge, built in 1884–85, widened in 1887–88, and the central roadway further widened in 1890 for the convenience and at the expense of the Street Railway Company. The ironwork below the floor is very rusty and should be painted. The sidewalk planking is poor and the wooden facias should be repaired. Bellevue-street Bridge (over Muddy river, in Riverway). This is a segmental masonry arch of 44 feet span and 15 feet rise. It was built in 1893 by the Park Departments of Boston and Brookline, and is maintained jointly by them. Bennington-street Bridge (over Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn R.R.). This is an iron bridge, built in 1889. The northerly sidewalk has been rebuilt. The deck-plank and the painting are in poor condition. The street is now being widened and a new bridge has been built on the part of widening. When the new part is opened to travel the old bridge should be repaired. , Berkeley-street Bridge (over Boston & Albany R. R. and Providence Division, N. Y., N. H. f. H. R.R.). The bridge over the tracks of the Boston & Albany Railroad, which is maintained by the city, was originally built for the Boston Water Power Company, and accepted by the city in 1869. . The structure over these tracks is a through plate girder bridge, and was built in 1891. It is now in good condition. The bridge over the tracks of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. was built in 1899, and is maintained by that company. It needs painting. Bernier-street Foot-bridge (over Bridle path in Riverway). This is a semi-circular masonry arch of 38 feet 4 inches span. It was built in 1893, and is maintained by the Park Department. Bernier-street Foot-bridge (over Muddy River). This is a segmental masonry arch of 52 feet span and 14 feet rise. It was built in 1893 by the Park Departments of Boston and Brookline, and is maintained jointly by them. Berwick-park Foot-bridge (over Providence Division, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.). This is an iron foot-bridge, erected in 1894. The iron stairs and piers were new, but the trusses and floor-beams were those built for Franklin street in 1883. With the exception of risers on the stairs, which should be painted, the bridge is in good condition. Blakemore-street Bridge (over Providence Division, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.). This is an iron bridge, built in 1881–82. It is now in good condition, except sidewalk planking, which should be renewed this year. Blue Hill-avenue Bridge (over Midland Division, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.). This is a temporary wooden bridge built by the railroad in 1902, and will soon be replaced by a steel structure. Bolton-street Bridge (over Midland Division, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R.). This is a wooden bridge, built in 1889. The roadway planking and sidewalks need renewal, and the fences should be repaired and painted. o Boston-street Bridge (over Old Colony Division, New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R. This is a plate girder bridge, built in 1900, in connection with the abolishment of the grade crossing on Dorchester avenue. The surface of the bridge is maintained by the city, and the rest of the structure by the railroad company. The roadways have been sheathed during the year and the bridge is in good condition. Boylston-street Arch Bridge (in the Fens). This is a stone arch bridge, built in 1881. It is in good condition,with exception of coping, which should be repointed. Boylston-street Bridge (over Boston & Albany R.R.). This is an iron bridge, built in 1886–88. The fences and the ironwork below the flooring of the north roadway have been painted during the year. New stringers and planking have been put in for the north roadway, and the south roadway planking has been patched. Bridle-path Bridge (over Muddy River, in the Riverway). This is a masonry bridge of three arches; the central arch is elliptical in form, with a span of 30 feet and a rise of 9 feet 6 inches; the side arches are semi-circular, 15 feet in |