Thanks. The Zakim is your standard elegant cable-stayed bridge. It’s next to the TD Garden, where the Celtics and Bruins play, and yes, it carries Route 93 across a tiny span of the Charles River. I appreciate the bridge more for its contributions to the Boston skyline and the way it resembles the Bunker Hill Monument than its utility. Here’s a photo I took of it on a cloudy winter afternoon: And one that makes the bridge look even shorter than it is:

Thanks.

The Zakim is your standard elegant cable-stayed bridge. It’s next to the TD Garden, where the Celtics and Bruins play, and yes, it carries Route 93 across a tiny span of the Charles River. I appreciate the bridge more for its contributions to the Boston skyline and the way it resembles the Bunker Hill Monument than its utility.

Here’s a photo I took of it on a cloudy winter afternoon:

And one that makes the bridge look even shorter than it is:

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