Document Type
White Paper
Publication Title
White Paper 40
Publisher
Pioneer Institute
Publication Date
7-2007
Abstract/ Summary
The Longfellow Bridge, connecting Boston and Cambridge, is in bad shape, due not only to its age and the ravages of our weather, but also to a troubling and persistent lack of maintenance. Fixing the bridge, in effect paying the bill for our unwillingness to maintain it, is estimated to cost at least $180 million, with the potential for cost overruns reaching into the hundreds of millions. The neglect of the Longfellow Bridge is symptomatic of a problem that encompasses almost all the assets owned by the Commonwealth.
Repository Citation
Westerling, D.,
&
Poftak, S.
(2007). Our Legacy of Neglect: The Longfellow Bridge and the Cost of Deferred Maintenance. White Paper 40, 1-36.
Available at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/cen_facpub/1