*** About Harvard Bridge: Known colloquially as the "MIT Bridge," Harvard Bridge connects Boston to Cambridge across the Charles River. Despite its name, it is actually closer to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology than to Harvard University. The bridge is famous for its measurement in "smoots," a unit created in 1958 when Oliver R. Smoot, an MIT freshman at the time, was used to measure the bridge's length as part of a fraternity prank. Today, the bridge not only serves as a functional transit route but also as a symbol of Boston's rich educational heritage and quirky local culture.

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