Bridget’s clever name comes from the Longfellow Bridge, which is named after the famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The original bridge at that site was constructed in 1793 and was named the West Bridge. It was rebuilt in 1845. The bridge was rebuilt again in 1906. In 1927, it was renamed for Longfellow who had written about the original bridge in a poem entitled “The Bridge”. The Longfellow Bridge is also known as the ‘Salt and Pepper Bridge’ because of the shape of its central towers. During the summer months the Charles River Clean up Boat passes under the Longfellow Bridge every day. It’s clean up efforts have helped make the Charles a cleaner and more beautiful river. The clean up boat is one of the recipients of our “Quack, Quack, Give Back” Program.