Bridge Designer Rosales Delivers Author’s Talk at West End Museum

With the release of his recently published book, ‘Bridges as Structural Art,’ venerable bridge designer and longtime Beacon Hill resident Miguel Rosales was on hand Wednesday, Aug. 27, for an author’s talk at the West End Museum. Rosales focused on two of  Boston’s most iconic bridges, which are also among his most celebrated projects – the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge and the Longfellow Bridge. The cable-stayed Zakim Bridge, which spans 183 feet wide across the Charles River and accommodates 10 lanes of traffic, completely transformed the city’s landscape upon its completion in 2003. Designing the bridge was a seven-year process due to its myriad ramps and connections, recalled Rosales, who served as the project’s lead architect. Rosales was admittedly overwhelmed by how deeply and quickly the people of Boston came to embrace the bridge as the one of the city’s most identifiable landmarks. “I never expected it to become so iconic,” he said.

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