Tudor Wharf Draft Environmental Impact Report EOEA # 6744 



takes walkers across the bridge, into 

 City Square and then to the U.S.S. 

 Constitution. A more scenic route would 

 keep pedestrians nearer the water's edge. 

 The proponent will, as part of the 

 project, build steps from the Charlestown 

 Bridge sidewalk down to the Charles River 

 Avenue level, a vertical distance of 21 

 feet. This is the project level. 

 Pedestrians from Boston will then be able 

 to cross the Charlestown Bridge, walk 

 down the steps onto the Tudor Wharf site, 

 walk between the Pier building and the 

 Landside building and on to the 

 Constitution and the Navy Yard. 

 Similarly, Charlestown residents will 

 have a more pleasant and direct 

 pedestrian route by transiting the site, 

 climbing the stairs and crossing the 

 Charlestown Bridge to Boston. A ramp to 

 permit the handicapped access to the site 

 directly from the bridge was considered 

 and ruled out as impractical. The slope 

 requirements and the height of the bridge 

 would require a ramp structure 3 00 feet 

 long. This is almost the distance from 

 the proposed stairs to the Water Street 

 overpass. Full handicapped access to the 

 waterfront is available by using the 

 present Freedom Trail route. 



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