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The Boston University Bridge. Unhoused people in the Boston and Cambridge areas have used the area under the Boston University Bridge for encampments on and off for years. LAUREN ALBANO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Homeless encampment under BU Bridge returns

Julia Hendler October 21, 2024
A homeless encampment is currently occupying the base of the Boston University Bridge on the Cambridge side.
Boston University Bridge. Massachusetts State Police officers removed the belongings of unhoused individuals living near the bridge Wednesday. SERENA YU/ DFP FILE

Housing encampment near BU Bridge removed by state police

Madhri Yehiya February 3, 2021
The sweep was one of many that has affected this particular community, according to an Instagram post uploaded by Act on Mass Regional Organizer Calla Walsh, in which she described what she witnessed.
The Boston University Bridge, connecting Boston and Cambridge. The accumulation of waste from a former homeless encampment, including used needles, has been removed from under the BU bridge.
SERENA YU/ DFP STAFF

City removes trash build-up, discarded needles from under BU Bridge

Natalie Patrick April 25, 2019
A build-up of waste that had accumulated from a homeless encampment under the Boston University Bridge — reportedly including used needles according to Boston 25 News — has been removed.
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