Watertown, Massachusetts. The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census. Watertown is one of fourteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain The town ofâ in their official names.
Developer Selected to Build U.S.âs Longest Cable Stayed Bridge in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Texas Transportation Commission has conditionally awarded a comprehensive development agreement to Flatiron/Dragados for the longest cable stayed bridge in the United States.
The seven-lane, 3-mile cantilever bridge â the longest in New York State â opened to traffic in 1955. It was built for $81 million and designed to last 50 years. In April 2013, after 10 years of heated debate, construction began on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, just a few yards from the old crossing.