The story I've heard is that Harvard and MIT had an essay contest to decide who would get the name. Hahviid wrote an essay about how the bridge was beautiful and they should get the name. MIT examined it and saw its structural flaws and wrote that they didn't want the name and Hahviid should get the name.

The bridge carries Mass Ave over the Charles River and is often called the Mass Ave Bridge.

There have been several proposals over the years to rename it the Technology Bridge.