The Smoot Commemorative Plaque
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5.0 (2)A Harvard Bridge marker honoring the 1958 MIT prank that measured the crossing at 364.4 Smoots and one ear.
Description
The plaque credits the prank to MIT's Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity pledges, who measured the span using the height of fraternity brother Oliver Smoot. That humorous calculation turned into an enduring measurement still recognized by Massachusetts authorities.