Cyclists and pedestrians could one day have a safe and easy way to cross the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, without worrying about cars.

The Museum of Science, located on the historic Charles River dam between the two cities, is working with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation on a proposal for a car-free connection across the river, StreetsBlogMASS reported Friday. Though the project is still in the preliminary design phase, it would provide a connection between existing bike and pedestrian paths on either side of the waterway.

In a feasibility study the museum completed in December 2023, designers from the planning firm VHB wrote that the project would create a “safe, equitable and accessible path between” Boston and Cambridge.

“The proposed connection at t

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