Markings typically appear every 10 smoots (56 ft; 17 m), but additional marks appear at other numbers in between. For example, the 70-smoot (390 ft; 120 m) mark is accompanied by a mark for 69.
For the record, the Harvard Bridge measures 364.4 smoots, plus or minus one ear. A plaque on the bridge's north side commemorates the event, and in 2016, Smoot returned to lead a parade celebrating the enduring legacy of his namesake measurement.
Update: Happy April Fools’ Day! The length of a smoot, and the Mass. Ave. bridge, are timeless and will never change. But Oliver Smoot will be at MIT’s Moving Day on May 7, where he’ll lead a procession of thousands across the bridge—and its 364.4 smoots—to celebrate MIT’s campus centennial.
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Since then, the smoot marks have been assiduously maintained on the bridge, which measures 364.4 smoots, plus or minus one ear. Interestingly, Smoot went on to become the chair of the American National Standards Institute and president of the International Organization for Standardization.
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For more than 4 decades, Jonathan Smoots was a force in Wisconsin theater
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