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Massachusetts Avenue
	Massachusetts Avenue near Beacon Street in Boston
Component; highways	Route 2A from Marrett Rd. to Maple St.; Route 4 from Bedford St. to Pleasant St.; US 3 from Mystic St. to Alewife Brook Pkwy
West end	Route 2A near Lexington
Major; junctions	Route 4 Bedford St.; Route 2A Marrett Rd.; Route 2A Maple St.; Route 4 Pleasant St.; US 3 / Route 60 Mystic St.; US 3 Alewife Brook Pkwy; I-90 Mass. Tpke.; Route 9 Huntington Ave.
East end	Columbia Rd. In Boston

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Massachusetts Avenue (colloquially referred to as Mass Ave) is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston. According to Boston magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, homeless encampments, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips."^[1]

Route

The street begins at Everett Square in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester and runs southeast-northwest through Boston, paralleling Interstate 93 for a short distance. Massachusetts Avenue passes below part of the Boston Medical Center complex near Harrison Street, before passing above routes 9, 2, and the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90). It crosses the Charles River from the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston into the city of Cambridge via the Harvard Bridge, where it passes both U.S. Route 3 and MA-Route 3, it then bisects the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, passes through Central Square, and curves around two sides of Harvard Yard at Harvard Square. After Harvard Square it turns sharply northward, passes Harvard Law School, then passes through Porter Square, where it bears northwestward. It continues through North Cambridge, Arlington, and Lexington, where it enters the Minuteman National Historical Park.

Extended route

The road, by the same name, continues northwest and west, through many different cities and towns. It largely parallels or joins Route 2 and Route 2A, all the way into central Massachusetts, with a few gaps at towns that have different names for the central road.

For much of its length, Massachusetts Avenue is a center of commercial activity, especially through the larger towns. Apartments, shops, and restaurants fill both sides of it, and there is a lot of pedestrian traffic.

A number of linear parks cut across various portions of Mass. Ave., including the Southwest Corridor Park, the Commonwealth Avenue portion of the Emerald Necklace, the Charles River Bike Path, the Cambridge Linear Park, Alewife Brook Reservation, and the Minuteman Bikeway.

Towns and cities on the Massachusetts Avenue route

77 Massachusetts Avenue, the site of MIT, an important landmark in Cambridge

Boston
Cambridge
Arlington
Lexington
Concord (signed as North Great Road from Hanscom Field to the town bypass; route through town unclear; resumes on the Concord Turnpike west of town)
Acton
Boxborough
Harvard
Lunenburg signs Route 2A as Mass Ave, but there is no defined route through Shirley or Ayer.

Notable buildings, institutions, and landmarks along the route

History

Massachusetts Avenue forms the commercial heart of Cambridge's Central Square.

Paul Revere's ride

On the night of April 18–19, 1775, Paul Revere rode his horse down a portion of this road, then known as the Great Road, on his "Midnight Ride", and William Dawes and Samuel Prescott also rode on portions of this road on their way to Concord. These travels were on the Cambridge side of the Charles River; the Harvard Bridge was not constructed until the 1880s.

Early names and evolution

Massachusetts Avenue was formed at the end of the nineteenth century from what were separate roads. In Boston the road was previously called East Chester Park south of Chester Square and West Chester Park to the north (Chester Square is in the South End and is now called Chester Park). Across the river in Cambridge the road follows part of what was once Front Street near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then follows the former Main Street to Harvard Square (Main Street originally ran between Kendall and Harvard Squares, and the part to the east of Central Square retains the original name). From Harvard Square to the Arlington line at Alewife Brook it follows what had been North Avenue since 1838, and prior to that the Road to Menotomy. In Arlington it follows the former Arlington Avenue, and in Lexington it follows the former Main Street south of the Battle Green and the former Monument Street north of the Battle Green.

Mass transit

Massachusetts Avenue is served with direct connections for a number of the MBTA's bus and subway routes between Lexington and Boston.

Direct bus connections on Mass Ave include 1, 8, 10, 16, 17, 39, 43, 47, 55, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, 86, 91, 96, 170, 350, 351, CT2, CT3, a stop on the Silver Line bus, and LexPress.^[2]^[3]

MBTA subway stations, from west to east, include Porter, Harvard, and Central along the Red Line; both the Hynes Convention Center and Symphony along the Green Line; and a station along the Orange Line under the Mass Ave. name. An additional stop at Arlington Center was mooted during the 1980s Red Line extension but ultimately was not constructed.^[4]

Two MBTA Commuter Rail stations are located on Massachusetts Avenue, Porter in Cambridge and Newmarket at the South Bay Shopping Center in Dorchester.

References

^ Leeds, Jared, The Mass Ave. Project, Boston magazine, November 2007, p.124
^ "> Schedules & Maps > Private Bus". MBTA. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
^ "Lexington, Massachusetts:Lexpress Bus". Lexingtonma.gov. 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
^ "Chapter 5: Transit as a Catalyst for Downtown and Neighborhood Renewal". The Role of Transit in Creating Liveable Metropolitan Communities. Report 22. Transportation Research Board. 1997. pp. 39–40. ISBN 0-309-06057-5. Retrieved July 1, 2010. In contrast, the town of Arlington, concerned about traffic congestion, opposed the extension of the Red Line into its boundaries and its termination at Arlington Heights. As a result, the Red Line now terminates at Alewife, in North Cambridge.

External links

History of Mass Ave
The Streets of Cambridge - Some Accounts of Their Origin And History, pp. 35-37
"Pothole Repair Requests: Massachusetts Ave". Cambridge Open Data Portal. City of Cambridge. 2008.

[1] Leeds, Jared, The Mass Ave. Project, Boston magazine, November 2007, p.124

[2] "> Schedules & Maps > Private Bus". MBTA. Retrieved 2012-10-16.

[3] "Lexington, Massachusetts:Lexpress Bus". Lexingtonma.gov. 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-10-16.

[4] "Chapter 5: Transit as a Catalyst for Downtown and Neighborhood Renewal". The Role of Transit in Creating Liveable Metropolitan Communities. Report 22. Transportation Research Board. 1997. pp. 39–40. ISBN 0-309-06057-5. Retrieved July 1, 2010. In contrast, the town of Arlington, concerned about traffic congestion, opposed the extension of the Red Line into its boundaries and its termination at Arlington Heights. As a result, the Red Line now terminates at Alewife, in North Cambridge.

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+'''Massachusetts Avenue''' (colloquially referred to as '''Mass Ave''') is a major thoroughfare in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], and several cities and towns northwest of Boston. According to ''Boston'' magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, homeless encampments, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips."<ref>Leeds, Jared, ''The Mass Ave. Project'', ''Boston'' magazine, November 2007, p.124</ref>
 ==Route==
-The street begins in the Boston neighborhood of [[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]] and runs southeast-northwest through Boston, paralleling [[Interstate 93]] for a short distance and interchanging with the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 90]]). It crosses the [[Charles River]] from the [[Back Bay]] neighborhood of Boston into the city of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] via the [[Harvard Bridge]], where it bisects the campus of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], passes through [[Central Square (Cambridge)|Central Square]], and curves around two sides of [[Harvard Yard]] at [[Harvard Square]]. After Harvard Square it turns sharply northward, passes [[Harvard Law School]], then passes through [[Porter Square]], where it bears northwestward. It continues through [[North Cambridge, Massachusetts|North Cambridge]], [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]], and [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], where it enters the [[Minuteman National Historical Park]].
+The street begins at [[Edward Everett Square|Everett Square]] in the Boston neighborhood of [[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]] and runs southeast-northwest through Boston, paralleling [[Interstate 93]] for a short distance. Massachusetts Avenue passes below part of the [[Boston Medical Center]] complex near Harrison Street, before passing above routes [[Massachusetts Route 9|9]], [[Massachusetts Route 2|2]], and the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 90]]). It crosses the [[Charles River]] from the [[Back Bay]] neighborhood of Boston into the city of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] via the [[Harvard Bridge]], where it passes both [[U.S. Route 3]] and [[Massachusetts Route 3|MA-Route 3]], it then bisects the campus of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], passes through [[Central Square (Cambridge)|Central Square]], and curves around two sides of [[Harvard Yard]] at [[Harvard Square]]. After Harvard Square it turns sharply northward, passes [[Harvard Law School]], then passes through [[Porter Square]], where it bears northwestward. It continues through [[North Cambridge, Massachusetts|North Cambridge]], [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]], and [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], where it enters the [[Minuteman National Historical Park]].
 ===Extended route===
 The road, by the same name, continues northwest and west, through many different cities and towns. It largely parallels or joins [[Massachusetts Route 2|Route 2]] and [[Massachusetts Route 2A|Route 2A]], all the way into central Massachusetts, with a few gaps at towns that have different names for the central road.
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 === Towns and cities on the Massachusetts Avenue route ===
-[[Image:77MassAve.jpg|thumb|220px|right|77 Massachusetts Avenue, the site of [[MIT]], is an important landmark in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]].]]
+[[Image:77MassAve.jpg|thumb|220px|right|77 Massachusetts Avenue, the site of [[MIT]], an important landmark in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]]]
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 * [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]]
 * [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]]
-* [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]] (signed as Great Road from Hanscom Field to the town bypass; route through town unclear; resumes on the Concord Turnpike west of town)
+* [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]] (signed as North Great Road from Hanscom Field to the town bypass; route through town unclear; resumes on the Concord Turnpike west of town)
 * [[Acton, Massachusetts|Acton]]
 * [[Boxborough, Massachusetts|Boxborough]]
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 *[[Chester Square (Boston)|Chester Square]]
 *[[Matthews Arena]], world's oldest functioning indoor sports venue
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 *[[Munroe Tavern (Lexington, Massachusetts)|Munroe Tavern]]
 *[[Lexington Battle Green]]
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 ==History==
-[[File:Centralsquarecambridgemass.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Massachusetts Avenue forms the commercial heart of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]'s [[Central Square, Cambridge|Central Square]].]]
+[[File:Centralsquarecambridgemass.jpg|thumb|Massachusetts Avenue forms the commercial heart of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]'s [[Central Square, Cambridge|Central Square]].]]
 ===Paul Revere's ride===
+{{Main|Paul Revere's Midnight Ride}}
-On the night of April 18&ndash;19, 1775, [[Paul Revere]] rode his horse down a portion of this road (then known as the Great Road) on his "Midnight Ride." On April 18&ndash;19, 1775, [[William Dawes]] and [[Samuel Prescott]] also rode on portions of this road on their way to Concord.  (These travels were on the Cambridge side of the Charles River; the Harvard Bridge was not constructed until the 1880s.)
+On the night of April 18&ndash;19, 1775, [[Paul Revere]] rode his horse down a portion of this road, then known as the Great Road, on his "Midnight Ride", and [[William Dawes]] and [[Samuel Prescott]] also rode on portions of this road on their way to [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]]. These travels were on the Cambridge side of the [[Charles River]]; the Harvard Bridge was not constructed until the 1880s.
 ===Early names and evolution===
+Massachusetts Avenue was formed at the end of the nineteenth century from what were separate roads. In [[Boston]] the road was previously called East Chester Park south of Chester Square and West Chester Park to the north (Chester Square is in the [[South End, Boston, Massachusetts|South End]] and is now called Chester Park). Across the river in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] the road follows part of what was once Front Street near the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and then follows the former Main Street to [[Harvard Square]] (Main Street originally ran between [[Kendall Square|Kendall]] and Harvard Squares, and the part to the east of Central Square retains the original name). From Harvard Square to the Arlington line at [[Alewife Brook]] it follows what had been North Avenue since 1838, and prior to that the Road to Menotomy. In [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]] it follows the former Arlington Avenue, and in [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] it follows the former Main Street south of the Battle Green and the former Monument Street north of the Battle Green.
-Massachusetts Avenue was formed at the end of the nineteenth century from what were separate roads.  In [[Boston]] the road was previously called East Chester Park south of Chester Square and West Chester Park to the north (Chester Square is in the [[South End, Boston, Massachusetts|South End]] and is now called Chester Park).  Across the river in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] the road follows part of what was once Front Street near the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and then follows the former Main Street to [[Harvard Square]] (Main Street originally ran between [[Kendall Square|Kendall]] and Harvard Squares, and the part to the east of Central Square retains the original name).  From Harvard Square to the Arlington line at [[Alewife Brook]] it follows what had been North Avenue since 1838, and prior to that the Road to Menotomy.  In [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]] it follows the former Arlington Avenue, and in [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] it follows the former Main Street south of the Battle Green and the former Monument Street north of the Battle Green.
-====Methadone mile====
-In the early 2000s during the [[opioid crisis]] in Massachusetts, a portion of Massachusetts Avenue became nicknamed the 'Methadone mile' due to the preponderance of [[drug dealing]] and [[methadone]] clinics in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture/2016/07/16/boston-methadone-mile/cLqxOAY7X9tHiooOGuATAI/story.html|title=Boston’s Methadone Mile - The Boston Globe|author=|date=|website=bostonglobe.com|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/storylab/sp17/bostons-opioid-epidemic-has-a-face-on-methadone-mile/|title=Boston’s Opioid Epidemic Has a Face on Methadone Mile – StoryLab|author=|date=|website=www.northeastern.edu|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref>
 == Mass transit ==
-Massachusetts Avenue is served with direct connections for a number of the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA]]'s [[MBTA Bus|bus]] and [[MBTA Subway|subway]] routes between [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] and Boston.
+Massachusetts Avenue is served with direct connections for a number of the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA]]'s [[MBTA bus|bus]] and [[MBTA subway|subway]] routes between [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] and Boston.
-Direct [[MBTA Bus|bus connection]]s on Mass Ave include: {{MBTABus|1}}, {{MBTABus|8}}, {{MBTABus|10}}, {{MBTABus|15}}, {{MBTABus|16}}, {{MBTABus|17}}, {{MBTABus|43}}, {{MBTABus|47}}, {{MBTABus|55}}, {{MBTABus|62}}, {{MBTABus|64}}, {{MBTABus|66}}, {{MBTABus|67}}, {{MBTABus|68}}, {{MBTABus|69}}, {{MBTABus|70}}/{{MBTABus|70A}}, {{MBTABus|71}}, {{MBTABus|72}}, {{MBTABus|73}}, {{MBTABus|74}}, {{MBTABus|75}}, {{MBTABus|76}}, {{MBTABus|77}}, {{MBTABus|78}}, {{MBTABus|79}}, {{MBTABus|83}}, {{MBTABus|86}}, {{MBTABus|91}}, {{MBTABus|96}}, {{MBTABus|170}}, {{MBTABus|350}}, {{MBTABus|351}}, {{MBTABus|CT1}}, {{MBTABus|CT2}}, {{MBTABus|CT3}}, a [[Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Silver Line station)|stop]] on the [[Silver Line (MBTA)|Silver Line]] bus, and LexPress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/private_bus/?loc=Lexington |title=> Schedules & Maps > Private Bus |publisher=MBTA |date= |accessdate=2012-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lexingtonma.gov/DPW/lexpress.cfm/ |title=Lexington, Massachusetts:Lexpress Bus |work=Lexingtonma.gov |date=2012-07-01 |accessdate=2012-10-16}}</ref>
+Direct [[MBTA bus|bus connection]]s on Mass Ave include {{MBTABus|1}}, {{MBTABus|8}}, {{MBTABus|10}}, {{MBTABus|16}}, {{MBTABus|17}},
+{{MBTABus|39}}, {{MBTABus|43}}, {{MBTABus|47}}, {{MBTABus|55}}, {{MBTABus|62}}, {{MBTABus|64}}, {{MBTABus|66}}, {{MBTABus|67}}, {{MBTABus|68}}, {{MBTABus|69}}, {{MBTABus|70}}, {{MBTABus|71}}, {{MBTABus|72}}, {{MBTABus|73}}, {{MBTABus|74}}, {{MBTABus|75}}, {{MBTABus|76}}, {{MBTABus|77}}, {{MBTABus|78}}, {{MBTABus|79}}, {{MBTABus|83}}, {{MBTABus|86}}, {{MBTABus|91}}, {{MBTABus|96}}, {{MBTABus|170}}, {{MBTABus|350}}, {{MBTABus|351}}, {{MBTABus|CT2}}, {{MBTABus|CT3}}, a [[Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Silver Line station)|stop]] on the [[Silver Line (MBTA)|Silver Line]] bus, and LexPress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/private_bus/?loc=Lexington |title=> Schedules & Maps > Private Bus |publisher=MBTA |access-date=2012-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lexingtonma.gov/DPW/lexpress.cfm/ |title=Lexington, Massachusetts:Lexpress Bus |work=Lexingtonma.gov |date=2012-07-01 |access-date=2012-10-16}}</ref>
-[[MBTA Subway]] stations, from west to east, include: [[Porter (MBTA station)|Porter]], [[Harvard (MBTA station)|Harvard]], and [[Central (MBTA station)|Central]] along the [[Red Line (MBTA)|Red Line]]; both the [[Hynes Convention Center (MBTA station)|Hynes Convention Center]] and [[Symphony (MBTA station)|Symphony]] along the [[Green Line (MBTA)|Green Line]]; and [[Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station)|a station]] along the [[Orange Line (MBTA)|Orange Line]] under the Mass Ave. name. An additional stop at [[Arlington Center Historic District|Arlington Center]] was mooted during the 1980s Red Line extension but ultimately was not constructed.<ref>{{cite book |last1= |first1= |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |others= |title=The Role of Transit in Creating Liveable Metropolitan Communities |trans-title=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usxh_yKBNeoC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&source=bl&ots=PwJwEPNh84&sig=JlDU9e36MsTVpz-ZFRpRU0-Par0&hl=en&ei=uqcsTPjzDMSqlAfG9IijCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=July 1, 2010 |type= |edition= |series=Report 22. |volume= |date= |year=1997 |month= |origyear= |publisher=Transportation Research Board |location= |isbn=0-309-06057-5 |oclc= |doi= |id= |page= |pages=Pgs. 39–40, |at= |trans-chapter=|chapter=Chapter 5: Transit as a Catalyst for Downtown and Neighborhood Renewal |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=usxh_yKBNeoC&lpg=PA39&ots=PwJwEPNh84&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false |quote=In contrast, the town of Arlington, concerned about traffic congestion, opposed the extension of the Red Line into its boundaries and its termination at Arlington Heights. As a result, the Red Line now terminates at Alewife, in North Cambridge. |ref= |bibcode= |laysummary= |laydate= |separator= |postscript= |lastauthoramp=}}</ref>
+[[MBTA subway]] stations, from west to east, include [[Porter (MBTA station)|Porter]], [[Harvard (MBTA station)|Harvard]], and [[Central (MBTA station)|Central]] along the [[Red Line (MBTA)|Red Line]]; both the [[Hynes Convention Center (MBTA station)|Hynes Convention Center]] and [[Symphony (MBTA station)|Symphony]] along the [[Green Line (MBTA)|Green Line]]; and [[Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station)|a station]] along the [[Orange Line (MBTA)|Orange Line]] under the Mass Ave. name. An additional stop at [[Arlington Center Historic District|Arlington Center]] was mooted during the 1980s Red Line extension but ultimately was not constructed.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Role of Transit in Creating Liveable Metropolitan Communities |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usxh_yKBNeoC&pg=PA39 |access-date=July 1, 2010 |series=Report 22. |year=1997 |publisher=Transportation Research Board |isbn=0-309-06057-5 |pages=39–40 |chapter=Chapter 5: Transit as a Catalyst for Downtown and Neighborhood Renewal |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usxh_yKBNeoC&pg=PA35 |quote=In contrast, the town of Arlington, concerned about traffic congestion, opposed the extension of the Red Line into its boundaries and its termination at Arlington Heights. As a result, the Red Line now terminates at Alewife, in North Cambridge. }}</ref>
 Two [[MBTA Commuter Rail]] stations are located on Massachusetts Avenue, [[Porter (MBTA station)|Porter]] in Cambridge and [[Newmarket (MBTA station)|Newmarket]] at the South Bay Shopping Center in [[Dorchester, Boston|Dorchester]].
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 ==External links==
-{{Commons cat|Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston)}}
+{{Commons category|Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston)}}
 * [http://bostonhistory.typepad.com/notes_on_the_urban_condit/2005/01/changes_in_bost.html History of Mass Ave]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160611063708/http://www.cambridgehistory.org/content/streets-cambridge-some-accounts-their-origin-and-history The Streets of Cambridge - Some Accounts of Their Origin And History, pp. 35-37]
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 {{Streets and squares in Boston}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Streets in Boston]]
-[[Category:Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:Arlington, Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:Lexington, Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Streets in Boston]]
+[[Category:Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:U.S. Route 3]]

v t e Streets and squares in Boston
East–west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Winter Street
North–south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Massachusetts Avenue Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Mass and Cass Maverick Square North Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

Authority control databases
International	FAST
National	United States Israel