Massachusetts Avenue (Boston)

The Massachusetts Avenue, known to local residents shortly Mass Ave, is a major thoroughfare in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, which runs through Boston and some other cities and suburbs northwest of Boston. "Your 16 miles of black asphalt running from gritty industrial areas to leafy suburbs and pass gentrified brownstones, Colleges and busy commercial areas. "

  • 2.1 The midnight ride of Paul Revere
  • 2.2 Previous names and their development

Route

The road begins in Boston's Dorchester and initially runs parallel to Interstate 93 from southeast to northwest through Boston, to then form with the Massachusetts Turnpike ( Interstate 90) is a motorway junction. It crosses with the Harvard Bridge Charles River and the Back Bay district of the city of Cambridge and there divides the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course continues over the Central Square and around the Harvard Yard at Harvard Square. Then, the road bends sharply to the north and leads at Harvard Law School and about the past Porter Square, where she turns to the northwest. From there, the Mass Ave continues through North Cambridge, Arlington and Lexington, where it empties into the Minuteman National Historical Park.

Advanced consideration of the route

Under the same name, the road continues to the northwest and west by many different cities and suburbs. It runs it for the most part parallel to or identical with the Massachusetts Route 2 and Massachusetts Route 2A and, with the exception of some gaps in places that have been its main thoroughfare a different name, are consistently followed up in the center of Massachusetts.

In the largest part of their range, the Massachusetts Avenue is a center of attraction for business activities, which is the case especially in the larger cities. On both sides of the road you will find apartments, shops and restaurants, and there are a high number of pedestrians.

In some places the road passes to the park or through them, including the Southwest Corridor Park, part of the Emerald Necklace on Commonwealth Avenue, the Charles River Bike Path, the Alewife Linear Park, the protected area Alewife Brook Reservation and the Minuteman Bikeway.

Cities and towns along the Massachusetts Avenue

The Massachusetts Avenue leads - starting in Dorchester - through Boston, Cambridge, Arlington, Lexington, Concord (from Hanscom Field honored as Great Road, from the Concord Turnpike west of the city again Massachusetts Avenue ), Acton, Boxborough, Harvard and Lunenburg ( here is Route 2A reported as Mass Ave. ).

Important buildings, institutions and landmarks along the route

Along the road you will find, among others, the following buildings, institutions and landmarks:

  • Chester Square
  • Symphony Hall (Boston Symphony Orchestra )
  • Horticultural Hall
  • Christian Science Center and his Mapparium
  • Berklee College of Music
  • Newbury Street
  • Charles River
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Central Square
  • Cambridge City Hall
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard Square
  • Cambridge Common
  • Lesley University
  • Porter Square
  • Uncle Sam Memorial Statue
  • Arlington Center Historic District
  • Jason Russell House
  • Munroe Tavern
  • Lexington Battle Green

History

The midnight ride of Paul Revere

On the night of 18th to April 19, 1775 Paul Revere on his horse rode a portion of Massachusetts Avenue, which was then called Great Road. Also at this time, but separated from each other, rode the freedom fighter William Dawes and Samuel Prescott on parts of the road. This event has gone down in the history books as midnight ride.

Previous names and their development

Today's Massachusetts Avenue was established at the end of the 19th century from several previously separate road pieces. In Boston, the road south of Chester Square (now Chester Park in the South End neighborhood ) was named Westchester Park originally called Eastchester Park and north of the square.

In Cambridge, the road follows part of the former Front Street and the former Main Street. From Harvard Square to Alewife Brook it follows the original North Avenue. In Arlington, the road was formerly known as Arlington Avenue and Main Street in Lexington.

Transportation

The Massachusetts Avenue is operated as part of the public transport with a variety of different transport. This includes more than 30 bus lines and the metro lines Green Line, Red Line and Orange Line MBTA operating between Lexington and Boston.

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