Memorial Drive (Cambridge)
The Memorial Drive is designed as Parkway Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States. It runs along the north bank of the Charles River and is reported on their whole length as U.S. Highway 3 and Massachusetts Route 3. The portion west of the Boston University Bridge carries the identifier of Massachusetts Route 2
History
The road was made until 1922 when Charles River Road and was renamed as part of the acquisition of the Charles River Park by the Metropolitan District Commission. The name was chosen in honor of the fallen of the First World War.
Background
The Memorial Drive is - just like the other parkways along the Charles River Esplanade - part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation ( successor to the Metropolitan District Commission) administers. Since the road passes through a recreational area, the section between Western Avenue and Mount Auburn Hospital is locked for motorized vehicles on Sundays during the summer months and then pedestrians, cyclists, inline skaters, etc. reserved. This rule applies from the last Sunday in April to the second Sunday in November and occurs on the affected days from 11am clock bis 19 clock in force.
The center strip does in some places for a change of direction a so-called Michigan Left required.