Arborway
Department of Conservation and Recreation | |
| Length | 1.6 mi (2.6 km)[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | Emerald Necklace, Boston, Massachusetts |
| West end | Pond Street in Jamaica Plain |
| East end |  Route 203 (Morton Street) in Forest Hills |
| Other | |
| Designer | Frederick Law Olmsted |
Arborway (also known as The Arborway) consists of a four-lane, divided
It was included in the landscape complex called the Olmsted Park that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1971.[2]
Description
The Arborway begins at a large
Casey Overpass
Named Monsignor William J. Casey Overpass in honor of a Depression-era priest of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Jamaica Plain, the overpass was opened in November 1953 to allow the increasing automobile traffic of the day to bypass the north-south traffic on Washington Street, South Street, and Hyde Park Avenue.[3] In the 2000s, community groups were investigating the possibility of fixing this "missing link" in the Emerald Necklace.[4] The Massachusetts Department of Transportation determined the overpass "structurally deficient" in 2010 and started work on replacing it with an at-grade roadway.[5] The overpass was demolished in 2015.[6]
Major intersections
The entire route is in the city of Boston.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica Plain | 0.0 | 0.0 | Francis Parkman Drive / Pond Street / Jamaicaway north | Traffic circle; southern terminus of Jamaicaway | |
| 0.4 | 0.64 | Centre Street | Traffic circle; western terminus of Route 203 | ||
| Forest Hills | 1.6 | 2.6 |  Route 203 east (Morton Street) / Circuit Drive | Route 203 continues east as Morton Street | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Arborway (MBTA station)
- M.T.A. (song)
References
- ^ a b Google (May 24, 2019). "Arborway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "National Register Information System – Olmsted Park System (#71000086)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Forest Hills overpass opened". Boston Globe. November 27, 1953. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rappaport Institute, "Casey Overpass" Archived September 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About the Project - Casey Overpass". www.massdot.state.ma.us. MassDOT Highway. Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
- ^ "Casey Overpass is coming down, to the delight of some, and the dismay of others - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
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