Fresh Pond Parkway
| Fresh Pond Parkway | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
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 The Fresh Pond Parkway to the north |
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| location | Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 22 '51 " N , 71 ° 8' 35" W | ||
| Built | 1899 | ||
| architect | Charles Eliot , Olmsted Brothers | ||
| NRHP number | [1] 04001429 | ||
| The NRHP added | January 5, 2005 | ||
The Fresh Pond Parkway is a historic park and parkway in the western part of the city of Cambridge in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It was built in 1899 by landscape architects Charles Eliot and the Olmsted Brothers and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The street is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston .
The Fresh Pond Parkway is two lanes in each direction and extends from the Mount Auburn Street in the south to its northern end at the roundabout at the Concord Avenue and the Alewife Brook Parkway . Most of the route forms the eastern border of the area known as Fresh Pond and also serves as a connection road to the Charles River Reservation .
Massachusetts Route 2 and US Highway 3 run the full length of the parkway . The portion north of Huron Avenue is also designated as Massachusetts Route 16 .
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Individual evidence
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved April 15, 2008.