Morrissey Boulevard
| Morrissey Boulevard William T. Morrissey Boulevard
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| Route of Morrissey Boulevard (red) | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Boston |
| District | Dorchester |
| Created | 1924 |
| Connecting roads |
 MA 203 and MA 3A (south) Day Boulevard , Kosciuszko Circle (north)
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| Cross streets |
 I-93 (exit on Morrissey Boulevard north only)
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| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 2.71 mi (4.4 km ) |
The Morrissey Boulevard is as Parkway designed six-lane coastal road in Boston district of Dorchester in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . The street is administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston .
Route
The parkway begins in the south at Neponset Circle , where it connects to the Southeast Expressway (identical route from US Highway 1 / Interstate 93 / Massachusetts Route 3 ) as well as Massachusetts Route 3A and 203 . From there, the road leads northwards through the districts of Neponset and Popes Hill , where there are commercial areas on both sides of the road, and splits into two separate, three-lane lanes in front of the underpass under the tracks of the MBTA Red Line , which are after the underpass run together again. In this way, at this point where the Popes Hill station of the Old Colony Railroad used to be , a change of direction is also possible through connecting ramps. Driving north there is also a driveway to Tenean Beach , which is part of the Dorchester Shores Reservation , via Tenean Street .
The Morrissey Boulevard leads for about 0.5 mi (0.8 km ) further north through densely built industrial parks to Freeport Street where it passes again under the Expressway. On the east side of the underpass, an exit from the expressway leads north onto Morrissey Boulevard . There is also a highly visible, 140 ft (42.7 m ) high tank for liquefied natural gas , which was decorated by the artist Corita Kent with her work Rainbow Swash , which is the largest copyrighted work of art in the world.
The Parkway continues on the bascule bridge John J. Beades Memorial Bridge into the Savin Hill Bay , from where especially the beaches Savin Hill Beach and Malibu Beach and the Savin Hill Yacht Club and the war memorial for Vietnam veterans are available, resulting in the immediate vicinity to Savin Hill and are part of the Boston Harborwalk .
In the further course, Morrissey Boulevard leads past the University of Massachusetts Boston , Boston College High School , the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and the Boston Globe , among others . The road ends at Kosciuszko Circle at Columbia Point , where it connects to Day Boulevard and Columbia Road .
history
The first documents of the road date back to 1906 when it was designed as an urban parkway along the course of the Old Colony Railroad as a bypass for motorists towards Quincy and the South Shore . The planning lasted for almost two decades and could not be completed until 1924. At that time the street was called the Old Colony Parkway .
The originally planned route parallel to the tracks was not implemented, however, as landfills had meanwhile made it possible to create a route that was easier to implement along the coastline of Dorchester Bay . In 1951 the street was renamed William T. Morrissey Boulevard to commemorate the former chairman of the Metropolitan District Commission of the same name (predecessor organization of the Department of Conservation and Recreation ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Road Inventory. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, archived from the original on June 20, 2012 ; accessed on October 14, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gerry O'Regan: MBTA Red Line. nycsubway.org, accessed October 14, 2012 .
- ^ Janice Cassani: Pope's Hill. Dorchester Atheneum, accessed October 14, 2012 .
- ^ Dorchester Shores Reservation. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, accessed October 14, 2012 .
- ↑ Wartime Visions. Boston's Famed Rainbow Tank Inspires Admiration, Scorn. In: National Public Radio. November 3, 2001, accessed October 14, 2012 .
- ↑ DORCHESTER. (No longer available online.) The Boston Harbor Association, archived from the original on December 9, 2010 ; accessed on October 14, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nancy S. Seasholes: Gaining ground . a history of landmaking in Boston. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 2003, ISBN 978-0-262-19494-5 ( online in Google book search).
- ↑ a b Jim Vrabel: When in Boston . a time line & almanac. Ed .: Bostonian Society. Northeastern University Press, Boston 2004, ISBN 978-1-55553-621-3 ( online in Google book search).
Web links
Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 71 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W.
