Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway

Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway
	The parkway in West Roxbury
Maintained by	Department of Conservation and Recreation
Length	4.3 mi (6.9 km)
Location	Boston, Massachusetts
South end	Boston-Providence Highway in West Roxbury
Major; junctions	Route 109 in West Roxbury
North end	Centre Street in West Roxbury
	Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°17′10″N 71°9′31″W / 42.28611°N 71.15861°W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1931
Architect	Charles Eliot, Olmsted Brothers
MPS	Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS
NRHP reference No.	04001432
Added to NRHP	January 5, 2005

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway (referred to locally as the VFW Parkway) is a historic parkway in Boston, Massachusetts. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Washington Street at the Dedham-West Roxbury border, from where it travels north and then east, ending at a junction with Centre Street, near the Arnold Arboretum. The highway is almost entirely contained within the West Roxbury neighborhood, although it passes through part of the Chestnut Hill neighborhood near its junction with the West Roxbury Parkway. Most of its length, from Spring Street in West Roxbury to its eastern end, is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), a successor to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) which oversaw the road's construction. The parkway was built in stages between 1930 and 1942, and was designed to provide a parkway connection from the Upper Charles River Reservation to other MDC parks via the West Roxbury Parkway. The DCR portion of the road was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[3] The road formerly carried the designation for U.S. Route 1.^[4]

Route description

The parkway begins at an intersection with Washington Street and Boston-Providence Highway in Dedham, essentially as a northward continuation of Providence Highway. It soon crosses into Boston, reaching a major junction near the Charles River with Bridge Street (the eastern terminus of Massachusetts Route 109) and Spring Street, where it takes on a more noticeably landscaped setting. It continues generally northward, flanking parkland adjacent to the river on its left. It crosses the Needham Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail before turning more generally eastward near the junction with Baker Street. It intersects with LaGrange Street and Corey Street before turning eastward, forming the border between the West Roxbury and Chestnut Hill areas for the remainder of the route. It passes by the Hancock Village development on its left, before meeting the West Roxbury Parkway at the Frank R. Kelly Memorial Rotary in Chestnut Hill. It then passes the Allandale Woods on its left before reaching its eastern end at Centre Street, a short way west of the Arnold Arboretum.^[3]

History

The parkway was constructed in three stages. The first section, built between 1931 and 1938, connected Spring Street to the West Roxbury Parkway. In 1941 the southern extension to Washington Street was added, and the eastern connection to Centre Street was built in 1942. The initial construction phase resulted in a two-lane road separated by a median and lined with trees. Many of these trees are still standing, providing a canopy over the roadway. A drainage system was installed in the Baker Street area in 1939, and the southbound lanes south of West Roxbury Parkway were reconstructed in 1941. The eastern section of the parkway was built the following year on the right-of-way of an existing city street. Changes to the parkway have been minimal since its construction; repairs have been made with similar materials.^[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Boston, Suffolk County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
West Roxbury	0.0	0.0	Boston-Providence Highway south	Continuation into Dedham
West Roxbury	0.9	1.4	Route 109 west / Spring Street – Westwood, Milford, West Roxbury	Eastern terminus of Route 109
Chestnut Hill	3.6	5.8	West Roxbury Parkway – Roslindale, West Roxbury, Newton, Brookline	Traffic circle
West Roxbury	4.3	6.9	Centre Street – Boston, Brookline, Roslindale, West Roxbury
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b Google (May 26, 2019). "Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NRHP nomination for VFW Parkway". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-8338190.html ^{[dead link]}

[googlemaps-1] Google (May 26, 2019). "Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[NRHP-3] "NRHP nomination for VFW Parkway". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

[4] ttp://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-8338190.html ^{[dead link]}

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