Soldiers Field Road
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Soldiers Field Road highlighted in red
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| Maintained by | Massachusetts DCR |
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| Length | 4.3 mi[1][2] (6.9 km) |
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| West end |  US 20 in Brighton |
| Major junctions |
 I‑90 / Mass Pike in Allston |
| East end | Storrow Drive in Fenway–Kenmore |
Soldiers Field Road is a major crosstown parkway in Boston, Massachusetts, running west to east from U.S. Route 20 in the northwest corner of Brighton to the Boston University Bridge.[1] It follows the course of the Charles River and also passes by the campuses of Harvard University and Boston University.
Although considered a "major crosstown street", the road has a 10-foot height restriction due to viaduct crossings. In 2013 one of these crossings was the site of a serious bus accident.[3] Speed limits range from 30 to 40 miles per hour (48 to 64 km/hr) on various segments of the road.
Route description
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Soldiers Field Road is one link in a nearly nine-mile continuous roadway along the southern bank of the Charles River, continuing to the east as Storrow Drive, David G. Mugar Way, and Embankment Road, and to the west as Nonantum Road.
History
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Portions of the current alignment of Soldiers Field Road were originally part of the Charles River Speedway, which was built in 1899. The speedway ran from just west of Telford Street to the site of the Eliot Bridge (which wasn't built until 1950).[4] The only surviving building relating to the speedway is the Charles River Reservation (Speedway)-Upper Basin Headquarters, which formerly housed administrative and logistical personnel for the Metropolitan District Commission.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Suffolk County. All exits are unnumbered.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Brighton | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 20 (Beacon Street) / Nonantum Road west – Watertown Square, Newton, Brighton Center |
Western terminus at a traffic circle | |
| Allston | 0.7 | 1.13 | Western Avenue / Arsenal Street – Brighton Center, Watertown | Interchange | |
| 2.0 | 3.2 |   Route 2 / US 3 / Fresh Pond Parkway – Arlington |
Partial interchange | ||
| 2.5 | 4.0 | Harvard Street – Harvard Square, Allston, Cambridge | Interchange | ||
| 3.1 | 5.0 | I‑90 / Mass Pike / Western Avenue / Cambridge Street – Central Square, Cambridge |
Interchange; tolled access to/from I-90 | ||
| Fenway–Kenmore | 4.1 | 6.6 | University Road – Brookline | Eastern terminus; eastbound exit and entrance | |
| 4.1 | 6.6 | Storrow Drive east | Continuation beyond University Road | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs - http://www.mass.gov/mgis/dd-over.htm
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See also
- Memorial Drive, on the opposite side of the river in Cambridge
- Charles River Bike Path
- List of crossings of the Charles River
