Baxter Boulevard

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A distance marker on the western side of Baxter Boulevard.
A distance marker on the western side of Baxter Boulevard.

Baxter Boulevard is a part of U.S. Route 1 in Portland, Maine. Wrapping around the west side of Back Cove, the roadway was named after James P. Baxter, a former mayor. It served as the means to head north from downtown Portland before Tukey's Bridge, now on I-295, was built.

A four-mile recreation path encircles Back Cove. An offshoot in the stretch that runs parallel to I-295 leads to East End Beach.

Tree planting began on the Boulevard in 1921 as a memorial to World War I victims.

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Coordinates: 43°40′6.2″N, 70°16′29.7″W

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