Northeast Expressway (Massachusetts)

Northeast Expressway
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length:	4.1 mi (6.6 km)
Existed:	1958 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I‑93 / US 1 in Charlestown
	Route 16 in Revere
North end:	US 1 / Route 60 in Revere
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State

The Northeast Expressway consists of the elevated expressway from the junction of Interstate 93 and U.S. Route 1 in Charlestown, through Charlestown, crossing the Mystic River, through Chelsea, Everett and Revere. The highway becomes a surface expressway in northern Chelsea. The expressway terminates at the Revere-Saugus border, but the six-lane divided highway continues to the Interstate 95 and Route 128 junction in Peabody without at-grade intersections or traffic signals. It carries the U.S. 1 designation for its entire length.

Planned and cancelled northern section

Causeway (center) for the unbuilt section of the Northeast Expressway across Saugus Marsh

The Northeast Expressway was planned to extend north from Saugus, through Lynn, Lynnfield and Peabody. The highway would bisect the Saugus Marsh and the Lynn Woods Reservation. The highway would then connect with the present junction of Interstate 95 and Route 128 in Peabody. The Expressway would carry the Interstate 95 designation from the Peabody interchange with 128 south to the southeast Charlestown interchange with Interstate 93.

The highway was constructed in several stages. First, the Tobin Bridge over the Mystic River opened in 1948. In various stages, the Chelsea and Revere portions opened from 1956 to 1958. The highway carried the Interstate 95 designation from 1955 (in its planned stage) to 1973 (when cancelled by Gov. Francis Sargent).^[1]

Exit list

See also

1955 Yellow Book plan for the Boston area showing the Northeast Expressway path and paths of other proposed interstate highways within Rt. 128.

• U.S. Route 1 in Massachusetts

References

Road transportation infrastructure of Boston Interstate Highways I-90 (Mass Pike) History of the Mass Pike I-93 I-95 U.S. Routes US 1 US 3 US 20 State Routes Route 1A Route 2 Route 2A Route 3 Route 9 Route 27 Route 28 Route 30 Route 99 Route 128 Route 145 Route 203 Parkways Arborway Blue Hills Day Boulevard Fenway Jamaicaway Memorial Drive Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street Park Drive Riverway Stony Brook Soldiers Field Road Storrow Drive Truman VFW West Roxbury Major streets Beacon Street Bennington Street Boylston Street Columbus Avenue Commonwealth Avenue Dorchester Avenue Huntington Avenue Massachusetts Avenue Newbury Street State Street Tremont Street Washington Street Bridges Anderson Boston University Bowker Overpass Charlestown Eliot Harvard Leverett Circle Connector Longfellow North Beacon Street Tobin Zakim Bunker Hill Tunnels Callahan Dewey Square Fort Point Prudential Sumner Ted Williams Thomas P. O'Neill Jr Expressways East Boston John F. Fitzgerald (Central Artery) Northeast Northern Northwest Southeast Southwest (Southwest Corridor) Western Yankee Division Interchanges Braintree Split South Bay Interchange See also Big Dig Boston Post Road Emerald Necklace Inner Belt Expressway (unbuilt) South End Bypass (unbuilt) Charles River Crossings Streets in Boston Numbered Routes in MA