Boston street network

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The Boston street network is the complex, historically evolved system of roads and pathways in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its irregular layout, dense urban fabric, and mix of colonial-era streets and modern thoroughfares.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf transportation infrastructure ⓘ
urban street network ⓘ
connectedTo Interstate 90 ⓘ
Interstate 93 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 2 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 28 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 3 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 9 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 99 ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
containsFeature arterial roads ⓘ
bridges over the Charles River ⓘ
historic narrow lanes in the North End ⓘ
local residential streets ⓘ
one-way street segments ⓘ
rotaries and traffic circles ⓘ
signalized intersections ⓘ
tunnels such as the O’Neill Tunnel ⓘ
developedFrom Native American trails in the Boston area ⓘ
colonial-era paths and cow paths ⓘ
governedBy City of Boston transportation and public works departments ⓘ
hasCharacteristic curvilinear streets ⓘ
dense urban fabric ⓘ
frequent intersections ⓘ
historically evolved ⓘ
irregular layout ⓘ
mix of colonial-era streets and modern thoroughfares ⓘ
non-orthogonal street pattern ⓘ
radial-convergent structure around downtown ⓘ
short block lengths ⓘ
includesArea Allston-Brighton ⓘ
linked to: Allston

Back Bay ⓘ
Charlestown ⓘ
Dorchester ⓘ
Downtown Boston ⓘ
East Boston ⓘ
Fenway–Kenmore ⓘ
Jamaica Plain ⓘ
North End ⓘ
Roxbury ⓘ
South End ⓘ
includesRoad Atlantic Avenue ⓘ
Beacon Street ⓘ
Blue Hill Avenue ⓘ
Boylston Street ⓘ
Cambridge Street ⓘ
Columbus Avenue ⓘ
Commonwealth Avenue ⓘ
Congress Street ⓘ
Hanover Street ⓘ
Huntington Avenue ⓘ
Massachusetts Avenue ⓘ
Memorial Drive (adjacent in Cambridge, connected network) ⓘ
Soldiers Field Road ⓘ
Storrow Drive ⓘ
Summer Street ⓘ
Tremont Street ⓘ
Washington Street ⓘ
influencedBy Boston Harbor shoreline changes ⓘ
Boston’s peninsular geography ⓘ
The Big Dig highway project ⓘ
linked to: Big Dig

historic land reclamation in Back Bay ⓘ
integratedWith MBTA bus network ⓘ
MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway

regional commuter rail stations ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
United States ⓘ
serves automobile traffic ⓘ
bicycle traffic ⓘ
bus transit ⓘ
pedestrian traffic ⓘ
usedFor commuting ⓘ
freight movement ⓘ
tourism access to historic sites ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter Street (Boston) → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
subject linked to: Winter Street
Geneva Avenue → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
Broadway (South Boston) → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
Tremont Street, Boston → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
Washington Street (Boston) → isPartOf → Boston street network ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington Street
Kosciuszko Circle → partOf → Boston road network ⓘ
linked to: Boston street network
Harvard Avenue → partOf → City of Boston street network ⓘ
linked to: Boston street network
Atlantic Avenue (Boston) → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
subject linked to: Atlantic Avenue
Nashua Street → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
Mount Vernon Street (Boston) → isPartOf → Boston street network ⓘ
subject linked to: Mount Vernon Street
Beacon Street (near Boston Common) → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
West Street (Boston) → isPartOf → Boston street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: West Street
linked to: Boston street network
Leverett Circle area → partOfNetwork → Greater Boston road network ⓘ
linked to: Boston street network
New Chardon Street → partOf → Boston downtown road network ⓘ
linked to: Boston street network
Charlesgate underpass → partOf → Boston road network ⓘ
linked to: Boston street network
Centre Street (Jamaica Plain) → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
subject linked to: Centre Street
Salem Street (Boston) → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
subject linked to: Salem Street
Lamartine Street → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ
Pearl Street (Boston) → isPartOf → Boston street grid ⓘ
linked to: Boston street network
Atlantic Avenue (Boston) → partOfNetwork → Boston street network ⓘ