Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway

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. 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. The rest of its route is mainly eastward, 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]

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]

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

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