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Alewife Brook Parkway

Alewife Brook Parkway
U.S. Route 3 markerRoute 2 markerRoute 16 marker
Alewife Brook Parkway Map.svg
Map of Middlesex County in eastern Massachusetts with Alewife Brook Parkway highlighted in red
Length 2.05 mi (3.30 km)
South end US 3 / Route 2 / Route 16 / Concord Avenue in Cambridge
North end

Route 16 / Mystic Valley Parkway in Somerville

Alewife Brook Parkway
AlewifeBrookParkway at PowderHouseBlvd.jpg
The parkway at Powder House Boulevard in Somerville
Alewife Brook Parkway is located in Massachusetts
Alewife Brook Parkway
Alewife Brook Parkway is located in the US
Alewife Brook Parkway
Location Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts
Built 1908
Architect Charles Eliot; Olmsted Brothers
MPS Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS
NRHP Reference # 04000249
Added to NRHP March 18, 2004
Construction
Completion 1916

Route 16 / Mystic Valley Parkway in Somerville

Alewife Brook Parkway is a short parkway in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It begins at Fresh Pond in Cambridge (linking to Fresh Pond Parkway via Concord Avenue), and heads north on the east bank of Alewife Brook, crossing into West Somerville and ending at the Mystic River on the Medford town line, where it becomes Mystic Valley Parkway. The entire length of Alewife Brook Parkway is designated as part of Massachusetts Route 16 (Route 16), while the southernmost sections are also designated as part of Route 2 and U.S. Route 3 (US 3). It is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation responsible for bridge maintenance.


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