Neponset Valley Parkway
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Neponset Valley Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
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Looking from Boston toward Paul's Bridge and Milton
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| Location | Boston and Milton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°14′5″N 71°7′26″W / 42.23472°N 71.12389°WCoordinates: 42°14′5″N 71°7′26″W / 42.23472°N 71.12389°W |
| Area | 13 acres (5.3 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Charles Eliot, Olmsted Bros. |
| MPS | Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 04001573 |
| Added to NRHP | January 24, 2005 |
The Neponset Valley Parkway is a historic parkway in southern Boston and Milton, Massachusetts, United States. It is a connecting parkway in the Greater Boston area's network, providing a connection between the Blue Hills Reservation, Neponset River Reservation, and the Stony Brook Reservation. The parkway was constructed between 1898 and 1929 with design assistance from Charles Eliot and the Olmsted Brothers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The northern terminus of the parkway is at a junction with River Street, north of the Readville neighborhood of Boston and just south of the Mill Pond Reservation, a city park. On the far side of the Mill Pond Reservation is the southern end of Turtle Brook Parkway, one of the Stony Brook Reservation Parkways. It runs roughly east, as a two-lane road, until it meets a major railroad right-of-way, at which point it turns south. It makes a left turn to cross the railroad with Milton Street on the John Hart Bridge (a 1930s WPA construction), just north of the Readville MBTA station. It turns south, passing the station and then curves east again, crossing another branch of the railroad to enter Wolcott Square, a commercial area of Readville. From Wolcott Square it proceeds roughly southeast in a straight line, through a residential area, and widens to four lanes shortly before reaching the edge of the Neponset River Reservation and a junction with the southern terminus of the Truman Parkway. It then crosses the Neponset River into Milton on Paul's Bridge, an 1849 stone arch bridge which was rebuilt to widen it as part of the parkway construction. On the east side of the river it meets Milton Street and Brush Hill Road, briefly turning southwest before resuming its southeasterly course to its southern terminus at Blue Hill Avenue (Massachusetts Route 138).
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