Northeast Expressway (Boston)

Northeast Expressway
Route information
Length:	4.1 mi (6.6 km)
Existed:	1958 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-93 in Charlestown
	Route 16 / Route 60 / Route 107 in Revere (as built) Route 99 / Route 129 in Saugus (planned) Route 129 in South Lynnfield (planned)
North end:	Route 1A in Revere (as built) Route 128 in Peabody (planned)
Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business Massachusetts State Highway Routes

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, Revere. The highway becomes a surface expressway in northern Chelsea. It terminates at the Revere-Saugus border. It carries the U.S. 1 designation for its entire length.

Planned and cancelled northern section

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]

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

Notes

References

1. ^ Boston Roads site, "Northeast Expressway (US 1): Historic Overview" http://www.bostonroads.com/roads/northeast/