Old Colony Avenue Underpass – Boston MA

City:
Boston, MA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sanitation and Water Disposal

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Completed:
1939

Description

1939 MDC annual report:
“A by-pass and traffic circle were constructed on Old Colony Parkway at Mount Vernon Street and Columbia Circle, Dorchester. Incidental work included the reconstruction of a storm sewer overflow. All work was done under P.W.A. Docket No. Mass. 1512-F, Massachusetts State Project No. D-206”

Source notes

"Annual report of the Metropolitan District Commission," by Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission (1939 volume; pg. 3)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 12, 2018.

Location Info


Old Colony Ave. and Columbia Rd.
Cambridge, MA

Coordinates: 42.321445, -71.052123

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