Commonwealth Avenue (Boston)

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Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth Avenue in 2006
Commonwealth Avenue in 2006
Length11.0 mi (17.7 km)[1]
West end Route 30 in Auburndale
Major
junctions
Route 16 in West Newton
US 20 in Allston
ToArlington Street in Back Bay
NorthMarlborough Street (Back Bay)
SouthNewbury Street (Back Bay)
Construction in Back Bay (1870) with the two sides of Commonwealth Avenue flanking the tree-lined Mall.

Commonwealth Avenue (colloquially referred to as Comm Ave) is a major street in the cities of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Boston Public Garden, and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Boston University, Allston, Brighton and Chestnut Hill. It continues as part of Route 30 through Newton until it crosses the Charles River at the border of the town of Weston.

  1. ^ "Commonwealth Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 24, 2019.