West Roxbury Parkway

West Roxbury Parkway

The parkway approaching a rotary in West Roxbury
Maintained by	Boston Transportation Department
Length	2.6 mi (4.2 km)[1]
Location	Boston, Massachusetts (West Roxbury and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods)
South end	Washington Street / Enneking Parkway in West Roxbury
North end	Newton Street in Chestnut Hill
West Roxbury Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°18′10″N 71°9′11″W / 42.30278°N 71.15306°W / 42.30278; -71.15306
Built	1919
Architect	Eliot, Charles
MPS	Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS
NRHP reference No.	05001528[2]
Added to NRHP	January 19, 2006

West Roxbury Parkway is a historic parkway running from Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Enneking Parkway runs south, to Horace James Circle in Chestnut Hill, where it meets the Hammond Pond Parkway. The parkway serves as a connector between Stony Brook Reservation and Hammond Pond Reservation (via Hammond Pond Parkway). West Roxbury Parkway was built between 1919 and 1929 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. The parkway is distinctive in the roadway system developed by the Metropolitan District Commission beginning around the turn of the 20th century in that it was built in collaboration with the City of Boston, and is maintained by the city.^[3]

At the northern end of the Stony Brook Reservation, the parkway runs through Bellevue Hill Park. The boundary roads of Bellevue Hill Park (Bellevue Hill Road, East Border Road, and West Border Road), which flank the parkway, are also listed as contributing properties to the West Roxbury Parkway.

The West Roxbury Parkway also intersects with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway.