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{{Infobox NRHP | name =Fells Connector Parkways, Metropolitan System of Greater Boston▼
{{Infobox NRHP
| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes ▼
| image = MedfordMA_FellswayWest.jpg▼
| caption = Fellsway West in Medford▼
| nocat = yes
| location= [[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]] and [[Medford, Massachusetts]]▼
| coordinates = {{coord|42|26|40|N|71|4|45|W|display=inline,title}}▼
| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA▼
| area =▼
▲| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA
| architect= Eliot, Charles; Olmsted Brothers▼
| architecture= ▼
▲| architect = Eliot, Charles; Olmsted Brothers
| mpsub=Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS▼
| added = May 9, 2003
| refnum=03000379▼
<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Fells Connector Parkways''' are a group of historic [[parkway]]s in the cities of [[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]] and [[Medford, Massachusetts]], suburbs north of the city of [[Boston]].
==Background==
Following the enactment of authorizing legislation in 1894, the Metropolitan Parks Commission (predecessor to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) and today's [[Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]] (DCR)) began working with Charles Eliot to plan a parkway to provide access from Boston to the Middlesex Fells Reservation. This job was made difficult due to the existence of relatively densely populated areas between the [[Mystic River]] and the reservation. The plan that the commission and Eliot finally drafted called for an arterial trunk (The Fellsway), which would run north through Medford and Malden, and then split into two branches. Fellsway West would provide access to the promontory point at Pine Hill in Medford (now visible on the west side of [[Interstate 93]]) and the western parts of the reservation, while Fellsway East would provide access to Bear's Den Hill in Malden, and points east. These corridors were wide ({{convert|120|ft|m|adj=on}}) rights of way, in order to provide for several modes of transportation: automobile, street car, and pedestrians and cyclists.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=
==The Fellsway==
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|location=[[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]]–[[
|established=1896
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Land for '''The Fellsway''' was acquired in 1896. Its original southern terminus was at Mystic Avenue in Somerville, and was further extended south to Broadway in 1898. The Somerville section of the parkway south of Mystic Avenue later became part of the McGrath Highway, and the intervening section was extensively altered by the construction of I-93. The Fellsway is designated [[Massachusetts Route 28]] for its entire length. From Somerville it crosses the Mystic River into Medford on the Wellington Bridge and soon enters the Wellington Circle interchange, where it joins with
;Major intersections
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==Fellsway West==
{{Infobox road small
|state=MA
|type=MA
|route=28
|name=Fellsway West
|length_mi=3.6
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|location=[[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]]–[[Stoneham, Massachusetts|Stoneham]]
|established=1896
}}
Portions of the Fellsway West right of way were acquired in 1896; the rest were obtained in 1897. The eastern portion followed an existing alignment along Medford's Valley Street. The road runs west from the northern end of The Fellsway, soon after crossing [[Massachusetts Route 60]] just across the Malden-Medford line in Medford. At Fulton Street the road turns north, paralleling [[Interstate 93]] to Roosevelt Circle, which is where it terminated when completed in 1898. From Roosevelt Circle it continues northward into the Fells, in an extension constructed between 1905 and 1908, and was fully extended to Stoneham in 1931. The section from a point about {{convert|2000|ft|m}} north of Roosevelt Circle has been extensively altered due to the construction of I-93. Only the section between Fulton Street and The Fellsway is part of the National Register listing for the Fells Connector Parkways; the section immediately north of Roosevelt Circle is included in the [[Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways]] listing. Fellsway West is designated Massachusetts Route 28 for its entire length.<ref name=NRHP/>
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|notes=No southbound access to Fellsway East
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|mile=1.0
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|notes=Roosevelt Circle; exit 33 on I-93
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|location=Stoneham
|lspan=2
|mile=2.6
|mile2=3.3
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=MA|I|93|dir1=south|city1=Boston}}
|notes=Entrance from I-93 north only; exit 34 on I-93
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{{MAint
|mile=3.6
|road=[[File:MA Route 28.svg|20px|link=]][[File:I-93.svg|20px|link=]] [[Route 28 (Massachusetts)|Route 28]] north / North Border Road to [[I-93 (MA)|I-93]] north – [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]], [[Concord, NH]]
|notes=Route 28 continues north
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==Fellsway East==
{{Infobox road small
Fellsway East runs north from the interchange with The Fellsway and Fellsway West, with its entire length in Malden, [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]], and Stoneham. The oldest portion runs to East Border Road at the southern edge of the Fells, crossing [[Massachusetts Route 60]] and passing Fellsmere Park. Except for a brief section, it is a broad multilane boulevard with an impressive tree canopy over the northern part, and is the best preserved section of the Fells Connector Parkways.<ref name=NRHP/> From the junction with East Border Road, it becomes a narrow park road, passing into a heavily wooded section of the Fells Reservation in Melrose. It then becomes a border road, skirting the eastern edge of the reservation in Melrose before reaching its end at a junction with Pond Street and the [[Lynn Fells Parkway]] in Stoneham.<ref name=FellsRoadways>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=STN.M|title=NRHP nomination for Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-01-23}}</ref> The section of this parkway south of East Border Road is listed as part of the Fellsway Connector Parkways; the northern section is listed as part of the Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways.<ref name=NRHP/>▼
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|name=Fellsway East
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|location=[[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]]–[[Stoneham, Massachusetts|Stoneham]]
|established=1896
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▲'''Fellsway East''' runs north from the interchange with The Fellsway and Fellsway West, with its entire length in Malden, [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]], and Stoneham. The oldest portion runs to East Border Road at the southern edge of the Fells, crossing [[Massachusetts Route 60]] and passing Fellsmere Park. Except for a brief section, it is a broad multilane boulevard with an impressive tree canopy over the northern part, and is the best preserved section of the Fells Connector Parkways.<ref name=NRHP/> From the junction with East Border Road, it becomes a narrow park road, passing into a heavily wooded section of the Fells Reservation in Melrose. It then becomes a border road, skirting the eastern edge of the reservation in Melrose before reaching its end at a junction with Pond Street and
;Major intersections
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{commons category|Fells Connector Parkways}}
[[Image:MaldenMA EastFellsway.jpg|thumb|left|Fellsway East in Malden]]
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