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Freeman Street.
Orvis Road to Barnes Lane
40
500
Fremont Street.
North Union Street to Alewife Brook Parkway.
30
1500
+Frost Street.
Forest Street to Wright Street.
40
950
+Fulton Street.
Appleton Street, southerly.
30
350
+Garden Street.
Mystic Street, easterly and southerly
40
490
Gardner Street.
Broadway to Decatur Street ..
35-40
2150 1150 feet proposed.
295
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470
Egerton Road .
Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .
Glenburn Road, northeasterly .
40
Everett Place.
725
Florence Avenue .
Claremont Avenue to Renfrew Street .
50
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued
Name
Location
Width
Publie
Private
Gaylord Street.
Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Extension
40
1029
Gay Street.
Brand Street, easterly .
40
375
George Street.
Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue.
40
2530
+George Street.
Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.
40
430
George Street.
Appleton Street, southeasterly .
50
900
Glen Avenue.
Mystic Street to Walnut Avenue.
40
585
Glenburn Road.
Park Avenue, easterly
40
1340
Gloucester Street .
Mt. Vernon Street to Highland Avenue
40
688
Gloucester Street Ext.
Highland Avenue, easterly .
40
233
Gould Road.
Pleasant Street to Shore Road .
40
500
Gorham Street.
Washington Street Extension to Candia Street. Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street
40
650
March 26, 1914. March 20, 1916.
Grafton Street.
Raleigh Street to Broadway.
40
761
1832
Gray Street.
Pleasant Street to Ravine Street .
40
750
March 10, 1885. November 8, 1887. .
Gray Street ..
Ravine Street to Loeke Farm
40
1000
Gray Street.
From point 377 feet west of eorner Bartlett Avenue to Oakland Avenue.
50
4611
November 20, 1911; November 15, 1913; Mt. Vernon Street to Oakland Avenue, built 1913.
Gray Street.
Locke Farm to Mt. Vernon Street.
50
2200
Not construeted.
Grove Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street.
30
1460
March 2, 1840.
Grove Street Place.
Grove Street, westerly
40
Hamlet Street .
Franklin Street to Medford Street.
40
400
+Hamlet Street ..
Franklin Street to Beacon Street.
40
765
Harlow Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street
40
630
Harlow Street .
Raleigh Street to Broadway
40
665
Harvard Street.
Appleton Street, southerly .
50
674
Mareh 6, 1911.
Hayes Street .
Medford Street to Lower Mystie Lake
40
575
Hawthorne Avenue
Pine Ridge Road to Park Avenue.
40
1099
Hawthorne Avenue Ext.
High Haith Road to 74 feet west of Yale Street
40
1050
+Heard Road .
Forest Street to Wright Street.
40
610
Hemloek Street.
Brattle Street to Pine Street.
50
320
March 16, 1908, formerly Summer Street.
Hemlock Street
Pine Street to 88 feet beyond Lansdowne Road
40
550
Henderson Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street.
40
1000
Formerly Summer Street. November 2, 1886; March 9, 1891.
Henderson Street.
Cross Street to Alewife Brook Parkway
40
80
296
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40
559
Grafton Street.
Grand View Road .
Gray Street to Eastern Avenue
40
490
March 26, 1914. March 24, 1920.
Length
Date of Acceptance
+Henry Street.
Wright Street to Winchester Line.
40
550
Hibbert Street.
Lexington Line to Rublee Street.
40
635
+Hibbert Strect .
Rublee Street to Piedmont Street.
40
189
+High Street.
Appleton Street, southerly . .
30
25
+Highfield Road .
Falmouth Road West, north and south
40
830
High Haith Road
Highland Avenue to Spring Street ..
10
1291
+High Haith Road .
Spring Street to Arlmont Street.
40
454
Highland Avenue.
Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street .
526
Highland Avenue.
Massachusetts Avenue to Eastern Avenue.
50
3180
March 7, 1872.
+Hill Avenue
Park Place to Park Avenue Extension
10
500
Hillcrest Street .
Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street.
10
864
Hillside Avenue .
Wollaston Avenue to Prospeet Avenue
50
2704
August 4, 1884.
Hillside Avenue
Prospect Avenue to Charlton Street.
1706
+Hilton Strect.
Broadway to Gardner.
10
693
Hobbs Court.
1111 Massachusetts Avenue northerly to B. & L. R.R ..
25
700
Hopkins Road
Pleasant Street, southerly
40 & 50
629
March 26, 1917.
+Hopkins Road .
Spy Pond, northerly .
50
121
Hospital Road .
Summer Street to Symmes Hospital.
20
1200
*Hutchinson Road
Old Mystic Street to Winchester Line. 10
2995
Old Town Way named Oak Street, November 9, 1846.
Intervale Road
Robin Hood Road to Lake Shore Drive.
40
523
Inverness Road .
Aberdeen Road to First Street.
40
350
Iroquois Road .
Bonad Road to Ottawa Road.
40
875
Irving Street.
Pleasant Street to Bartlett Avenue
40
1270
September 20,1875; November 8, 1897; November 15, 1898; November 18, 1901.
Irving Street.
Bartlett Avenue, westerly
40
320
Jackson Street.
Fabyan Street, southeasterly
40
338
+James Street.
Thesda Street to Winchester Line.
40
910
Jason Street .
Massachusetts Avenue to Brantwood Road.
40-50
2770
November 4, 1884; March 2, 1885; March 13, 1893; July 1, 1895.
Jason Terraee .
Jason Street, westerly.
30
190
+Jefferson Avenue
Franklin Avenue to Lexington Line.
40
80
Kenilworth Road
Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue
40
1171
Kensington Park
Pleasant Street to Kensington Road.
40 & 45
516
Kensington Road .
Kensington Park to Brantwood Road.
10
850
Kilsythe Road
Selkirk Road to Inverness Road.
40
640
+King Street. .
Summer Street, northerly
40
260
Lafayette Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Park Boulevard
40
692
Lake Avenue.
Magnolia Street to Park Boulevard
10
709
Lakehill Avenue.
Lake Street, northwesterly.
40
631
Lake Shore Drive
Robin Hood Road, east and west.
40
606
.
.
November 8, 1897. November 8, 1897. . ·
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TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued
Length
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
*Lake Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street, Belmont
50
5000
Old Town Way named Pond Street November 9, 1846. November 15, 1898.
Lakeview .
Pleasant Street, easterly
40
498
+Lanark Road.
Kilsythe Road to Second Street.
40
150
Lancaster Road.
Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .
40
300
Langley Road .
Upland Road to Falmouth Road .
40
584
March 20, 1916.
+Langley Road Ext.
Upland Road to Stowecroft Road.
40
911
Lansdowne Road .
Hemlock Street, northerly.
40
754
Laurel Street.
Brattle Street, westerly
40
290
Lee Terrace.
99 Massachusetts Avenue, northeasterly
20
450
Lennon Road
Bow Street, northerly
40
500
+Lennon Road Ext.
Summer Street, southwesterly
40
250
Lewis Avenue.
Medford Street to Franklin Street.
40
720
May 1, 1876. March 25, 1915.
+Lincoln Street .
Woodland Street, 104 feet southwesterly .
40
104
Linden Street.
Park Avenue to Cliff Street.
50
1620
November 8, 1897. November 11, 1850; April 20, 1874.
Locke Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to north of Peirce Street
40
410
+Locke Street.
H nry Street to Winchester Line.
40
400
Lombard Road.
Pleasant Street to Lombard Terrace.
40
450
Lombard Terrace
Wellington Street to B. & L. R.R ..
40
814
Lorne Road.
Sutherland Road, southeasterly . 40
300
*Lowell Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Lexington Line
50
3876
Old Town Way named Lowell Street November 9, 1816.
Lowell Street Place.
Lowell Street to B. & L. R.R.
40
300
Lublin Street .
Appleton Street, northwesterly ..
40
314
Madison Avenue
Park Place to Lexington Line ..
40
1600
Magnolia Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
40
1045
655
Malvern Street .
Appleton Street to Lexington Line.
40
300
Maple Street. .
Pleasant Street to Academy Street.
40
670
Marathon Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway.
45
1730
Marion Road. .
Massachusetts Avenue to Belknap Street 40
270
*Massachusetts Avenue. . .
Cambridge Line to Lexington Line. 66-98
18310
+Maybie Street ..
Charlton Street to Dodge Street . .
40
425
Maynard Street. . .
Hayes Street, east and west.
40
475
298
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Lincoln Street.
Gray Street to Woodland Street.
40
370
Linwood Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Spy Pond.
40
660
November 22, 1910. November 22, 1920.
March 6, 1911.
April 20, 1874. April 15, 1898. March 6, 1911. Old Town Way named Main Street, November 9, 1847.
Date of Acceptance
Line .
*Medford Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Medford Line.
3180
Melrose Strect.
Massachusetts Avenue, southwestcrly .
10
415
+Menotomy Road
Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street. . Lowell Street to Forest Street Place.
25
425
Mill Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Strect.
50
860
Millett Street.
Lansdowne Road to Rockland Avenue.
10
254
+Millett Street Ext.
Rockland Avenue to Symmes Hospital.
40
260
Milton Street .
Massachusetts Avenue, southwesterly .
40
409
Modena Street.
Appleton Street to Sylvia Street .
40
190
Montague Street.
40
390
Montague Strect .
40
640
Moore Place.
Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
25
350
Morris Street.
Alpine to Park Avenue Extension.
40
230
Mountain Avenue
Overlook Road, east and west.
4C
410
Mt. Vernon Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street.
40
1360
625
*Mystic Street. .
Massachusetts Avenue to Winchester Line.
50-60,
8150
.
Mystic River Parkway.
Somerville Line to Medford Street.
4100
Mystic River Parkway.
Medford Street to Mystic Street.
3600
Newcomb Street.
Lake Street to Barnes Lane.
40
875
March 20, 1916.
Newland Road .
Bow Street, northeasterly
10
1200
+Newland Road Ext.
Forest Street, westerly .
40
789
Newman Way.
From 824 Massachusetts Avenue, westerly
20
300
Newport Street .
Gloucester Street to Gray Street.
40
544
+Nicod Street.
Williams Street to Appleton Street.
40
1050
Norcross Street .
North Union Street to Gardner Street.
30
770
Norfolk Road.
Pleasant Street to Jason Street.
40
1101
North Union Street.
Broadway to Decatur Street.
40
1920
Nourse Road .
Nourse Street, westerly .
40
240 360
Nourse Street . .
Lowell Strect, southerly.
40
Oakland Avenue.
Appleton Street to Claremont Avenue
50
2760
April 14, 1896; September 23, 1878.
Oakland Avenue.
Claremont Avenue to Belmont Line.
' 50
1524
Oakledge Street .
Bow Street to Park Avenue Extension .
40
. 311
Oak Knoll
Pleasant Street, westerly
40
335
*Old Mystic Street.
Mystic Street to Mystic Street.
40
2200
Orchard Place. . Orchard Terrace
Massachusetts Avenue, southerly Medford Street, westerly .
25
500
40
344
.
40
1361
Mill Lane.
Public Way decreed by Land Court in 1917. June 11, 1872, also Old Town Way.
March 25, 1915.
November 2, 1886.
April 7, 1873.
Mystic Lake rive.
Webcowet Road, easterly
10
June 4, 1856; Sept. 3, 1873; Old Town Way called Mystic St., Nov. 9 1846. Metropolitan Park Commission Bou- levard. Metropolitan Park Commission Bou- levard.
224 feet built.
Originally called Cross Street. March 6, 1911; March 25, 1912. March 6, 1871.
Old Town Way named Mystic Street, November 9, 1846.
299
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT
Old Town Way named Medford Street, November 9, 1846. March 25, 1915.
Westminster Avenue to Crescent Hill Avenue. . Crescent Hill Avenue to Orient Avenue
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued
Name
Location
Width
Date of Acceptance
Public Private
Orient Avenue.
Davis Avenue to Fairview Avenue.
40
560
+Orient Avenue
Lexington Line to Summit Street.
40
2000
Ortona Street.
Appleton Street to Piedmont Street.
40
265
Orvis Road
Massachusetts Avenue to Brooks Avenue.
80
920
March 25, 1915.
Orvis Road.
Brooks Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..
Ottawa Road
Highland Avenue, southeasterly
40
640
Overlook Road .
Summer Street to Mountain Avenue .
40
1900
Oxford Street .
Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street
40
667
March 25, 1918.
Oxford Street .
Raleigh Street to Broadway
40
786
March 24, 1920.
Palmer Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street
40
965
March 14, 1892; November 22, 1906.
+Palmer Street.
Warren Street to Mystic Valley Parkway Franklin Street to Medford Street.
40
410
Park Avenue.
Lowell Street to Belmont Line.
80
5920
June 29, 1875.
Park Avenue Ext ..
Lowell Street to Summer Street ..
40
1035
675
March 26, 1917.
+Park Avenue Ext.
Forest Street to Summer Street.
40
426
Park Boulevard .
Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
40
1680
Park Circle.
Park Avenue to Park Avenue.
40
1050
March 30, 1903.
+Park Place.
Madison Avenue to Westminster Avenue.
700
Park Street.
Warren Street to Coral Street.
40
1518
March 4, 1872.
Park Street Place.
Park Street, westerly .
30
125
Park Terrace.
Mystic Street, easterly
10
300
*Paul Revere Road
Appleton Street to Massachusetts Avenue
50
2050
November 10, 1877. Also Old Town Way formerly Vine Street, named Paul Revere Road, Nov. 7, 1901.
Peabody Road.
Pleasant Street, southeasterly
40
529
Pearl Avenue .
Mystic Street to Walnut Avenue
40
668
+Peck Avenue . .
Wollaston Avenue, westerly .
40
600
Peirce Street .
Forest Street to Locke Street.
40
680
Pelham Terrace
Pleasant Street, westerly .
40
345
+Perth Road
Selkirk Road to Third Street.
40
200
Pheasant Avenue .
Ronald Road to Overlook Road.
40
500
Pheasant Avenue .
Chatham Street, north and south.
40
713
Peter Tufts Road .
Edmund Road to Overlook Road .
40
570
+Philemo Street. .
James Street to Lexington Line.
40
750
Piedmont Street. .
Wollaston Avenue to Silvia Street.
40
1039
Pine Ridge Road.
Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue
40
1171
300
Old Town Way, named Summerset Place, November 9, 1846.
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
1671
Parallel Street.
40
230
Length
Pine Street. *Pleasant Street .
Hemlock Street to Brattle Lane Massachusetts Avenue to Belmont Line.
40
750 4820
1875 Old Town Way, named Pleasant Street November 9, 1846.
Plymouth Street.
Highland Avenue, easterly
40
232
Pond Lane .
Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
30
700
November 11, 1850.
Pond Lane .
B. & L. R.R. to Boat Club House
20-30
490
Pond Terrace
Pond Lane, westerly.
20
160
Prentiss Road
Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .
40
225
Prescott Street.
Russell Street to Winslow Street.
40
591
March 14, 1892.
+Proprietors Way .
Summer Street, northerly
40
340
Prospect Avenue.
Hillside Avenue to Park Avenue
50
300
August 4, 1884.
Prospect Avenue .
Wachusett Avenue to Hillside Avenue.
50
453
March 20, 1916.
Raleigh Street ..
Grafton Street to Oxford Street.
40
180
March 24, 1920.
Ramsdell Court.
Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .
17
200
Randolph Street
Lake Street to Barnes Lane.
40
940
March 20, 1916.
Rangeley Road .
Mystic Street to Glen Avenue .
40
602
Ravine Street.
Irving Street to Gray Street.
40
368
March 6, 1893.
Rawson Road .
Broadway to Mystic River Prakway
40
1734
+Reed Street .
Thesda Street, southwesterly .
40
375
Renfrew Street .
Cedar Avenue to Florence Avenue.
40
2650
+Renfrew Street.
Florence Avenue to Appleton Street .
40
1020
Revere Street . .
Walnut Street to Menotomy Road .
40
370
Rhinecliff Street.
Florence Avenue to Belmont Line .
40
2200
+Rhinecliff Street .
Florence Avenue to George Street.
40
160
*River Street .
Warren Street to Medford Line.
40
1800
March 2, 1857.
Robin Hood Road
Mystic Street to Lake Shore Drive
40
1000
Robbins Road .
Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street
45
1370
April 14, 1896.
Robbins Road.
Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue
40
1200
Rockland Avenue
Millet Street, north and south.
40
551
Ronald Road
Overlook Road to Pheasant Avenue
40
1270
+Rosslin Road.
Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road.
40
150
Rublee Street.
Hibbert Street, westerly
40
500
Rublee Street.
Hibbert Street to Williams Street.
40
273
Russell Street.
Mystic Street to Water Street.
40
791
March 4, 1872.
Russell Terrace .
Russell Street to Winslow Street.
40
390
March 14, 1892.
+Sachem Avenue.
Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park
40
600
Sawin Street.
Henderson Street to Teel Street.
40
215
March 16, 1908.
Sawin Street. ..
Teel Street, westerly .
30
200
+School Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street
40
1363
+Shore Road .
Chapman Street, southerly .
40
735
Schouler Court.
Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
30
340
+Shawmut Place.
Summer Street, northerly .
36
400
Raleigh Street.
Grafton Street to Harlow Street,
40
650
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TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS - Continued
Length
Name
Location
Width
Date of Acceptance
Public
Private
Scituate Street.
Gloucester Street to Gray Street.
40
587
224 feet built.
+Second Street.
Peck Avenue to Lanark Road
40
150
+Selkirk Road.
Aberdeen Road to Perth Road.
40
500
Shawnee Road
Bonad Road to High Haith Road.
40
557
Sherborn Street.
Medford Street, westerly .
40
625
+Short Street.
Chestnut Street, easterly .
40
201
+Smith Street ..
Arnold Street to Lancaster Road
40
600
Spring Avenue
Pine Ridge Road to Buena Vista Road.
40
1350
Spring Road.
Sutherland Road, southerly
40
300
Spring Street.
Pleasant Street to Highland Avenue
3450
Old Town Way named Spring Place, November 9, 1846. November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867.
Spring Valley .
Pleasant Street to Spy Pond.
25
520
+Spurcliff Road
Mystic Street to Crosby Street.
40
916
¡Steep Rock Road
Philemon Street to Winchester Line
40
300
Stowecroft Road.
Upland Road to Spurcliff Road.
40
911
+Summer Street.
Mystic Street to Brattle Street.
50
3920
April 7, 1873; Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846; March 16, 1908. September 18, 1914.
Summer Street.
Brattle Street to Lexington Line.
50
6750
Summer Street Avenue.
Hemlock Street, westerly.
40
465
Summer Street Place.
Summer Street, southwesterly
20
170
Summit Street. .
Alpine Street, northeasterly .
40
900
+Summit Street. .
Summer Street, southwesterly
40
118
Sunny Side Avenue
Broadway, easterly .
40
450
Sunset Road.
Bow Street, northeasterly .
40
1200
+Sunset Road Ext. .
Frost Street, southwesterly .
40
627
Surry Road
Daniels Street, westerly.
40
520
406 feet built.
Sutherland Road
Paul Revere Road to Aberdeen Road
40
750
Swan Place.
Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .
30
600
Swan Street.
Pleasant Street to Swan Place.
40
250
March 14, 1877.
Sylvia Street.
Lexington Line to Rublee Street.
40
Sylvia Street.
Rublee Street to Malvern Street.
40
2001
Tanager Street.
Wollaston Avenue to Wollaston Avenue.
40
1150 970
November 22, 1906. March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884.
Teel Street Place
Teel Street, westerly .
30
206
Temple Strect.
Highland Avenue, easterly .
40
235
¡Thesda Street.
Wright Street to Reed Street
40
1620
+Third Street .
Peck Avenue to Perth Road .
40
100
302
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800
Tcel Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Cross Street .
40
¡Thomas Street. Forest Street to Wright Street.
40
350
¡Thompson Street.
Lowell Street to Mill Lane.
40
425
+Thorn Road .
Forest Street, southwesterly .
40
185
Thorndike Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Lake Avenue.
40
1057
March 20, 1916.
Thorndike Street. .
Lake Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..
40
Trent Street .
Highland Avenue, easterly .
40
229
Trowbridge Street.
1050
March 26, 1914. April 2, 1866.
Udine Street.
Appleton Street to Rublee Street.
40
960
+Unnamed street
Sylvia Street, westerly .
40
170
+Unnamed street
Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road.
40
400
+Unnamed street .
Norfolk Road, southwesterly .
40
200
Unnamed street
Hibbert Street to Sylvia Street.
40
180
+Unnamed street .
Kensington Park, southeasterly .
40
280
+Unnamed street .
Park Place, southerly
40
340
Upland Road.
Falmouth Road, westerly
40
525
March 20, 1916.
Upland Road.
West of Langley Road
40
102
+Upland Road West
Crosby Street to Highfield Road
40
493
+Valentine Road .
Appleton Street to George Street.
50
900
Varnum Street ..
Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .
40
403
March 26, 1914. November 13, 1894.
+Wachusett Avenue
Appleton Street to Florence Avenue.
50
730
Wachusett Avenue.
Florence Avenue to Park Avenue.
50
1800
Waldo Road.
Marathon Street to Cleveland Street.
200
April 15, 1898, formerly Laurel Street.
Waldo Road ..
Marathon Street to Amsden Street. .
45
Wall Street.
Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street .
40
448
+Walnut Avenue
Glen Avenue, easterly .
40
400
Walnut Court ..
Walnut Street, easterly
25
275
Walnut Street .
Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street .
33
1360
March 7, 1870
*Warren Street.
Medford Street to Broadway
50
2680
May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846.
+Warren Street.
Appleton Street, southerly .
30
350
Warwick Street.
Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street.
45
200
Washington Avenue .
Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue.
40
250
Washington Street.
Brattle Street to Summer Street :
40
700
Washington Street Ext.
Summer Street to Overlook Road .
40
2080
Water Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street.
40
680
March 15, 1894.
+Water Street Ext.
Mystic Street to Russell Street.
50
1300
Waverly Street. .
Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue.
40
2180
+Waverly Street.
Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.
40
644
Webcowet Road.
Medford Street to Orchard Terrace. .
40
484
Webcowet Road.
Orchard Terrace, northerly
40
608
Webster Street.
Broadway to Warren Street.
40
680
May 27, 1873.
+Webster Street.
Warren Street to Mystic Valley Parkway.
40
1710
303
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT
643
Massachusetts Avenue to Waldo Road. .
45
Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street.
35
1300
Tufts Street .
Wachusett Avenue.
Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street.
40
650
45
750
.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS -- Concluded
Name
Location .
Width
Date of Acceptance
Publie
.Private
Wellington Street .
Pleasant Street, easterly.
40
737
November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911.
+Wellington Street Ext.
Wellington Street to Addison Street.
40
191
West Street.
Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street.
50
450
130 feet proposed. August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881.
Westminster Avenue.
Lowell Street to Lexington Line.
50
2310
985
Whittemore Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
40
466
November 23, 1909.
+Wilbur Avenue .
Williams Street to Chestnut Street.
40
1082
Wildwood Avenue.
Bartlett Avenue, westerly .
40
300
+Wildwood Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue, southerly
40
630
Williams Street .
Arnold Street, southerly.
40
500
Williams Street .
Piedmont Street, northerly
40
750
Willow Place ..
Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
30
169
Wilson Avenue .
Old Mystie Street to Hutchinson Road.
40
635
Windemere Avenue.
Bartlett Avenue, northwesterly
40
350
Mareh 27, 1906.
Windemere Park.
Windemere Avenue, southerly ..
30
400
Windsor Street.
Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly . .
45
577
March 25, 1915.
Windsor Street.
Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly
45
423
Winnick Plaee.
Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street .
20
230
Winslow Street .
Mystic Street to Russell Terrace.
40
*528
March 14, 1892.
Winter Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway
40
1540
April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1846.
Wollaston Avenue.
Park Avenue to West Street
60
1340
September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908.
+Wollaston Avenue
West Street, westerly .
60
620
+Wollaston Avenue .
Appleton Street to near Wilbur Avenue.
60
860
Wollaston Avenue.
Appleton Street to Rublee Street.
60
495
Woodbury Street .
Dundee Road to Hibbert Street. .
40
750
Woodland Street.
Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue.
40
282
March 22, 1909.
Woodland Street.
Bartlett Avenue to Lincoln Street.
40
240
March 25, 1915.
+Wright Street.
Winchester Line, southwesterly .
40
1930
Wyman Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street.
40
1050
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906.
Wyman Lane. .
Lake Street, northwesterly.
40
751
.
March 20, 1916.
Yale Street .
Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Extension
40
1117
*Street laid out by the County Commissioners. Length of Public Streets and Town Ways, 42.28 miles. +Proposed Street not built. Length of Private Streets open for travel, 29.78 miles. Length of Proposed Private Streets, 11.66 miles.
.
304
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
+Winchester Road.
Lake Street, southerly
300
Westmoreland Avenue
Lowell Street to Orient Avenue.
40
Length
600
Wyman Terrace.
Massachusetts Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue
.
305
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT
GENERAL STATISTICS
Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42°, 25' north; longitude 71°, 09' west, at an elevation above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation, 48 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation, 155 feet.
Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), eleva- tion, 377 feet.
Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation, 281 feet.
The Town and a part of what is now Belmont were set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cambridge to Arlington in 1867.
Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3520 acres, 51/2 square miles; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.
Parks: Town, 54.63 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.
Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.
Public streets and Town ways: Macadam, 19.41 miles; gravel, 22.09 miles; granite paving, 0.3 mile; concrete paving, 0.48 mile. Total miles, 42.28.
Private streets open for travel, 29.78 miles.
Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 7.4 miles; brick, 3.31 miles; artificial stone, 3.36 miles. Total miles, 14.07.
· Edgestone, 10.00 miles.
Paved gutters, 12.32 miles.
Storm drain system, 12.45 miles.
Catch basins, 466.
Sewerage system, 37.10 miles; local Metropolitan sewer system, 3.47 miles. Total, 40.57 miles.
Particular sewer system (2515 connections), 25.49 miles.
Number of buildings connected, 2591.
Water mains: Reservoir supply, 2.49 miles; Metropolitan low system, 22.24 miles; Metropolitan high system, 27.51 miles. Total, 52.24 miles.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
Gentlemen: I respectfully submit my twenty-first annual report as Superintendent of Wires for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1920, as follows:
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