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(c) Through Roads: Highways are the life-blood of Wilmington. Relocated Route 28, soon to be constructed, will be a limited access highway, and will carry trucking. Although Wilmington is to be very well provided with interchanges, the new route's traffic impact will be felt in the increased number of Wilmington employees and home-owners driving off the inter- changes, especially at Lowell and Concord Streets. Traffic friction will be in evidence between these interchange-points and the center of Town. Set- backs along these stretches should therefore remain deep enough to permit road-widening, and cut-ins should be held to a minimum. It would be pre- ferable to have the stores in a given business-zone share a single entrance and exit and parking space so as to make cross-traffic easier to control. Could not a zoning modification be worked out to permit waiver of side yard (not lot size) requirements - that is, to let stores build side by side into an unbroken row - provided the stores do not cut separate entrances and do install extra parking? Improved sight-lines and marking are needed on Route 38 between Bridge Lane and Silver Lake - a Chapter 90 project.
Traffic on other State routes will not increase as much. Through traf- fic on Route 38 up from the Woburn line will shift to the new Route 28. There will very likely be increased traffic of a different nature - vacation traffic - on the road selected to be a part of the Bay Circuit Tourist Route which is to girdle Boston. Ideally, this route should be along streets re- taining their rural character, and yet of adequately safe design to protect drivers unfamiliar with the peculiarities of the local roads. Route 129 heading east from Billerica into the Square and thence along Route 62 lead- ing north and east towards Ipswich appears to satisfy these criteria, and also brings potential customers through the Square. The original Bay Cir- cuit plans suggested Route 62 coming in from Burlington, but this road would indeed call for many improvements before it would be a safe one for strangers to follow. Another possibility is that of turning off Shawsheen Avenue at Lake Street, picking up Glen Road and proceeding east on Route 62. This route also has the serious disadvantage of injecting more traffic into an area which abounds with carefree children at the very times the Tourist Route would be most in use; it is therefore not recommended. Ac- cess to the beach had best remain from the Main Street side.
Another through route that may have its interchange with Route 28 within Wilmington is the "Lowell Connector." Its right-of-way has not been fixed as yet, and Tewksbury would prefer to have it located southwards of the presently proposed line, which would make it enter North Wilmington along the line of the old railroad bed.
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(d) Recommended Links and Improvements
Internal traffic circulation needs quite a number of improvements. The reasons for the various changes proposed may be grouped as follows:
. . . correction to danger - that is, removal of heavy traffic or trucks from in- ternal residential streets, improvement, or avoidance of grade crossings, and provision of off-street parking space,
. . . direct access to traffic generators,
. . . short cuts to school sites,
. . . intra-town links, and finally
. . . unhampered emergency movement.
The major improvements sought are:
(1) the improvement of key railroad overpasses and elimination of the weakest ones; to this end, it is proposed to reduce the total number from seven bridges over the Boston and Maine Lowell Branch to four, and of these four, to improve the Lake Street bridge, to relocate the Shawsheen Avenue Street bridge, to improve the approaches to the Burlington Avenue bridge as part of the urban renewal treatment of the 'Square," and to retain that bridge unchanged.
(2) improved connections between various parts of town: (a) Extension of Shawsheen Avenue parallel to the railroad through West Wilmington; (b) Extension of Woburn Street west of Route 28, northwards to the Route 125 interchange; (c) Extension of Grove Street to Nichols Street on the north side of the railroad; (d) Linking Salem Street to Glen Road via Essex Road; (e) Linking Chestnut Street and Main Street in the Area above the Town Park; (f) Provision of an access road to serve the industrial area near the Woburn line; (g) Joining Ballardvale and Andover Streets in North Wilming- ton; (h) Joining the Martins Pond settlement to the rest of the town by ex- tending Virginia Road to meet Route 125.
(3) increased off-street parking facilities at the North Wilmington depot, Grove and Main Streets, and at Silver Lake Beach. The parking problem in the Square will be handled as part of Urban Renewal Studies for this area.
(4) shifting southwards of Route 62 from Salem Street to Concord Street, as providing the more convenient through route, and as sending non-local . traffic between North Wilmington and East Wilmington rather than through the middle of the North Wilmington neighborhood. Transfer of the depot from North Wilmington to Concord Street will remove this cause of acute congestion. Concord Street itself will need to be improved and widened and should then qualify for Chapter 90 aid.
(5) completion of the system of internal neighborhood streets, providing direct routes to schools and connecting dead-ends which should logically have been joined.
Eventually all these proposals are to be worked out in detail and pre- sented to the Town in the form of a Master Plan of Streets in order to keep needed rights-of-way open in the future.
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5. NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
(a) Commercial Areas
The location of Wilmington's shopping center should be one most easily reached by most residents. Studies indicate that the center of gravity of the expected population will be between Town Hall and Wilmington Center. Therefore, the present center is well situated, with its advantages of conven- ience for railroad commuters, and of easy accessibility to the routes most likely to be taken to and from business and shopping.
The decision to retain the existing center, however, does not preclude con- sideration of another commercial area to tap the through traffic on Route 28. Four locations were investigated for such a highway center, requiring per- haps 5 or more acres to contain such facilities as a supermarket, restaurant auto service, with other stores and parking.
(1) The present North Wilmington shopping nucleus is convenient to resi- dents and commuters, but rather tight for parking for both commuters and shoppers and for store expansion, and it is not visible from the interchange with Route 28. If Route 62 is shifted to Concord Street, as is desirable in order to run the traffic between rather than through neighborhoods, some customers from the northeast will be lost.
(2) A site at the interchange of Routes 28 and 129 would best tap the heavi- est flow of traffic into AVCO and Wilmington right at Route 28. The diffi- culties here are two-fold - again the cramped building space, and also the lack of possibility for an adjacent railroad station.
(3) A site in-between - the industrial and commercial zone at the intersec- tion of Concord Street and the railroad - offers the best possibility for sup- plementary local service with some attraction for through drivers. The second most used interchange in Wilmington will be this one at Concord Street, which will be emphasized if Route 62 is transferred down from Salem Street. The station and the post-office - not the existing stores - could be moved down from their present location and still be within easy walking for many. There is room here for parking sufficient to serve both shoppers and commuters.
(4) One could combine the site described under (3), for local service, with a purely highway business site northeast of the interchange with Concord Street. It is now residentially zoned and largely vacant save for a gravel pit. If there appears to be any real possibility of attracting a major chain to this point before other nearby towns with larger internal markets do so, it would be essential to rezone this area for highway business before it is built up. The business lots should be large and parking requirements high in order to discourage any clutter of lesser stores better situated at the local business site. There does not seem to be sufficient need even then, however, for a continuation of Woburn Street east of the highway to make a convincing case for its construction by the State.
All in all, one may envision the commercial pattern as (a) a center for serving the whole Town, reconstructed on the present site, (b) a possible sepa- rate highway business center directly on Route 28, (c) a lesser center to serve North Wilmington and automobile commuters plus a limited amount of through traffic, (d) some highway business (restaurants, car sales) on the approaches to the center - but further expansion thereof to be controlled with care - and (e) several small convenience centers for the various neighborhoods.
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(b) Industrial Areas
The only modifications of industrial areas as presently zoned which are suggested are:
(1) extension of the area on the Tewksbury-Wilmington-Andover lines to jibe with the industrial areas in adjacent towns and to take advantage of buildable areas accessible to the proposed Lowell Connector that are too far from community services for residential development.
(2) eventual change of zone from residential to industrial in the area be- tween AVCO and the intersections of Routes 129 and 38. Children from this area would have to cross a major street to reach school, whereas it is a desirable location for industrial groupings.
(3) change of zone from industrial to residential in the triangle encompass- ing Bridge Lane. Residential facilities here can be well served, the land is largely empty, and there is plenty of equally good industrial land available elsewhere.
(4) use of the industrially zoned land in the southern corner of Wilmington - part of which is now tax-title land - as a site for the Wilmington Town Dump and eventually the Wilmington incinerator.
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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS
1. POPULATION
Wilmington's population can be expected to rise to about 25,000 by 1980, due es- pecially to the in-migration that may be expected along new Route 28. The theoretical capacity, based upon existing residential zoning and buildable land tabulations, is approx- imately 30,000 persons. The relative distribution of this population will change. By 1980, the population in West Wilmington will have doubled, those of Silver Lake, Wilmington Center and East Wilmington will have increased 22 times, and that of North Wilmington will have quadrupled. If Wilmington ever reaches theoretical capacity, the pattern of set- tlement will be centrifugal, with 30% each in North and West Wilmington and only 10% in the Center unless the latter permits apartments.
The new families moving into Wilmington will continue to keep the population youthful for the next generation. A decentralized system of small schools corresponds most closely to the developing pattern of distinct, outlying neighborhoods set off from each other by swamps and major circulation routes. As in-migrant families mature, they will need larger homes than the market at present provides, and older women and their grow- ing children will welcome more opportunities to work near home. It is hoped that the larger lots in certain areas will attract roomier buildings. The industrial zones provided can and do attract more employment into Wilmington, which has risen greatly - in 1950 only 1 in 10 could find employment here, but in the future this could rise to 1 in 2 or more.
2. LAND USE
The recently adopted zoning plan was based on the same approach underlying this general land use plan and therefore they correspond to one another well. The prime func- tion of the Town is to be a dormitory in the Boston metropolitan area with selective com- mercial and industrial development. To provide for the services needed by a family-town, however, a broader tax-base is necessary. Wilmington possesses marketable industrial land, which it is wisely conserving for that use. It may also be possible to promote tran- sient highway business in connection with Route 28 at Concord Street, which would require a change from residential to business zoning. The Square itself will remain a center serv- ing Wilmington first and foremost, and the Town should act to clean out the uninviting clutter which hampers its growth.
The pattern of settlement, as indicated above, will be in distinct neighborhoods each centered around an elementary school within walking distance. Schools and organ- ized play areas should be combined for maximum service at minimum cost.
These separate neighborhoods are to be linked by three common centers of interest - the Town Hall and the Square, the High School, and Silver Lake beach - and by a linear sys- tem of informal recreation areas following the major streams between the neighborhoods. To those ends, the Town Hall and Square should be rebuilt and revitalized under the Urban Renewal program; available tax-title land should be annexed at the rear of the High School, maintaining a large central place for out-door community affairs; Silver Lake beach should be expanded and served with a sizeable picnic-and-parking area; tax-title lots along the banks of rivers eventually useable for recreation should be retained.
Local business districts serving the residents are generally accessible, but need more off-street parking. A local business district on Concord Street at the railroad would be useful, and another small one in West Wilmington can be foreseen. Locations have been recommended for the Town offices, auxiliary fire stations, Town Garage, and dump, utiliz- ing tax-title lands wherever appropriate.
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3. CIRCULATION
The railroads are here to stay. The station and the depot should, however, gain parking space, the former as part of the Square's renewal, the latter by its transfer to Concord Street, which will also act as a stimulus to commercial development at that site.
Construction of Relocated Route 28 will soon be an accomplished fact. The numer- ous interchanges provided serve Wilmington well and help to overcome the severance of North Wilmington from the remainder. Tewksbury and Wilmington should present the idea of re-routing the tentative line of the Lowell Connector so as to enter Route 28 within Wilmington. The extension of Route 125 will make it easy to reach the Martins Pond area.
The sections of road between the interchanges with Route 28 and the Square may later need widening, so the building set-back should remain deep, nor should unnecessary entrances be permitted. Railroad overpasses can be reduced from 7 to 4 and improved. Circuitous routes between neighborhoods should be clarified as itemized in the text. Route 62 should eventually be shifted down to Concord Street. New streets and walkways to shorten the distance to the schools are needed within each neighborhood. (See Ill. 16)
LIST OF RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
A. SCHOOLS
1. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Reserve sites as soon as possible and put playground portion into use pending ac- tual school construction. The School Accommodations Committee and Planning Board to cooperate in site acquisition and operation. Play areas prepared during construc - tion of the school receive State aid.
(a) Central Group - Swain, Buzzell and Center - retain schools and site, although buildings may later be replaced - divert Middlesex Street around Common.
(b) Wildwood - retain school and site.
(c) Boutwell - 8 rooms - acquire site now, build now
(d) Park - 8 rooms - acquire site now, build now
(e) Shawsheen - 6-8 rooms - acquire site now, build soon
(f) Butters Row - 6-8 rooms - acquire site now, build soon
(g) Silver Lake - 6 rooms - acquire site now, build soon
(h) North - 8 rooms - acquire site now, build as needed - or enlarge Park - 15-16 rooms; enlarge original site
(i) Aldrich - 8 rooms - acquire site soon, build as needed
(j) Walker - 4 rooms - discard when Glen is built
(k) Whitefield - 4 rooms - discard when Park is built
(1) West - 1 room - discard when Boutwell is built
(m) Mildred Rogers - 4 rooms - discard when Silver Lake is built. Site should be added to beach area.
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(a) West - 20 rooms - acquire site now, build first
(b) East - 20 rooms - acquire site now, build next
(c) North - 20 rooms - site owned, build as needed (Timing of East and North Schools may be reversed)
(d) Pedestrian by-pass - short-cut, to West School on one side and beach on other - build soon.
B. OFF-STREET PARKING
1. LOCAL BUSINESS
These areas are suggested for public acquisition and administration, as self-liqui- dating projects, with parking meters.
(a) North Wilmington (Depot) - acquire site, partially improve now, finish as needed, modify zoning boundary.
(b) Silver Lake at Main Street - acquire site, partially improve now, finish as needed, modify zoning boundary
(c) Concord Street at the railroad - acquire site, partially improve now, finish as needed, modify zoning boundary
2. TOWN CENTER
This will be studied separately under the Urban Renewal Program.
3. SILVER LAKE BEACH
Enlarge beach, provide parking and landscaping.
C. MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS
1. GENERAL SERVICE BUILDINGS
(a) Town Hall, and Police Headquarters - prepare site as part of Urban Renewal project, construct building(s) soon
(b) Auxiliary Fire Stations - consideration should be given to these facilities and perhaps (1) acquire site in Silver Lake - West Wilmington area, and (2) hold suitable site in North Wilmington.
(c) Town Garage - use Town land for site, either in Wildwood Cemetery or Town Park northeast of railroad, build soon. Existing garage falls into Urban Re- newal area.
(d) Town Dump and eventual incinerator - hold tax-title land on Woburn line, use for sanitary fill method now, build incinerator as needed.
2. WATER DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS
A study was made by Whitman and Howard resulting in specific recommendations for water supply and distribution. Geological studies of potential well fields are not complete.
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(a) Tax-title land on upper Ipswich - hold until well field recommendations are in.
3. RECREATION SITES AND FACILITIES
Detailed recommendations will be made after completion of a separate Recreation Study. For general recommendations, including retention of tax-title lands along rivers, see text, Sections C.2.c and C.3.c.
D. CIRCULATION
1. IMPROVEMENTS INVOLVING COOPERATION OF B & M RAILROAD
(a) Wilmington Station Parking - to be augmented by Town soon as part of federally aided Urban Renewal project.
(b) North Wilmington Depot - Improve present facilities or consider transfer to Concord Street.
(c) Minor Overpasses - close the following to motor vehicles but permit foot and bicycle traffic: (1) Nichols Street (after D.3.e - see below); (2) Route 129, i.e. Shawsheen Avenue (after D.2.d); (3) Butters Row; (4) Remove Bridge Lane overpass (after D.1.e) - railroad saves on maintenance obligations.
(d) Lake Street Overpass - Reconstruct on same site - costs to be shared by Town and railroad ?
(e) Route 129 Overpass - build new overpass approximately at Bridge Lane - costs to be shared by Town, State (Chapter 90) and railroad ?
(f) Burlington Avenue Overpass - approaches from Square improved by Town as part of Urban Renewal project - realign Routes 38 and 129 where necessary - no cost to railroad.
2. IMPROVEMENTS INVOLVING THE MASSACHUSETTS D.P.W., OR 'CHAPTER 90 AID
(a) Lowell Connector - suggest now its realignment to connect with Route 28 within Wilmington
(b) Route 62 - suggest designation of Concord Street in place of Salem Street after completion of Route 28 - widen Concord Street and improve intersection with Middlesex Avenue.
(c) West Wilmington Connection, Routes 129 - 62 - continue Shawsheen Avenue on southwest side of railroad to Burlington Avenue soon, eventually extend to Route 38.
(d) High Street to Salem Street - provide a straight connection as part of Route 28 design.
(e) Route 38, Silver Lake - correct sight lines and marking on Main Street between Bridge Lane and Silver Lake.
3. INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD LINES
(a) Ballardvale Street - Andover Street connection - soon
(b) Route 125 - Martins Pond connection - now
(c) Everett Street extension through Broad Street to Lawrence Street - now
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(d) Essex Road - Miller Road connection, extension to Grove Avenue - now
(e) Nichols Street extension to Lake Street north of railroad - now
4. ACCESS TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS
(a) Ballardvale Street - improve within industrial zone
(b) Connector from Woburn Street and West Street to Route 28 serving the southern industrial zone. Eames Street to be improved and extended.
5. INTRA-NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS
Some appear on the Plan of Proposed Circulation; full details will eventually be shown on the Master Plan of Streets, to be prepared as a separate study.
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NEXT STEPS
With this report Wilmington will have a Master Plan of Land Use, a Plan for Major Thoroughfares and a Plan for Community Facilities. Additional elements of a complete and comprehensive General Plan are necessary to serve Wilmington and to satisfy require- ments of the Federal Government if an Urban Renewal Program should be undertaken.
The missing elements are as follows: a Capital Improvements Program, a Detailed Program of Recreation Development, a Detailed Program of School Plant Development and an Official Map. It is understood that the Wilmington Planning Board will undertake these remaining elements, in collaboration with other Town committees, over the next three years, making use of professional consultant assistance as required.
The Capital Improvements Program will translate into dollars and cents according to a specific time schedule the town improvements recommended in the Land Use Thorough- fare and Community Facilities Plans. This program will budget for the next six years nec- essary public improvements in order of priority. The first year of each 6-year period is the fiscal year beginning at the next Town Meeting, with the remaining 5 years as a future program. Each year the program is reviewed and an additional year added so that the program is always looking forward 6 years. In this way Wilmington may schedule its re- quired town improvements on a practical basis, knowing and estimating its resources for carrying out these improvements.
The Recreation Study would cover the following:
1. Inventory and analysis of existing recreation facilities serving the people and children of Wilmington with recommendations for necessary additions based upon anticipated growth and distribution.
2. Analysis of all resources, existing and potential, to serve a regional and local need for expanded recreation requirements. Determination of standards to be applied in the program of development.
3. A program of recreation development for Town needs and as a regional re- source, including parks, playgrounds, skating areas, camping sites, swimming, etc. together with required supporting facilities as access roads, parking, com- mercial areas, etc.
4. Estimated costs of recommended program with schedule of priorities, antici- pated revenues, and effect of program on tax structure.
5. Suggested generalized designs and layouts as required.
6. Coordination with local and State agencies involved in recreation development.
The School Study would cover:
1. Detailed analysis of school enrollments with an estimate of school population growth based on previous Town population and land use studies.
2. Analysis of the existing school plant including site, structural and educational adequacy.
3. Recommendations on future school plant requirements, including specific sites, to enable a program of advance school site acquisition.
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4. Fiscal implications of recommendations and effect on Capital Improvements Program.
5. Coordination with School Committee and other Town committees working on these matters.
The Official Map would be prepared as defined in Chapter 41 of the General Laws of Massachusetts for presentation to Town Meeting. It is expected that the Town will ben- efit greatly in adopting an Official Map through the definition of all public ways and parks already used and established by law and the private ways then existing and used in com- mon by more than two owners. In this way the Town may exercise greater control over building permits, subdivisions and utilities by virtue of the fact that no streets or private ways are then recognized as having a legal status unless on the Official Map or in ap- proved subdivisions.
At the completion of this total Planning Program, Wilmington will have a Com- pleted Comprehensive Plan to guide its future growth. To be of the greatest benefit a Plan must be used and reviewed from time to time to meet changing and unforeseen situa- tions. There is no doubt that Wilmington will make maximum use of its Comprehensive Plan in the future as it has in the past.
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Town of Wilmington, Massachusetts
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
Main and Church Sts. Main St. and Middlesex Ave. Main and Clark Sts. Washington Ave. Clark St. and Railroad Ave. Main St. and Bridge Lane
Brand Ave. and Wiser St. laker St. and Taplin Ave. Philips Ave. and Wild it.
Main St. and Massachusetts Ave. Main and Harnden Sts. Harnden St. and Glen Rd. Glen and Miller Rds. Glen Rd. and Jones Ave. Main St. and Grove Ave. Grove Ave. and Cottage St. Mildred Rogers School Grove Ave. and Winchell
Grove Ave. and Lake St. Main and Lake Sts. Fitz Terr. Warren Rd. Main St, and Fairfield Rd.
Fairfield and Faulkner Rds.
Main St. Tewksbury Line
Shawsheen Ave. and Shawsheen Rd. Shawsheen Ave .. and Grand St. Grand and Birch Sts. Shawsheen and Nassau Aves.
Nassau Ave. and Dutton Rd.
Shawsheen Ave. and Carter Lane
Shawsheen Ave. and Aldrich Rd. Aldrich Rd. and Hardin St Aldrich Rd. and Boutwell it.
Aldrich Rd. and Forest St. Aldrich Rd. and Winston ;t. Aldrich Rd. Billerica Line
Shawsheen Ave. Cranberry Bog. Shawsheen Ave. and Bond St.
Shawsheen Ave. and Hopkins St. Hopkins St. Billerica Line
Shawsheen Ave. and Nichols St.
1385 Nichols St. Billerica Line
139 Shawsheen Ave. Billerica Line
211 Burlington Ave. and Harris St.
2112 Cedar St. and Burt Rd. 2114 Ceder St. and Oak Ct. 212 Burlington Ave. and Chestnut St.
2122 Chestnut St. and Butters Row
2124 Chestnut St. and Mill Rd. 2127 Mill Rd. Burlington Line Chestnut St. and Hillside Way
2128 Hillside Way Burlington Line
2129 Chestnut St. Woburn Line
2133 Marion and Clifton Sts. 2136 Marion St. (Between Clifton and Chestnut Sts.)
214 Burlington Ave. and Boutwell St.
2141 Boutwell St. and Taft Rd.
2142 Boutwell St. and Roosevelt Rd.
215 Burlington Ave. and Swain Rd.
2151 Swain and Taft Rds.
216 Burlington Ave. and Beach St.
217 Burlington Ave. and Forest St.
2171 2173 Forest St. and Swain Rd. Forest St. and Pershing Rd.
311 Main and Lowell Sts. 312 Main St. and Butters Row.
3121 Butters Row (Between Chestnut St. and Main St.)
313 Memorial Park
314 Greer Company Main and Earnes Sts.
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3151 Eames St. R.R. Crossing
3152 Raffi & Swanson Co.
316 Main St. and Cook Ave.
317 Main St. Woburn Line Lowell and Parker Sts. 32 Parker and Blackstone Sts.
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321 Lowell and Cross Sts. Lowell and Bay Sts.
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3231 Woburn and Elm Sts.
3232 Woburn St. and Brentwood Ave.
3233 Woburn St. and Morse Ave.
3234 Woburn and Eames Sts. Woburn St. Woburn Line
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324 Lowell and West Sts.
3241 West St. and Westdale Ave.
3242 West and Grove Sts.
3243 Grove St. Reading Line West St. and Suncrest Ave.
3245 325 41 West St. Reading Line Lowell St. Reading Line Church St. Fire House
42 Church and Columbia Sts.
431
432 Beacon St. and Fairview Ave.
433 Fairview Ave. and Adams St. Ext.
44 Church and Clark Sts.
441 Clark St. and Middlesex Ave.
45 Church St. and Thurston Ave.
46 Church and Adams Sts. Middlesex Ave. and Adams St.
462 Adams St. and Adams St. Ext.
47 Senior High School
48 Church St. and Middlesex Ave.
481 School St. and Junior High School
482 Buzzell School Center School 483
51 Middlesex Ave. and Wildwood St.
511 Wildwood St. (Near A. S. Hudson)
512 Wildwood St. (Near Vets. Housing)
513 Wildwood and Woburn Sts.
521 Glendale Circle
522 Glen Rd. R. R. Crossing
525 Glen Rd. and King St. King and Bartlett Sts.
526 Glen Rd. and St. Paul St.
53 Middlesex Ave. Town Hall
54 Middlesex Ave. and Federal St.
541 Federal and Concord Sts.
5412 Concord and Woburn Sts.
5413 Woburn St. (Near
A. S. Eames)
5414 Concord St. No. Reading Line
542 Federal and Grant Sts.
544 Federal and Lincoln Sts.
546 Federal and Liberty Sts.
547 Woburn and Federal Sts.
548 Woburn and West Sts.
55 Middlesex and Mystic Aves.
56 C. S. Harriman Tannery
57 Whitefield School
571 Shady Lane Drive and Oakdale Rd.
572 Shady Lane Drive and Lawrence St.
58 Middlesex Ave. and
North St.
581 North St. (Between Middlesex Ave. and Dadant Drive)
59 Middlesex Ave. and High St.
591 High and Woburn Sts.
592 Woburn and Park Sts.
593 Park and Gowing Sts.
594 Park St. No. Reading Line
61 Middlesex Ave. and Salem St.
62 Salem St. R. R.
Crossing (Portland)
63 Salem St. R. R. Crossing (Lawrence)
64 Salem and Cunningham Sts.
65 Salem St. and Silver Lake Rd.
651 McDonald Rd.
67 Salem St. Tewksbury Line
68 Salem and Ballardvale Sts.
681 Ballardvale St. (Near R. R. Bridge)
682 Ballardvale St. (Near Friends Farm)
683 Ballardvale St. (Near Thomas Morely)
684 Ballardvale St. Andover Line
691
69 Salem and Andover Sts. Andover and Woburn Sts.
692 Andover St. and Upton Ct.
693 Andover St. (Near T. C. Daley)
694 Andover St. Andover Line
71 Salem and Woburn Sts.
711 Woburn St. and Hathaway Rd.
714 Hathaway and Sheridan Rds.
72 Salem St. Town Dump
73 Salem St. No. Reading Line
2 All Out
22 No School (7:00 & 7:15 A.M.)
3 Special Call
4 Special Call
7 Police Call
8 Boy Scouts
10 Out of Town
666 Civil Defense
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