West Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is bordered on the north by Wollaston, on the east by Quincy Center, on the south by South Quincy and on the west by the town of Milton and the Blue Hills Reservation.
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Quincy, Mass (1930-1939)
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Transportation
Adams Street, Copeland Street, Furnace Brook Parkway, Quarry Street and Willard Street are major thoroughfares in West Quincy. Interstate 93 runs south-north through the neighborhood along Willard Street and the former route of the Granite Railway, with Exit 8 at Furnace Brook Parkway and Exit 9 at Bryant Avenue allowing direct access to West Quincy.[1] Massachusetts Route 37 formerly ran along Willard Street to Granite Avenue in Milton, ending at Gallivan Boulevard in Boston.[2] This alignment was changed in 1968, with Route 37 now ending in the town of Braintree.[3] West Quincy is served by bus routes 215,[4] 238,[5] and 245[6] of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, with connections to the subway and commuter rail via Quincy Center station.
External links
- Quincy, Massachusetts official site: http://www.quincyma.gov/Living/neighborhoods.cfm
- Quincy's Granite Legacy, Thomas Crane Public Library
- United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information Service:613028 West Quincy
Notes
- ^ "Office of Transportation Planning - 2006 Road Inventory". Executive Office of Transportation. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
- ^ "Blue Hills, MA Quadrangle (northeast corner)". United States Geological Survey. 1941. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
- ^ "MA 37". northeasthighways.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
- ^ "MBTA Schedules and Maps (Route 215 Quincy Center – Ashmont via W. Quincy & E. Milton Sq.)". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
- ^ "MBTA Schedules and Maps (Route 238 Quincy Center – Holbrook/Randolph Station via Quincy Adams)". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
- ^ "MBTA Schedules and Maps – Route 245 Quincy Center – Mattapan via Quincy Medical Center & Pleasant St". Retrieved June 23, 2009.
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