I-95 in Boston

Route Description

The routes used are: Amtrak's Northeast Railway corridor right of way (new roadbed deck above railway in all cases), upgraded Arborway, a tunnel under Franklin Park, the Columbia Road corridor, the MBTA Fairmount line, Central Artery, Tobin Bridges, the Northeast Expressway, part of the Newburyport Turnpike, with frontage roads, and a short, 1.21 mile segment of the now I-95 Route 128 beltway of Boston through a major interchange before entering the current I-95 freeway.

Why it is needed: The Francis Sargent paradigm.

The I-95 freeway was planned in the Yellow Book along with several other unbuilt freeways, some of which the planner of these freeways supports in modified form, and others not. The issue is that after the revolts and the moratorium, nothing less destructive and more mindful was put in place to replace it. Today, there are only two freeways that penetrate the 128 Beltway and enter Boston, I-93, and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). This is a problem because most traffic from the South and North are forced onto I-93 and the few people that are willing to pay for the tolls are forced north or south to collect with West traffic and cause massive traffic jams. This route studies a part of a possible solution to that problem.

Block by Block Plan:

See Central Artery

Exit List

Notes: US-3 will be an extension of I-89, Route 1A is US-1, and Route 24 is I-93. This exit list includes all existing segments of I-95 in Massachusetts except for Route 128.