Boston street network

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transportation infrastructure urban street network

The Boston street network is the complex, historically evolved system of roads and pathways in Boston, Massachusetts, known for its irregular layout, dense urban fabric, and mix of colonial-era streets and modern thoroughfares.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Boston street network canonical	6
Boston road network	1
City of Boston street network	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	transportation infrastructure ⓘ urban street network ⓘ
connectedTo	Interstate 90 ⓘ Interstate 93 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 2 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 28 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 3 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 9 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 99 ⓘ U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
containsFeature	arterial roads ⓘ bridges over the Charles River ⓘ historic narrow lanes in the North End ⓘ local residential streets ⓘ one-way street segments ⓘ rotaries and traffic circles ⓘ signalized intersections ⓘ tunnels such as the O’Neill Tunnel ⓘ
developedFrom	Native American trails in the Boston area ⓘ colonial-era paths and cow paths ⓘ
governedBy	City of Boston transportation and public works departments ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	curvilinear streets ⓘ dense urban fabric ⓘ frequent intersections ⓘ historically evolved ⓘ irregular layout ⓘ mix of colonial-era streets and modern thoroughfares ⓘ non-orthogonal street pattern ⓘ radial-convergent structure around downtown ⓘ short block lengths ⓘ
includesArea	Allston ⓘ surface form: Allston-Brighton Back Bay ⓘ Charlestown ⓘ Dorchester ⓘ Downtown Boston ⓘ East Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: East Boston Fenway–Kenmore ⓘ Jamaica Plain ⓘ North End ⓘ Roxbury ⓘ South End ⓘ
includesRoad	Atlantic Avenue ⓘ Beacon Street ⓘ Blue Hill Avenue ⓘ Boylston Street, Boston ⓘ surface form: Boylston Street Cambridge Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbus Avenue ⓘ Commonwealth Avenue ⓘ Congress Street ⓘ Hanover Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Huntington Avenue ⓘ Massachusetts Avenue ⓘ Memorial Drive in Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Memorial Drive (adjacent in Cambridge, connected network) Soldiers Field Road ⓘ Storrow Drive ⓘ Summer Street ⓘ Tremont Street, Boston ⓘ surface form: Tremont Street Washington Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Boston Harbor shoreline changes ⓘ Boston’s peninsular geography ⓘ Big Dig ⓘ surface form: The Big Dig highway project historic land reclamation in Back Bay ⓘ
integratedWith	MBTA bus network ⓘ Boston subway ⓘ surface form: MBTA subway system regional commuter rail stations ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
serves	automobile traffic ⓘ bicycle traffic ⓘ bus transit ⓘ pedestrian traffic ⓘ
usedFor	commuting ⓘ freight movement ⓘ tourism access to historic sites ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter Street → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ

subject surface form: Winter Street (Boston)

Geneva Avenue → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ

Broadway (street) in South Boston → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ

subject surface form: Broadway (South Boston)

Tremont Street, Boston → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ

Washington Street → isPartOf → Boston street network ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Street (Boston)

Kosciuszko Circle → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston road network

Harvard Avenue → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Boston street network

Atlantic Avenue → partOf → Boston street network ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlantic Avenue (Boston)