Storrow Drive west of Fenway
Old US 1, Storrow Drive east of Fenway


Despite what people may say, Storrow Drive (shown above looking eastward from the BU Bridge) runs between Soldiers Field Road and Embankment Drive/Charles Street. It does not run from US 20 to I-93, although it tends to subsume other roads in common parlance (north shore is Memorial Drive, south shore is Storrow Drive).


An illustration of the above misconception, this is contractor-installed construction signage on, in fact, Charles Street. Storrow doesn't live here anymore.


Ever wonder it's like to be a highway?


Looking west along Storrow from the BU Bridge, with I-90 in the distance. I-90 was meant to run along the path of Storrow, with Storrow relocated on top of the Charles River (just like Memorial Drive at the Longfellow Bridge), but the park advocates won (the Drive is really more like a Parkway), and so I-90 now runs above the Allston rail yards. In the foreground you may see a tree growing on the railroad bridge. Yes, in fact, you're right; until the 1960's or '70's there were two tracks here, but one was taken out of service, rails and ties removed, and left to nature and graffiti artists. The other is still used for shuttling MBTA cars, as it's the only Boston-area connection between North and South Stations.


As the sign above (on Beacon Street, WB) shows, Storrow is a useful road. It doesn't connect perfectly with either MA 2 or I-90, though, nor is it intuitively easy to follow to Newton.


Typical MDC signage to exclude tall vehicles on Storrow Drive, Soldiers Field Road, Memorial Drive, and possibly other highways as well.

Storrow Drive west of Fenway
Old US 1, Storrow Drive east of Fenway

Onto I-90, the Mass. Pike
To Newton
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