Congress Street (Boston)

Congress Street
	Congress Street from Dock Square, Boston, 2010
	Interactive map of Congress Street
West end	Sudbury Street / Merrimac Street
Major junctions	State Street; Milk Street; Franklin Street; I-93 (Atlantic Ave./Purchase St.); Dorchester Avenue
East end	Northern Avenue

Congress Street is located in the Financial District and South Boston neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The street was first named in 1800. It was extended in 1854 (from State Street) as far as Atlantic Avenue, and in 1874 across Fort Point Channel into South Boston. The original swing bridge was replaced in 1930 by a bascule bridge, which is still extant and known as the Congress Street Bridge.

Today's Congress Street consists of several segments of streets, previously named Atkinson's Street, Dalton Street, Gray's Alley, Leverett's Lane, Quaker Lane, and Shrimpton's Lane.^[1]^[2]

Images

Julien's Restorator, corner of Milk Street and Congress St. (demolished 1824)
Dalton house, corner of Congress St. and Water St., Boston, c. 19th century
Detail of 1829 map of Boston, showing extent of Congress St.; (Atkinson St. would become part of Congress St. in 1854)
Issue No.1, The Liberator, 1831; published from Office #11, Merchants Hall, on Water Street at the corner of Congress Street, Boston
Advertisement for Welch & Griffiths, cast-steel saws, 1852
Advertisement for William Bond & Son, chronometer and watch makers, 1861
Congress St. after the fire of 1872
Congress St. (looking from Milk St.), after the fire, 1872; photo by John P. Soule
Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing Congress St. and vicinity
Stock Exchange, Congress St., Boston, 1910s
Congress Street Bridge (at far right), 2007
Congress St., Boston, looking towards Merrimac St., 2010

References

↑ Boston (Mass.). Street laying-out Dept. (1910), A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston (2 ed.), Boston: City of Boston Printing Dept., OL 16574538M
↑ "Street Book". City of Boston. Retrieved March 25, 2010.

External links

Bostonian Society has materials related to the street.
"Plan of the estates nos. 246 to 252 Congress corner of Purchase Street..., 1869". Boston Public Library.

42°21′23.5″N 71°3′22.35″W / 42.356528°N 71.0562083°W / 42.356528; -71.0562083

[1] Boston (Mass.). Street laying-out Dept. (1910), A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston (2 ed.), Boston: City of Boston Printing Dept., OL 16574538M

[2] "Street Book". City of Boston. Retrieved March 25, 2010.

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Streets and squares in Boston
East–west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Cornhill Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Tremont Row Winter Street
North–south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Marshall Street Massachusetts Avenue Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Mass and Cass Maverick Square North Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

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