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55-455: Blue Hill Avenue may refer to: Blue Hill Avenue, a major street in Roxbury and Dorchester Massachusetts Route 28 , its northern part Massachusetts Route 138 , its southern part Blue Hill Avenue station , a station located on said avenue Blue Hill Avenue (film) , a 2001 film named for said avenue [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

110-425: A New England interstate route established in 1922 to run from Buzzards Bay to New Hampshire. The route itself was overlaid on several early turnpike roads constructed in the early 19th century. Except for an extension into Cape Cod in 1926, the overall highway layout and routing is largely unchanged from its original design. Route 28 has been realigned in several places when newer, higher quality roads were built. At

165-706: A historical society and museum called the Centers for Culture and History in Orleans which meets in the town's original meeting house (across the street from the current Town Hall). Orleans is the site of a county courthouse, which serves much of the lower Cape. Orleans, along with Brewster, Eastham and Wellfleet , belongs to the Nauset Regional School District . Each town provides schooling for their own elementary students, and collectively send their middle and high school students to regional schools. Orleans operates

220-505: A length of nearly 152 miles (245 km), Route 28 is the longest state numbered highway in Massachusetts, and the second longest highway, behind U.S. Route 20 . Route 28 is supplanted by interstate highways throughout most of the state, and is used mainly as a secondary and local highway. Throughout Cape Cod, particularly in Hyannis and Yarmouth , it passes through heavy development and

275-456: A mild summer Humid continental climate (Dfb). The plant hardiness zone is 7a, with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 4.0 °F (−15.6 °C). The average seasonal (Nov.–Apr.) snowfall total is around 30 in (76 cm). The average snowiest month is February, which corresponds to the annual peak in nor'easter activity. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,341 people, 3,087 households, and 1,771 families residing in

330-654: A part of the Fourth Barnstable district, which includes (with the exception of Brewster) all the towns east and north of Harwich on the Cape. The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Cape and Islands District, which includes all of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket except the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich and Mashpee. The town is patrolled by the Second (Yarmouth) Barracks of Troop D of

385-658: A portion of the Brewster town line, ends in the southern part of Orleans at Route 28. Other than two small non-outleted lanes, only Route 6 and Bridge Road pass northward into Eastham. Orleans has no rail or air service in town. Regional air service can be reached in nearby Hyannis, and the nearest national and international airport is Logan International Airport in Boston. The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority operates buses on The Cape including one line with multiple stops in Orleans, connecting Orleans to Hyannis . The town of Orleans has

440-800: A two-lane highway until Wareham . North of Wareham, Route 28 heads north towards Boston passing through the southern suburbs of the city, including Middleborough , Bridgewater , Brockton , and Randolph . After crossing Interstate 93 , Route 28 then goes through the Blue Hills Reservation and Milton before crossing into Boston over the Neponset River . 28 starts on Blue Hill Avenue and transfers to Seaver Street which turns into Columbus Avenue. It then transfers to Tremont St, Melnea Cass Blvd, and back into Columbus Avenue. In Boston proper, northbound Route 28 uses Columbus Avenue, Stuart Street, Charles Street South , and Beacon Street , then shifts via

495-542: Is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts , United States, situated along Cape Cod . The population was 6,307 at the 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Orleans, please see the article Orleans CDP . Orleans was settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. The town

550-552: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Massachusetts Route 28 Route 28 is a 151.93-mile-long (244.51 km) nominally south–north state highway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts , running from the town of Eastham via Boston to the New Hampshire state line in Methuen . Following the route from its nominally southern end, Route 28 initially heads south to

605-665: Is home to the Orleans Firebirds , an amateur collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League . The team plays at Eldredge Park , and has featured dozens of players who went on to careers in Major League Baseball such as Frank Thomas , Nomar Garciaparra , and Marcus Stroman . Orleans is on an exposed portion of the coast and has been a target in wartime. In 1814, its residents repelled an invasion of British marines from HMS Newcastle during

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660-462: Is in Barnstable County . Proposed MassDOT milepost exit numbers that were to be added to interchanges along the MA 28 expressway as part of its project to convert all the state's exit numbers to those based on milepost numbers starting in 2016. However, this project has now been indefinitely postponed by MassDOT. Orleans, Massachusetts Orleans ( / ɔːr ˈ l iː n z / or- LEENZ )

715-480: Is land and 8.5 square miles (22.0 km ), or 37.59%, is water. Orleans is bordered by Eastham to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Pleasant Bay and the town of Chatham to the south, Harwich to the southwest, Brewster to the west, and Cape Cod Bay to the northwest. Orleans is 27 miles (43 km) south of Provincetown , 22 miles (35 km) east of Barnstable , 36 miles (58 km) east of

770-765: Is led by a town manager and a board of selectmen . The town has its own police and fire departments, both headquartered south of the Route 6A – Route 28 intersection. There are three post offices, in East Orleans, Orleans Center and South Orleans. The Snow Library, named for the original benefactor of the library, is located in Orleans Center, and is supported by the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing (CLAMS) library network. The town also operates several beaches, boat landings, and small parks, and has

825-454: Is located in the "crease" of the inner elbow and provides boating access to Cape Cod Bay. Cape Cod National Seashore lies along the coast as well. The town line between Eastham and Orleans is the site of the termini of Massachusetts Routes 6A and 28 . The two routes join in the Orleans town center and end at a rotary with Route 6 at the Eastham town line. Massachusetts Route 39 , which traces

880-644: Is the primary navigation route along the south side of the Cape. This causes congestion and gridlock, especially during the summer months, when traffic is at its heaviest. Route 28 is a mostly a two or four-lane undivided highway, with several divided, four-lane sections in populated areas as well as two short freeway sections. The south end of Route 28 is at the Orleans Rotary just north of the Orleans - Eastham town line, where it intersects with U.S. Route 6 and Route 6A . Northbound Route 28 initially heads south towards

935-764: The Charles River on the Charles River Dam Bridge into Cambridge . After crossing the river, Route 28 runs along the six-lane divided highway known as Monsignor O'Brien Highway (in Cambridge) and McGrath Highway (in Somerville ) to connect to the Fellsway . Roughly half of the McGrath Highway is an elevated freeway through East Somerville, while being supplemented by at-grade frontage roads. The four-lane Fellsway crosses

990-759: The Emerald Necklace following the Jamaicaway , the Riverway , and a short section of Boylston Street to Charlesgate, and then crossed the Charles River using the Harvard Bridge . After crossing the river, Route 6 split off to the west along Memorial Drive , while Routes 1 and 28 followed local streets in Cambridge and Somerville (Windsor Avenue, Webster Avenue, Walnut Street) to reach the Fellsway . The two routes crossed

1045-647: The French Cable Station . Orleans was shelled by a German submarine in July 1918, during World War I . The town's tourism industry was helped in 1961 with the creation of the Cape Cod National Seashore by President John F. Kennedy . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 22.7 square miles (58.7 km ), of which 14.1 square miles (36.6 km )

1100-553: The Massachusetts State Police . On the national level, Orleans is a part of Massachusetts's 9th congressional district , and is currently represented by William R. Keating . The state's senior (Class I) member of the United States Senate , elected in 2012, is Elizabeth Warren . The junior (Class II) member, elected in 2013, is Ed Markey . Orleans is governed by the open town meeting form of government, and

1155-626: The Mystic River into Medford . Route 28 continues north through the Middlesex Fells Reservation and the northern suburbs of Boston, including Reading , Andover , Lawrence (crossing the Merrimack River via the O'Leary Bridge), and Methuen , from which it then crosses into the state of New Hampshire . Many of the roads leading from Boston to the surrounding towns were first laid out as privately owned and operated turnpikes at

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1210-459: The Sagamore Bridge , and 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Boston . Orleans is located on the inner "elbow" section of Cape Cod. Bogs and ponds dot the western part of town, while there are many inlets, islands and harbors along the eastern coast of the town, including Town Cove, Nauset Harbor, Pleasant Bay , and Little Pleasant Bay. Rock Harbor, bounded by and shared with the town of Eastham,

1265-541: The Boston Common, turning north along Charles Street to Cambridge Street, then crossing the Charles River using the Longfellow Bridge . C28 met back with mainline Route 28 at Memorial Drive in Cambridge. In 1971, the Boston 'C' routes were retired and mainline Route 28 was relocated onto the former C28 alignment through downtown Boston. Route 28 was also later shifted to use its modern alignment along Embankment Road and

1320-462: The Charles River Dam Bridge. The McCarthy Overpass, which carries Route 28 as McGrath Highway through part of Somerville, was built in the early 1950s, before Interstate 93. The parallel Northern Expressway segment connecting Medford (where I-93 ended in 1963) and the Central Artery was constructed between 1965 and 1973. The southbound off-ramp to Somerville Avenue, and a northbound "tunnel" under

1375-554: The David G. Mugar Way to Embankment Road . As Stuart Street and Charles Street South are both one way , the southbound routing runs west on Beacon Street from Mugar Way to Clarendon Street, where it turns south, meets routes 2 and 9, until it reaches Columbus Avenue. At the junction with the Longfellow Bridge , Route 28 is joined briefly by Route 3 on a wrong-way concurrency until the Charles River Dam Bridge . Route 28 crosses

1430-602: The Essex-Middlesex county line jointly with the Essex Turnpike corporation. The road continued collecting tolls until January 1836 when Middlesex county commissioners declared the road a public road and awarded the company $ 3,000 as compensation. In March 1804, another turnpike corporation, the Blue Hill Turnpike Corporation, was chartered with authority to lay out an improved road from the meeting house in

1485-698: The Mystic River on the Fellsway and split at the intersection with the Revere Beach Parkway. From there, Route 28 continued along the Fellsway towards Medford Center. North of Medford, Route 28 utilized the alignment of the old Andover and Medford Turnpike through the Middlesex Fells Reservation into Reading. It then continued on the Andover branch of the old Essex Turnpike through Andover and Lawrence to

1540-748: The New Hampshire state line. The route in Cape Cod was also assigned in 1922 as a primary New England route. The road from Bourne to Orleans along the south shore of the Cape was the easternmost section of New England Route 3 . At the end of 1926, the U.S. Highway system was established and several of the primary New England routes were redesignated as U.S. routes. New England Route 28 was not renumbered but New England Route 1 became U.S. Route 1; New England Route 6 became U.S. Route 3 north of Boston and mostly State Route 3 south of Boston; and New England Route 3 became mostly U.S. Route 6. In Cape Cod, however, this

1595-573: The Orleans Elementary School for students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The town is home to Nauset Regional Middle School, which serves students from sixth through eighth grade for the district. High school students attend Nauset Regional High School in North Eastham , but also have the option of attending Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich free of charge. Orleans

1650-403: The average family size was 2.55. In the town, the population was spread out, with 13.8% under the age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 17.3% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 36.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males. The median income for a household in the town

1705-555: The beginning of the 19th century. One of the roads used by modern Route 28 leading from the northern suburbs of Boston in the direction of Manchester, New Hampshire was the Andover and Medford Turnpike . The turnpike corporation was chartered in June 1805 and had authority to build from the marketplace in Medford to a point in the town of Andover. A committee of Middlesex County freeholders established

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1760-503: The fishing industry grew, salt works sprang up to help preserve the catches. However, the town's growth depleted it of lumber, a situation that did not begin to be remedied until the railroad came and brought lumber from the mainland in the 19th century. The railroad also brought tourism to the town. In 1898, the French Cable Company built a 3,200-mile-long (5,100 km) transatlantic telegraph cable to Orleans, which operated from

1815-634: The location of the road in 1806, and the road was constructed soon after at a cost of almost $ 49,000 for a length of about six miles, being built only as far north as the Reading-Stoneham town line, where a branch of the Essex Turnpike continued the road to Andover and the state of New Hampshire. An act by the General Court in February 1807 allowed the Andover and Medford company to maintain a toll gate at

1870-462: The north. Route 28A parallels the freeway section of Route 28 in the Upper Cape, providing a scenic alternative for travelers and direct access to the localities bypassed by the freeway. Route 28A begins and ends at Route 28 with an intermediate junction with Route 151. The highway was part of Route 28 until paralleling General MacArthur Boulevard expressway opened to traffic in 1961. The entire route

1925-479: The original routing was changed over the years, and on the Cape, where a freeway section between Falmouth and Bourne was completed in the mid-1960s. In 1928, several projects to relieve congestion in the Boston area were completed. One of these was the opening of the Boston University Bridge (at the time known as Cottage Farm Bridge). The opening of this new bridge over the Charles River resulted in

1980-678: The overpass north of Somerville Avenue, were closed on April 11, 2016. In 1935, a new bridge over the Cape Cod Canal, the Bourne Bridge, was opened to traffic, replacing an earlier drawbridge at the same location. Between 1941 and 1943, the road south of the Bourne Bridge was widened to a four-lane, divided highway to the Pocasset Rotary and renamed General MacArthur Boulevard. The Route 28 expressway in Falmouth opened to traffic in 1961. Route 28

2035-409: The population. There were 3,087 households, out of which 14.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families. Of all households, 37.2% were made up of individuals, and 21.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and

2090-537: The relocation of the triple concurrency of US 1, US 3, and Route 28 onto it. The routes left the Riverway using Park Drive and Mountfort Street (both now designated as part of Route 2 ) to reach the bridge. In Cambridge and Somerville, a new boulevard known as the Northern Artery was built over part of Somerville Avenue and Medford Street, continuing north on a new roadway cutting across Somerville to Fellsway East, which

2145-659: The route. The route running from Wareham, Massachusetts and Ossipee, New Hampshire via Boston and Manchester, New Hampshire was designated as New England Route 28 . Route 28 utilized the main road between Wareham and Middleborough (Wareham Street), from which it then traveled along Everett Street and Summer Street until the center of Bridgewater. From Bridgewater, Route 28 used the main road to Brockton (Main Street). In Brockton, Route 28 shifted slightly west to use Warren Avenue (between Clifton and Pleasant streets) and North Main Street (to

2200-434: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Hill_Avenue&oldid=1107702370 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

2255-464: The south. By 1951, a new bypass road in Buzzards Bay was completed and resulted in the relocation of Routes 6 and 28 to the new roadway. Route 28 itself is no longer utilized as a long distance through route because of the opening of several parallel expressways along the Route 28 corridor since the 1950s. Interstate 93 serves the Route 28 corridor north of Boston, while the combination of Route 24 ,

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2310-512: The southern end of Interstate 495 , and Route 25 serves the corridor south of Boston to the Bourne Bridge . The construction of Route 25, in particular, resulted in a reconfiguration of the connection from the Bourne Corners traffic circle to the Route 25 expressway. Route 28A is a 7.9-mile (12.7 km) alternate route running from Falmouth in the south to the village of Pocasset in

2365-456: The town of Chatham before turning west to run along the south shore of Cape Cod until Falmouth . From there, Route 28 turns north, running for several miles along a four-lane freeway , later downgrading to a four-lane arterial road . Route 28 then becomes a four-lane undivided freeway and crosses the Cape Cod Canal via the Bourne Bridge , from which it then overlaps with U.S. Route 6 as

2420-412: The town of Chatham then turns west to follow along the south shore of Cape Cod. In Falmouth , Route 28 turns north and continues through the western part of Plymouth County and the eastern part of Norfolk County ; it then passes through downtown Boston before heading north via Lawrence to the New Hampshire state line, where it continues as New Hampshire Route 28 . Route 28 was originally formed as

2475-736: The town of Avon). From Randolph, it then went along the alignment of the old Blue Hill Turnpike but left the turnpike alignment before reaching Milton Village, shifting westward to a section of the Brush Hill Turnpike (Blue Hill Avenue) in Mattapan. In Mattapan, it joined with New England Route 6 (modern Route 203 ) and went west along Morton Street and the Arborway until they met with New England Route 1 at Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. The triple-concurrency of Routes 1, 6, and 28 continued through

2530-590: The town of Randolph, through the Blue Hills Reservation, to a point in the town of Milton. A second act in June 1805 allowed for a slight alteration in the terminus in Milton. The road cost approximately $ 78,300 to build the eight miles from Randolph Center to Milton Lower Mills in 1805. The turnpike used what is now North Main Street in Randolph and Randolph Avenue in Milton. The road from Milton Lower Mills into Boston

2585-410: The town. The population density was 447.3 inhabitants per square mile (172.7/km ). There were 5,073 housing units at an average density of 357.9 per square mile (138.2/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 97.57% White , 0.58% Black or African American , 0.17% Native American , 0.54% Asian , 0.14% from other races , and 0.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.77% of

2640-464: Was $ 42,594, and the median income for a family was $ 62,909. Males had a median income of $ 44,246 versus $ 30,017 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 29,553. About 2.7% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.6% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over. Orleans is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as

2695-424: Was also paved over by the new Northern Artery. The Northern Artery provided a high speed connection between the Charles River and the Mystic River. US 1 and Route 28 were relocated off of local streets in Cambridge and Somerville onto the Northern Artery when it opened to traffic. From the Boston University Bridge, the two routes used Memorial Drive and Cambridge Parkway to reach the Northern Artery. The Northern Artery

2750-537: Was continued by the Dorchester Turnpike . In 1815, the Blue Hills Turnpike company was allowed to impose a fine on any persons who tried to avoid paying the tolls. The turnpike was discontinued in 1848, when the Norfolk county commissioners declared the road as a public highway. The company reported an average net income of 1-2 per cent per year during its existence. Two other sections of modern Route 28 were also parts of early turnpikes. The section between Middleborough and Bridgewater, where Route 28 overlaps with Route 18,

2805-560: Was later renamed as the Monsignor O'Brien Highway in Cambridge and the McGrath Highway in Somerville. In the mid-1930s, the city of Boston marked several alternate routes of Routes 1, 9, 28, and 37 that ran through the downtown area. Route C28 left mainline Route 28 by continuing north into Dorchester along Blue Hill Avenue instead of turning west onto Morton Street with Route 3. Just beyond the Franklin Zoo, C28 turned west along Seaver Street, continuing through Roxbury along Columbus Avenue. C28 then followed Columbus Avenue up to Charles Street at

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2860-413: Was not the case. Former New England Route 3 was assigned as a southern extension of Route 28, while former New England Route 6 was assigned as an eastern extension of U.S. Route 6. Driving the entire length from New Hampshire to Orleans , the highway layout and design has not changed much since its construction and designation in the early 20th century. The major exceptions are in Boston , where some of

2915-418: Was officially separated from Eastham and incorporated in 1797. It was named in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans in recognition of France's support for the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution and because the town did not want an English name, as they had been captured twice by the British during the war. The town's early history revolved around fishing, whaling, and agriculture. As

2970-548: Was part of the New Bedford and Bridgewater Turnpike . The portion along Blue Hill Avenue, between the village of Mattapan and Franklin Park Zoo, was the northern half of the Brush Hill Turnpike (the lower half is modern Route 138). In Cape Cod, most travel was by water and roads were not improved until late in the 19th century. In 1922, the New England states adopted a region-wide road marking system . Primary routes were to be assigned route numbers between 1 and 99 and marked as black numerals on yellow bands painted on poles along

3025-491: Was relocated to the new expressway soon after, with the former surface alignment being renumbered to Route 28A. Around 1940, several minor realignments had also taken place in Brockton, Bridgewater, and Middleborough. In Brockton, Route 28 followed Montello Street instead of Warren Avenue. South of Bridgewater, Route 28 was relocated onto an overlap with Route 18 until West Grove Street. Route 28 then followed West Grove Street and East Grove Street, bypassing Middleborough Center to

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