Transportation Chelsea, Massachusetts

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1 transportation

1.1 road
1.2 bus

1.2.1 silver line gateway extension







transportation
road

the route 1 north expressway limited access highway cuts city of chelsea in half. tobin bridge, major regional transportation artery, carries route 1 chelsea across mystic river charlestown.


bus

chelsea served massachusetts bay transit authority. mbta commuter rail provides service boston s north station chelsea station on newburyport/rockport line.


additionally, chelsea served many mbta bus routes providing local service east boston, revere, everett , other nearby cities. chelsea not have link mbta subway or light rail systems.


silver line gateway extension


map of planned silver line gateway route mystic mall in chelsea


after extensive study, governor deval patrick announced in october 2013 massdot collaborate mbta extend silver line bus rapid transit line chelsea via east boston 2017.


the new route, receive designation of sl6, begin @ south station , run through waterfront tunnel, along sl1 , sl2 routes, silver line way, continuing sl1 through ted williams tunnel. new route diverge meet blue line @ airport station, , follow coughlin bypass road (a half-mile commercial-use-only road opened in 2012) chelsea street bridge. silver line expected stop @ 4 stations in chelsea: eastern avenue, box district, downtown chelsea, , mystic mall. new $20 million chelsea commuter rail station , transit hub constructed @ mystic mall terminus of new silver line route, trains no longer block sixth street. new silver line , commuter rail stations handicapped accessible.


additionally, multi-use 0.75-mile (1.21 km) shared path 0.75-mile (1.21 km) linear park constructed parallel silver line bus rapid transit busway utilize boston & albany railroad s grand junction branch right-of-way. located within box district neighborhood, path connect downtown chelsea , eastern avenue stations.








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