Alewife Brook Parkway

Alewife Brook Parkway

Map of Middlesex County in eastern Massachusetts with Alewife Brook Parkway highlighted in red
Maintained by	Department of Conservation and Recreation and MassDOT
Length	2.05 mi (3.30 km)[1]
Location	Alewife Brook Reservation, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
South end	US 3 / Route 2 / Route 16 in Cambridge
North end	Route 16 / Mystic Valley Parkway in Somerville
Construction
Completion	1916
Alewife Brook Parkway
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The parkway at Powder House Boulevard in Somerville
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Location	Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts
Built	1908
Architect	Charles Eliot; Olmsted Brothers
MPS	Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS
NRHP reference No.	04000249[2]
Added to NRHP	March 18, 2004

Alewife Brook Parkway is a short parkway in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It begins at Fresh Pond in Cambridge (linking to Fresh Pond Parkway via Concord Avenue), and heads north on the east bank of Alewife Brook, crossing into West Somerville and ending at the Mystic River on the Medford town line, where it becomes Mystic Valley Parkway. The entire length of Alewife Brook Parkway is designated as part of Massachusetts Route 16 (Route 16), while the southernmost sections are also designated as part of Route 2 and U.S. Route 3 (US 3). It is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation responsible for bridge maintenance.