Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston)

Massachusetts Avenue

Massachusetts Avenue near Beacon Street in Boston
Component highways	Route 2A from Marrett Rd. to Maple St. Route 4 from Bedford St. to Pleasant St. US 3 from Mystic St. to Alewife Brook Pkwy
West end	Route 2A near Lexington
Major junctions	Route 4 Bedford St. Route 2A Marrett Rd. Route 2A Maple St. Route 4 Pleasant St. US 3 / Route 60 Mystic St. US 3 Alewife Brook Pkwy I-90 Mass. Tpke. Route 9 Huntington Ave. Route 2A / Route 23 Columbus Ave.
East end	Columbia Rd. In Boston

Massachusetts Avenue (colloquially referred to as Mass Ave) is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston. According to Boston magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, homeless encampments, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips."^[1]