Bicycle Directions to Jeff & Nancy's House from Boston

Notes:

Please note that we have two cats. If you are allergic to cats, don't forget to bring your antihistimines.

The maps on this page were produced by MapQuest and edited with xpaint.

Summary: Rte. 99 past Rte. 16 and into Everett. Right on Reed Ave. Left on Elm St., which becomes Park Ave. in Revere. Dogleg right onto Broadway, then left onto Winthrop Ave. Left on Hillside Ave. which becomes Centennial Ave. Left on Ocean Ave., and first right onto Revere Beach Blvd. Cross General Edwards drawbridge into Lynn. Lynnway/Carroll Parkway to rotary. Cross the causeway via parking lot, then rejoin Nahant Rd. First left onto Little Nahant Rd. 2nd house on the left.

Total distance is approximately 14 miles from Cambridge.

  1. From Cambridge, cross the Prison Point (Gilmore) Bridge and continue straight on Austin St. for about 0.2 mile to the fork.

  2. Take the left fork and then turn left at the light onto Main St.
  3. Follow Main St. for 0.7 mile to Medford St. You'll see the Schrafft's plant on the corner.

  4. Turn left on Medford St. and cross the tracks, which will bring you to the Sullivan Square rotary.

  5. Take the first exit out of the rotary, onto Rte. 99 North. (Left diagram below.) There will be a lot of traffic on Rte. 99, but it's wide enough that you should be able to stay out of the way.

  6. In 1.5 miles, you'll come to the rotary above Rte. 16. Watch traffic, and stay on 99 North, which is the second exit from the rotary. (Right diagram below.)

    7. map of Sullivan Square map of Rte. 16/99 rotary

  7. 0.5 mile after the rotary, turn right onto Summer St., at the Li'l Peach convenient store.
  8. Follow Summer St., which will become High St. after a few blocks, for 0.4 mile until it ends at Ferry St. (Left diagram below.)

  9. Turn left onto Ferry St.. (Right diagram below.)

    10. map of Broadway -> Summer St. in Everett map of Summer St. -> High St. -> Ferry St. in Everett
  10. After 0.3 mile, turn right at the first traffic light onto Elm St.. There will be a fire station on your right.

    11. map of Ferry St. --> Elm St. in Everett
  11. After about 0.8 mile, you'll cross into Revere and you'll cross over Rte. 1. Elm St. becomes Park Ave. in Revere.

  12. About 1.1 mile after you cross over Rte. 1, Park Ave. ends at Broadway. Dogleg right onto Broadway, then left onto Winthrop Ave. (It's marked "No Left Turn," but you should be able to get away with it anyway.)

    13. map of Park Ave. -> Broadway -> Winthrop Ave. in Revere
  13. Immediately after the dogleg, take the right fork to stay on Winthrop Ave.

  14. After 0.5 mile, you'll cross Rte. 16 at a 5-way intersection. Go straight, staying on Winthrop Ave., which is now Rte. 145. Note that this section of Winthrop Ave. is 3 lanes in each direction, and has no shoulder.

  15. Less than 0.1 mile after crossing Rte. 16, you'll cross over the commuter rail and then under Rte. 1A. 0.4 mile after you cross under 1A, turn left at the first traffic light onto North Shore Road, following the sign for the Garfield Magnet School. You'll see a Best gas station on the left at the intersection. If you pass Suffolk Downs racetrack, you went too far.

    16. map of Winthrop Ave. -> North Shore Rd. turn in Revere
  16. Go 0.5 mile on North Shore Road. After you pass Atlas Auto Body (which will be on your left), turn right at the first traffic light onto Shirley Ave..

  17. Go one block and take your first left, staying on Shirley Ave. After you make the turn, you'll cross over the blue line, and you'll pass Revere Beach T station on your left.

    18. map of North Shore Rd. -> Shirley Ave. -> Revere Beach Blvd.
  18. Cross Ocean Ave. (at the light) and turn left at the end of Shirley Ave. onto Revere Beach Blvd..

  19. Follow Revere Beach Blvd. along the ocean for 2.6 miles until it ends. You'll have a nice view of Nahant on your right. When Revere Beach Blvd. ends, follow the signs that say "Rte. 1A North, Lynn/Swampscott", which will funnel you up an on-ramp and onto the General Edwards Bridge. The bridge doesn't have much of a shoulder, so you may be better off on the sidewalk.

  20. Once you've crossed the drawbridge, you're on the Lynnway in Lynn. Unfortunately, there is no shoulder on the Lynnway, so you are probably better off riding on the sidewalk here as well. Fortunately, there isn't much pedestrian traffic along the Lynnway. Follow the Lynnway/Carroll Parkway for 2.0 miles, until it ends at a rotary. (Rte. 1A will turn off 0.5 mile before the end of the parkway.)

  21. At the rotary, take the first exit onto Nahant Road, which will put you on the Causeway to Nahant.

    22. map of Nahant rotary
  22. Take your first left after exiting the rotary, into the MDC parking lot. (You can't bicycle down the causeway, but you can bicycle down the parking lot, which runs the entire length of the causeway.)


    23. map of Little Nahant
  23. At the end of the parking lot, get back onto Nahant Rd.

  24. Go about 0.2 miles down Nahant Rd. and take your first left onto Little Nahant Rd. This turn is hard to see until you're right there, but there's a stone wall on your left just before the turn. If you get to a boarded up Coast Guard station on your left, you went too far.

    25. aerial photo of our house

  25. Our house is 8 Little Nahant Road. It's the second house on the left, at the first curve in the road. The house is a yellow gambrel-roofed Dutch colonial, with red trim. The house number is on the lamp post.

Here is a picture of the house, as you approach it on Little Nahant Road:

picture of house

Telephone

Our telephone number is (781) 592-5802.

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Last modified: Mon Sep 9 02:17:51 2002 by jcb@mit.edu