Route 145 is a circuitous south–north urban

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. It is entirely within Suffolk County and primarily serves the peninsular town of Winthrop from

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. Its southern terminus is at Route 1A in East Boston and its northern terminus is at Route 16 in Revere.

Route description

Massachusetts Route 145 Southbound at Revere St, Winthrop MA

Although it is officially a south–north highway, Route 145 travels in each of the four main compass directions at some point along its route. Route 145 begins at the intersection of

Neptune Road Neptune Road is located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The road is fragmented, bisected by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Blue Line which surfaces from the subway southwest of the road. Much of the po ...

and

Bennington Street Bennington Street is one of the main thoroughfares in the neighborhood of East Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. The street runs almost the length of the residential section of the community, as distinguished from Logan International Airport, whic ...

in East Boston, just after the point where the Mass Pike/I-90 ends and merges with Route 1A. An access road from Route 1A junction travels a short distance on Neptune Road to Bennington Street, with a right turn onto Bennington Street marking the beginning of Route 145. Route 145 travels northeast along this major arterial street to the

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neighborhood and then bears right along Saratoga Street at Orient Heights Square. The route continues along Saratoga Street east until crossing into Winthrop over a bridge at Belle Isle Inlet. Route 145 travels a short distance down Main Street in Winthrop before turning right and traveling nearly due south along Pleasant Street. This residential section of Winthrop features Donovan's Beach which offers a view of the

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skyline looking west-southwest across

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. Pleasant Street continues south then bears left a few times before becoming Washington Avenue, where Route 145 travels east to meet Veterans Road. At this intersection, Route 145 heads north along Veterans Road while traffic heading for Point Shirley and Deer Island continues to Shirley Street. Along Veterans Road the route heads north through Winthrop and then bears left at the intersection with the north end of Winthrop Shore Drive to become Crest Avenue and then Revere Street, heading generally northwest. Leaving Winthrop, Route 145 enters Revere and is called

Winthrop Parkway Winthrop Parkway is a historic parkway in Revere, Massachusetts. The parkway, built between 1909 and 1919 and now designated as part of Route 145, runs for about , from Eliot Circle (the junction with the Revere Beach Parkway and Revere Beac ...

, which travels north along the Atlantic Ocean past Revere's Beachmont neighborhood and meets

Revere Beach Parkway Revere Beach Parkway is a historic parkway in the suburbs immediately north of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins at Wellington Circle in Medford, where the road leading to the west is Mystic Valley Parkway, and the north–south road is the Fe ...

at Eliot Circle. From the circle Route 145 travels south then west as the beginning of the westbound parkway. Technically the route ends as the parkway crosses under Route 1A after passing the

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area and travels less than to meet Route 16.Executive Office of Transportation - Office of Transportation Planning Roads - June 2008
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History

Modern Route 145 was first commissioned between 1954 and 1956 as Route 45. The route was renumbered to 145 in 1958.

Major intersections

References

External links

{{Commons category, Massachusetts Route 145 Winthrop, Massachusetts Revere, Massachusetts East Boston

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Streets in Boston Transportation in Suffolk County, Massachusetts