Route 107 is a north–south
state route
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located along the
North Shore of Massachusetts. Route 107 runs from
Route 16 in
Revere to
Route 1A at the Essex Bridge in
Salem.
Route description
Route 107 begins in
Revere at an interchange with
Route 16 (the
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 ...
) just north of the
Chelsea
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* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
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** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
town line. The route serves as Broadway, the main street through the city of Revere. The route intersects
Route 60 at Brown Circle. From the rotary, the route becomes a
limited access highway
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through the
Rumney Marsh
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Reservation as the Salem Turnpike, entering Saugus over the Pines River. It continues as an expressway for roughly 3.5 miles until just before the Saugus River, where the road enters
Lynn via the
Belden Bly Bridge
Belden G. Bly Bridge originally known as the Fox Hill Bridge was built in 1912 and renamed in 1985 in honor of former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Belden Bly. At the time of its demolition, the bridge was the oldest canti ...
.
In Lynn, Route 107 becomes Western Avenue, immediately passing the
General Electric
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River Works. The route continues through the city, passing the western end of Lynn Commons before intersecting
Route 129
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* National Route 129
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* ...
. The route passes Bayridge Hospital and
Fraser Field
Fraser Field is a baseball park in Lynn, Massachusetts that has played host to many minor-league baseball teams over the years.
The North Shore Navigators of the New England Collegiate Baseball League call Fraser Field home. In the springtime, ...
before meeting
Route 129A, running concurrently for approximately half a mile eastward until Route 129A turns southward. The concurrency with Route 129A was the original alignment of Route 129 prior to the creation of Route 129A in 1996. The route crosses Floating Bridge Pond, so named because the original roadway was an actual floating bridge, before entering the city of
Salem.
Route 107 in Salem travels as Highland Avenue, heading uphill and passing the area of
Salem Hospital/North Shore Medical Center before the road meets Boston Street at Essex Street. Route 107 turns west along Boston Street before turning northward again along Bridge Street, not far from Gallows Hill Park, site of the hanging during the
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom w ...
. The route travels along the North River before crossing under
Route 114 with ramp access to that route. The route then passes the
Salem MBTA station, and becomes a limited access route once again as the Bridge Street Bypass. Completed in 2008, this
super two
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section of Route 107 keeps traffic from the MBTA station and other areas of Salem off the busy city streets, following just west of the MBTA commuter tracks before ending at
Route 1A at the Salem end of the
Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Danvers River.
Prior to the completion of the Bridge Street Bypass, Route 107's northern end was at the intersection of Bridge Street and Winter Street, north of Salem Commons, where Route 1A turns from Winter Street to Bridge Street northbound. Because of the moving of the northern end, the route was lengthened from to .
Major intersections
See also
*
19th-century turnpikes in Massachusetts
In the late 18th century and early 19th century, turnpikes, as opposed to ordinary roads of the same time, were roads where gates barred travelers from continuing and at which payments were demanded for the use of the road. The word "turnpike" it ...
References
Massachusetts Routes 100-109
External links
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107
Salem, Massachusetts
Lynn, Massachusetts
Transportation in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Transportation in Essex County, Massachusetts
Revere, Massachusetts