Granite Avenue Bridge

Granite Avenue Bridge is a bridge in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Granite Avenue Bridge is situated near Martin Playground, as well as near Roy C. Smith Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pierce House and Dorchester Park.

Pierce House

Museum

Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Pierce House is a rare 17th-century house at 24 Oakton Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Built c. 1683, It documents period building practices, and the tastes and housing needs of one family, the Pierces, over more than three centuries. Pierce House is situated 3,400 feet north of Granite Avenue Bridge.

Dorchester Park

Park

Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dorchester Park is a historic park bounded by Dorchester Avenue, Richmond, Adams and Richview Streets in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Cedar Grove station

Railway stop

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Cedar Grove station is a light rail station on the Mattapan Line located in the southern part of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, named for the adjacent Cedar Grove Cemetery, has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. Cedar Grove station is situated 2,000 feet west of Granite Avenue Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neponset and Lower Mills.

Neponset

Neighborhood

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Neponset is a district in the southeastern corner of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The Neponset Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag.

Lower Mills

Neighborhood

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

The Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the Neponset River in the Dorchester area of Boston and in the town of Milton, Massachusetts.

Ashmont

Neighborhood

Ashmont is a section of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the subsections of Ashmont Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams.

Granite Avenue Bridge

Type: Bridge
Category: transport
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.27748° or 42° 16′ 39″ north

Longitude

-71.05331° or 71° 3′ 12″ west

Open location code

87JC7WGW+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1317489248

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Martin Playground and Roy C. Smith Bridge.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Granite Avenue Bridge Tender House and Shields MRI Boston.

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