Route 99 is a 6.67-mile-long (10.73 km) north–south state highway in metropolitan Boston, leading from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown through the northern suburbs of Everett, Malden, and Melrose, and terminating in Saugus at U.S. Route 1 (US 1).
Route 99 begins where North Washington Street becomes New Rutherford Avenue on the north side of the Charlestown Bridge. This occurs at the intersection with Chelsea Street, situated above the northbound tunnel of U.S. Route 1. Route 99 travels as a limited access highway through Charlestown along New Rutherford Avenue, intersecting with ramps for U.S. Route 1 and passing under the Gilmore Bridge that connects Charlestown to Cambridge. New Rutherford Avenue becomes Rutherford Avenue and the route continues along it, until the route splits off into an underpass below Sullivan Square, where it turns northeastward. The route emerges to join Alford Street and crosses the Alford Street Bridge over the Mystic River. After passing through a small strip of Charlestown on the east banks of the river, the route enters Everett, loses its expressway features and limited-access status, and becomes Broadway.
From Everett, the route crosses through Sweetser Circle (the intersection with Route 16 and Revere Beach Parkway) and continues northeastward into the city of Malden, where it intersects Route 60. The route continues on through a short (0.25 miles (0.40 km)) corner of Melrose before entering Saugus. Once in Saugus the route terminates at ramps leading to U.S. Route 1.
Historyedit
Prior to 1971, the portion north of the interchange with the Revere Beach Parkway (current Route 16, previously US Route 1 & MA Route 1A) was originally part of U.S. Route 1. The stretch south of the interchange to the Charlestown Bridge originally had no known route number assigned to it. When it became designated as Route 99 circa 1971, its southern terminus was on the Charlestown Bridge, but this was moved to its present location following the Big Dig.[citation needed]
Sweetser Circle has been the site of numerous major accidents, including a gas tanker rollover early on December 5, 2007 that resulted in 9,400 U.S. gallons (36 kL) spilling, igniting and destroying 21 vehicles and two large multi-family homes.[2]
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massachusetts, route, route, mile, long, north, south, state, highway, metropolitan, boston, leading, from, boston, neighborhood, charlestown, through, northern, suburbs, everett, malden, melrose, terminating, saugus, route, route, 99route, highlighted, redrou. Route 99 is a 6 67 mile long 10 73 km north south state highway in metropolitan Boston leading from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown through the northern suburbs of Everett Malden and Melrose and terminating in Saugus at U S Route 1 US 1 Route 99Route 99 highlighted in redRoute informationMaintained by MassDOTLength6 67 mi 1 10 73 km Major junctionsSouth endNorth Washington Street and Chelsea Street in BostonMajor intersectionsUS 1 in Boston Route 16 in Everett Route 60 in MaldenNorth endUS 1 in SaugusLocationCountryUnited StatesStateMassachusettsCountiesSuffolk Middlesex EssexHighway systemMassachusetts State Highway SystemInterstate US State Route 98 Route 101 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 References 5 External linksRoute description editRoute 99 begins where North Washington Street becomes New Rutherford Avenue on the north side of the Charlestown Bridge This occurs at the intersection with Chelsea Street situated above the northbound tunnel of U S Route 1 Route 99 travels as a limited access highway through Charlestown along New Rutherford Avenue intersecting with ramps for U S Route 1 and passing under the Gilmore Bridge that connects Charlestown to Cambridge New Rutherford Avenue becomes Rutherford Avenue and the route continues along it until the route splits off into an underpass below Sullivan Square where it turns northeastward The route emerges to join Alford Street and crosses the Alford Street Bridge over the Mystic River After passing through a small strip of Charlestown on the east banks of the river the route enters Everett loses its expressway features and limited access status and becomes Broadway From Everett the route crosses through Sweetser Circle the intersection with Route 16 and Revere Beach Parkway and continues northeastward into the city of Malden where it intersects Route 60 The route continues on through a short 0 25 miles 0 40 km corner of Melrose before entering Saugus Once in Saugus the route terminates at ramps leading to U S Route 1 History editPrior to 1971 the portion north of the interchange with the Revere Beach Parkway current Route 16 previously US Route 1 amp MA Route 1A was originally part of U S Route 1 The stretch south of the interchange to the Charlestown Bridge originally had no known route number assigned to it When it became designated as Route 99 circa 1971 its southern terminus was on the Charlestown Bridge but this was moved to its present location following the Big Dig citation needed Sweetser Circle has been the site of numerous major accidents including a gas tanker rollover early on December 5 2007 that resulted in 9 400 U S gallons 36 kL spilling igniting and destroying 21 vehicles and two large multi family homes 2 Major intersections edit nbsp Route 99 as observed from the Bunker Hill Community College skywalk in Charlestown CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotesSuffolkBoston0 00 0 nbsp nbsp I 93 south North Washington Street Chelsea Street Storrow Drive North Station Government Center City SquareSouthern terminus0 20 32 nbsp nbsp US 1 north Tobin BridgeFrom southbound to northbound U S Route 1MiddlesexEverett2 54 0 nbsp nbsp nbsp Route 16 to US 1 Medford Somerville Chelsea Main Street Malden MelroseSweetser Circle Access to Revere Beach ParkwayMalden4 87 7 nbsp Route 60 Malden Medford Revere LynnEssexSaugus6 710 8 nbsp US 1 Peabody Newburyport BostonNorthern terminus1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Incomplete accessReferences edit MassGIS Data Massachusetts Department of Transportation MassDOT Roads Abel David Ellement John R 2007 12 06 Tanker truck crashes flooding Everett neighborhood with flames The Boston Globe External links editKML file edit help Template Attached KML Massachusetts Route 99KML is from Wikidata nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts Route 99 Sullivan Square Viaduct at the Wayback Machine archived April 25 2006 Photos related to renovation of Route 99 in Charlestown Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Massachusetts Route 99 amp oldid 1189006522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
