Interstate 695 (Massachusetts)
Interstate 695 was a planned six-lane auxiliary Interstate Highway in Boston, Massachusetts, that would have run through parts of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville.
A block of Elm Street in Cambridge along the proposed route of the Inner Belt.
1955 Yellow Book plan for the Boston area showing the Inner Belt and related highways
"Ghost ramp" off I-93 northbound in Somerville, which was built as a future connection to the Inner Belt and never used
Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury, built along the right-of-way cleared, but never used, for I-695
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people. With an area of 4.12 square miles (10.7 km2), the city has a density of 19,671/sq mi (7,595/km2), making it the most densely populated municipality in New England and the 19th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country. Somerville was established as a town in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown. In 2006, the city was named the best-run city in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe. In 1972, 2009, and 2015, the city received the All-America City Award. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus along the Somerville and Medford border.
Davis Square, Somerville
The Old Powder House in Nathan Tufts Park
Ross Moffett's A Skirmish Between British and Colonists near Somerville in Revolutionary Times, 1937
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square. The towers in the park each represent one of the city's original hills.
