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Christian MilNeil

A person on a bike rides along a single-track dirt path through some mown grass through a forest. The trail runs between two rows of utility poles and wires that stretch towards a substation on the horizon.

Boxford Border to Boston Rail Trail

Travel guides

Travel Guide: Biking From the Border to Boston

A rendering of a complex cloverleaf intersection over a four-lane highway lined with parking lots and strip malls. The interchange features three bridges over the highway, two for motor vehicles and a smaller middle bridge for bikes and pedestrians, with intersections on either side.

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Highways

MassDOT Approves New Route 9 Highway Interchange In Natick, at a Price That’s 40 Percent Over Budget

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Trails

MassDOT Officially Breaks Ground On Northern Strand Extension Through Downtown Lynn

A trail though leafy woods leads to a tunnel under a roadway in the middle distance. Three signs stacked vertically on a signpost next to the trail in the foreground read "End / Bruce Freeman Rail Trail / Ahead"

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MassTrails Program Grants $12 Million for 65 Trail Projects Statewide

A purple-and-silver MBTA commuter rail diesel train crosses the North Station drawbridge over the Charles River with the high-rises of downtown Boston in the background.

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Will A New Rail Bridge Across the Charles Include a Long-Promised Walkway to North Station?

A gravel path under construction behind a metal fence next to a grassy lawn

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Eyes On the Street: ‘Clippership Connector’ Comes Together in Downtown Medford

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Mystic River Bridge Design, Timeline Still Shrouded In Mystery, Globe Confirms

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DCR Starts Construction on Waltham-Weston Mass. Central Trail Connection

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Meghan Volcy

Three people riding bicycles down a paved pathway through a shady park on the SW Corridor. Behind them in the upper right corner is another crowd of people on bikes.

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DCR Is Planning A Big Renovation of the Southwest Corridor Greenway

A photo illustration of a trail surrounded by fall foliage with a pair of train tracks off the right edge, separated from the path by a fence. A sign in the foreground says "Belmont community path [line break] To Belmont Center [right arrow] Belmont High School [up arrow] 0.3 miles; Alewife MBTA station [up arrow] 1.7 miles

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After a 4-Year Delay, Belmont Gears Up to Build Its First Segment of the Mass. Central Rail Trail