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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

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Travel Guide: Biking From the Border to Boston

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MassDOT Officially Breaks Ground On Northern Strand Extension Through Downtown Lynn

A paved path extends under an overpass in the distance alongside railroad tracks with rusty boxcars and a power line corridor, which run along the right edge of the photo. To the left is a retaining wall and some exposed rebar from an under-construction bridge abutment.

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Another Gap’s Gone On the Northern Strand Trail In Everett

An architect's rendering shows two bridges crossing a river. The illustration of the new bridge, on the right, shows a bridge with large arches swooping over the water. The illustration is superimposed on a photograph that shows an existing, plainer railroad bridge on the right.

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Car-Free Mystic River Bridge Will Begin Construction In 2024

A graded gravel path under construction runs underneath a highway bridge next to a concrete bridge abutment. To the right of the abutment and below the trail are some railroad tracks.

Northern Strand RevereBeach Parkway credit Bike to the Sea

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The Northern Strand Trail Is Growing In Lynn and Everett

A small crowd gathers under a Bluebikes-branded pop-up tent next to some Bluebikes resting on their kickstands. In the foreground, a man in a suit, ballcap, and bicycle-print tie and woman in a leapord-print jacket hold comically oversized shears as they cut a ribbon while the others look on.

(Photo by Scott Eisen)

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Bluebikes Expands to Downtown Medford and Malden

Rendering of the proposed Northern Strand on-street bikeway on South Common Street, approaching Market Street, in downtown Lynn.

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MassDOT Makes Plans to Extend Northern Strand Through Downtown Lynn

Views of the Saugus River marshes along the new Northern Strand Trail in West Lynn.

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Travel Guide: Riding the New Northern Strand Trail to Lynn

Trot, Trot to Boston With New Bus and Bike Lanes in Lynn

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