Minuteman Bikeway - Route

Route

Legend
In Bedford:
Railbanked line to Concord Reformatory
South Road
Bedford Depot Park
to Billerica
Elm Brook
Wiggins Avenue
in Lexington:
Hartwell Avenue
to Hanscom Air Force Base
Interstate 95
Bedford Street (Routes 4, 225)
Revere Street
Hancock Street
Lexington B&M Station
Woburn Street
Site of B&M's Munroe Station
Pierce's Bridge (Maple Street)
Arlington’s Great Meadows
Site of B&M's East Lexington Station
in Arlington:
Site of B&M's Arlington Heights Station
Park Avenue
Lowell Street
Site of B&M's Brattle Station
Site of B&M's Arlington Centre Station
Massachusetts Avenue (U.S. Route 3)
Spy Pond
Site of B&M's Lake Street Station
Lake Street
to Alewife Brook Greenway
Massachusetts Route 2
in Cambridge:
to Fitchburg Cutoff Path
to Alewife Linear Park
Alewife Station

The Minuteman Bikeway runs from Bedford to the Alewife station at the northern end of the Red Line in Cambridge. It passes through the towns of Lexington and Arlington on the way. Also along the route are several notable regional sites, including Alewife Brook Reservation, Spy Pond and "Arlington’s Great Meadows" (actually located in Lexington).

At its Cambridge terminus, the bikeway connects with three other bike paths:

  • the Fitchburg Cutoff Path
  • the Cambridge Linear Park which, in turn, leads to the Somerville Community Path.
  • the Alewife Brook Greenway, a connection to the Mystic River bike path, following Alewife Brook. The Alewife Brook extension received $4M from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as the "Minuteman Bikepath Connector" project.

Plans are underway to extend the Somerville Community Path to downtown Boston, which would create a much larger continuous bikeway accessible from the Minuteman.

At the Bedford end, the Minuteman Bikeway connects with the Narrow Gauge Rail Trail and the Reformatory Branch Rail Trail.

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