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Charles River Bike Path

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bridge), a loop of 17.1 miles (27.5 km). The paths run along the edge of Cambridge and Watertown on the north; and the West End, Back Bay, and Allston-Brighton neighborhoods of Boston on the south side.
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The riverwalk then continues along the south bank, crossing back to the north bank at the Blue Heron Bridge, built 2004 just for the path, and continuing to Moody Street in Waltham, near the
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Boathouse on the Cambridge side was rebuilt in 2015-16. In 2019, DCR started soliciting public comments for a planned rebuild on the Cambridge side from the
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There are plans to extend the path upstream along the curving river to Needham, Dedham, and the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.
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extension connects the Boston end of the Charles River Path to the network of mixed-use trails to the northwest.
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Bikeway, and the Alewife Brook Parkway Path, also connects to the network of mixed-use trails to the northwest.
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to Bridge Street, there crossing back from Watertown to Newton. This segment was completed in 1997.
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cardiologist and prescribed his famous patient bicycle therapy after his 1955 heart attack.
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in Cambridge, and Nashua Street Park on the Boston side. There are discontinuities near
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In 2004, a $ 9M master plan to extend the path westward from Watertown Square to
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Charles River at night, with the Cambridge bike path on the left side of roadway
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The Paul Dudley White Bicycle Path runs on both sides of the river within the
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Part of the path will be turned into a river boardwalk as part of the
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Paved bike path and a footpath on the Boston side of the Charles River
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separated by road and bridge crossings and forms part of the planned
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area. A portion of the trail is named after the cardiologist
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The mechanical horse: how the bicycle reshaped American life
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The path continues along the north side of the river from
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Bike recreation opportunities continue to the east with
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https://www.mass.gov/locations/charles-river-reservation
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Bicycling, inline skating, walking, paddling, rowing
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Boston, Massachusetts
Auburndale, Massachusetts
Trailheads
Boston Science Museum
Norumbega Park
Hazards
Department of Conservation and Recreation
https://www.mass.gov/locations/charles-river-reservation
mixed-use path
Boston, Massachusetts
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower's
Charles River
Boston, Massachusetts
Norumbega Park
Newton
Watertown
Waltham
Charles River Reservation
East Coast Greenway
Charles River Reservation
Museum of Science
Charles River Dam Bridge
Watertown Square
Route 16

straightening of the Massachusetts Turnpike
Longfellow Bridge
Boston University

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