⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Driving Massachusetts Route 16 (Washington Street) in Wellesley, Massachusetts

April 27, 2024 - 2:10 PM
56°F / 13°C

Dashcam view of driving eastbound on Massachusetts Route 16 (Washington Street) in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Filmed with GoPro Hero 12.

Highlights:
00:24 - Wellesley Congregational Church (on left)
01:54 - Wellesley Free Library Main Branch (on right), Morton Park (on left)
02:42 - St. Paul Catholic Church (on right)
05:24 - Reidy Field, Diane Warren Softball Field (on right)
05:45 - Lee Field (on right)
06:50 - Wellesley Professional Building (on right)
07:04 - Wellesley Hills MBTA rail station (on left)
08:03 - Isaac Sprague Memorial Clocktower, Elm Park (on left)
08:45 - Massachusetts Route 9 interchange
09:05 - Wellesley Hills Congregational Church (on left)
10:53 - St. John the Evangelist Church (on left)
11:34 - Crossing Charles River

From Wikipedia:
"Route 16 is a 59.8646-mile-long (96.3427 km) east–west state highway in Massachusetts. It begins in the west at an intersection with Route 12 and Route 193 in Webster, just north of the Connecticut state border. It runs in a generally southwest-northeast routing through a number of Boston's suburbs and runs to the west and then north of the city before ending in Revere at an intersection with Route 1A and Route 60.

Much of Route 16 east of the Newton-Wellesley town line, and especially from Cambridge eastward, is a multi-lane parkway, although it is not limited access for any significant length of road. Segments of Route 16 are also known as the Mystic Valley Parkway, the Alewife Brook Parkway, and the Revere Beach Parkway, among other names.

From the western end of the Route 135 concurrency in Wellesley to Route 30 (Commonwealth Avenue) in Newton, the route serves as a part of the Boston Marathon, from the halfway point to just before Mile 18 and the hills.

Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Wellesley is part of Greater Boston. The population was 29,550 at the time of the 2020 census. Wellesley College, Babson College, and a campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College are located in the town."