Talk:Washington Street (Boston)

The other four

I'm not at all sure that the other four Washington Streets belong where I put them, in the first section. Perhaps a separate section at the bottom.

I am sure that they should be mentioned. Boston's multiplicity of streets of the same name is part of its charm (at least that's what I say when I get lost), so that pointing out that there are actually five different Washington Streets helps explain the maze of cowpaths. Also, the first two are significant, the one the "Main Street" of Allston-Brighton, and the other among the top three or four in Dorchester.. . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 17:16, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Heard this interesting tidbit. I heard someone say because of municipal annexation, Boston wound up with the irregularity where it has the same street name 5 times and they don't necc. connect at all...

• Washington Street. Charlestown (Boston) is to the southeast of the Bunker Hill Community College. It proceeds a few blocks and then stops.
• Washington Street, Downtown (Boston proper--This article), begins at old State House (junction with Court Street and State Street, proceeds southward, passes through Dudley, proceeds out to Jamaica Plain where it turns into Hyde Park Ave.
• Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, forms anew on the opposite side of Hyde Park Avenue/Forest Hills T station, and proceeds through Hyde Park + Roslindale eventually ends out in town of Walpole.
• Washington Street, Dorchester, begins in Grove Hall, Dorchester at Blue Hill Avenue, proceeds south, and ends in Dorchester Lower Mills near Milton.
• Washington Street, Newton Corner (at Mass. Pike) proceeds through (Brighton, Boston); continues to town of Brookline ending near Route 9/Riverway.

Here's a reference below that lists the several Washington Streets in Boston but for clarity adds their former municipality after them to help define each.

• Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 1, Google Books. CaribDigita (talk) 22:13, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

North Washington Street

Is there any source showing that North Washington Street was actually once part of Washington Street (even though they both extended to Haymarket Square)? The rename from Charlestown Street directly to North Washington Street can be seen in Boston Public Works' street layout plan drawing L-1039 (archived). Davidpward (talk) 19:10, 9 March 2019 (UTC)