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Central Artery Tunnel

Central Artery Tunnel from directly overhead

Central Artery Tunnel is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is North Street Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2004-08
Height
2.5 m
Material
bronze
Inscription
The plaque is dedicated to the more than 15,000 workers who helped design, manage and construct the Central Artery/Tunnel Project from its inception in 1987 through its completion. Especially honored are those workers who lost their lives helping to build
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.36247, -71.05467

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Street Park: 0.0 mi
  • Rose Kennedy Greenway: 0.1 mi
  • Richmond & North Streets Park: 0.1 mi
  • Rachel Revere Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cutillo Park: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks
  • Copps Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Breeds Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Camp Hill: 1.1 mi
Beaches
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Corinha Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Short Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Yirrel Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 4.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 4.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.5 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.7 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 1.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Central Artery Tunnel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 241°100 m5.7 mi
Cairn HillNNW 344°92 m5.9 mi
Mount WalleySW 229°91 m5.6 mi
Green HillSW 224°89 m5.7 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 248°86 m5.9 mi
Boojum RockNNW 345°83 m5.5 mi
Fisher HillWSW 243°81 m4.9 mi
Corey HillWSW 251°80 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7738417275

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