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Southwest Corridor Park, Boston, MA

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Southwest Corridor Park

Walk or bike the green path that follows the Orange Line from Back Bay to Forest Hills, past community gardens, courts and playgrounds.

Along the Orange Line from Back Bay Station to Forest Hills Station, Boston, MA · Boston, MA

About Southwest Corridor Park

Southwest Corridor Park is a linear state park about 4.7 miles long, running beside the Orange Line and Amtrak tracks from Back Bay Station through the South End, Roxbury and Northeastern's campus to Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain. The land was cleared in the 1960s for an interstate highway that protests stopped in 1969; neighbors planted gardens, and the park opened in stages from 1987. It is one of Boston's busiest walking and biking routes, with tennis and basketball courts and playgrounds along the way.

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