Watertown Square is the main square of
Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and is part of Greater Boston. The population was 35,329 in the 2020 census. Its neighborhoods include Bemis, Coolidge Square, East Watertown, Watertown Square, and the West End.
Waterto ...
, located at the confluence of North Beacon Street and Main Street (
US-20), Mt. Auburn Street (
MA-16), Pleasant Street, Arsenal Street, and Charles River Road. The
Armenian Library and Museum of America is located in the square;
Watertown Dam is to the west.
Bus service
Watertown Square is a minor transfer point for
MBTA bus services. Two routes terminate at a two-lane bus loop that forms the west side of the square; the 71 is
one of four trolleybus routes operated from the
Harvard bus tunnel and a
key bus route.
*: –Watertown Square
*: Watertown Square–
One additional route passes on the north side of the square on US-20; it serves a westbound stop just north of Watertown Square, and an eastbound stop a block to the west.
*: Market Place Drive or Waltham Center–
Central Square, Cambridge
, located to the south across the
Watertown Bridge
The Watertown Bridge is a five-lane traffic bridge over the Charles River, carrying Rt. 16 and Galen Street. It connects Watertown Square on the north side and Watertown Yard on the south side of Watertown, Massachusetts. Pedestrian walkways ...
, is also a bus transfer point. Trolleybus wires for the 71 run to Watertown Yard, which at times has been used as a depot for the trolleybuses. From June through December 1984, the 71 and 70 short turns were extended to Watertown Yard during reconstruction at the square.
Railroad station
The
Watertown Branch Railroad
The Watertown Branch Railroad was a branch loop of the Fitchburg Railroad that was meant to serve the town of Watertown and the City of
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as an independent short line railroad; it also serviced the Wa ...
opened through Watertown Square in 1847. Passenger service on the line ended on July 9, 1938, and the second track was removed by early 1940.
The middle section of the line from the Waltham/Watertown line through Watertown Square to East Watertown was abandoned in 1960. The former Watertown station was reused as a lumber company by 1968, but later demolished.
References
External links
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MBTA bus
Buildings and structures in Watertown, Massachusetts
Bus stations in Middlesex County, Massachusetts