![]() Commonwealth Avenue in 2006 | |
Length | 11.0 mi (17.7 km)[1] |
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West end | ![]() |
Major junctions | ![]() ![]() |
To | Arlington Street in Back Bay |
North | Marlborough Street (Back Bay) |
South | Newbury Street (Back Bay) |
Commonwealth Avenue (colloquially referred to as Comm Ave) is a major street in the cities of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Boston Public Garden, and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Boston University, Allston, Brighton and Chestnut Hill. It continues as part of Route 30 through Newton until it crosses the Charles River at the border of the town of Weston.