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Boston traffic restrictions as students move back in

BOSTON — As thousands of students return to the city, Boston has implemented temporary traffic restrictions starting August 31.

Here's what you need to know (courtesy of

):

Allston/Brighton: Temporary Traffic Restrictions
(For Wednesday, Aug. 31, and Thursday, Sept. 1)

"ONE-WAY":

  • Brainerd Road, between Walbridge Street and Gorham
  • Walbridge Street, between Brainerd Road and Commonwealth Avenue

"NO RIGHT TURN":

  • Ashford Street at Pratt Street, requiring vehicles exiting Pratt Street at Ashford Street to only take a left turn on Ashford Street towards Malvern Street
  • Ashford Street at Ashford Court, requiring vehicles exiting Ashford Court to take a left turn on Ashford Street at Malvern Street
  • Ashford Street at Hartley Terrace, requiring existing Hartley Terrace to take a left turn on Ashford Street toward Malvern Street
  • Sawyer Terrace at Ashford Street requiring vehicles exiting Sawyer Terrace at Ashford to only take a left turn on Ashford St. towards Malvern Street.
  • Brainerd Road at Feneno Terrace, requiring vehicles exiting Feneno Terrace to turn left onto Brainerd Road toward Walbridge Street
  • #60 Brainerd Road, requiring vehicles exiting #60 Brainerd Road parking area to turn left onto Brainerd Road

"NO RIGHT TURN" AND "DO NOT ENTER":

  • Commonwealth Avenue at Walbridge Street

"NO LEFT TURN":

  • Brainerd Road at Redford Street, requiring vehicles coming down Redford Street from Commonwealth Avenue to turn right onto Brainerd Road towards Walbridge Street
  • Brainerd Road at Griggs Street, requiring vehicles coming down Griggs Street from Commonwealth Avenue to turn right onto Brainerd Road towards Walbridge Street

"NO LEFT TURN" AND "DO NOT ENTER":

  • Ashford Street at Chester Street, requiring vehicles exiting Chester Street to only take a right turn toward Malvern Street
  • Pratt Street at Wadsworth Street, blocking access to Pratt Street towards Linden Street and requiring vehicles traveling on Pratt Street from Ashford Street to turn right onto Wadsworth Street
  • Chester Street at Gardner Street requiring vehicles exiting Chester St. to only take a right turn on Gardner St. towards Malvern Street
  • Brainerd Road at Walbridge Street, requiring vehicles coming down Brainerd Road from Kelton Street to turn left on Walbridge Street
  • Allston/Brighton: Temporary Parking Restrictions

"TOW ZONE – NO STOPPING" ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 8 A.M. - 10 P.M.:

  • Brighton Avenue, #100 Brighton Avenue
  • Pratt Street, north side, even side, from Linden Street to Ashford Street
  • Ashford Street, north side, even side, from Linden Street to Malvern Street
  • Gardner Street, north side, even side, from Linden Street to Malvern Street
  • Linden Street, east side, even side, from Gardner Street to Pratt Street
  • Highgate Street, north side, even side, from Cambridge Street to Farrington Street
  • Farrington Street, #14 Farrington Street, opposite Highgate Street
  • Cambridge Street, even side, #424 Cambridge Street to Linden Street
  • Warren Street, odd side, Cambridge Street to Commonwealth Avenue
  • Wadsworth Street-North side (even side) from Pratt Street to Hartley Terrace
Fenway: Temporary Traffic Restrictions

STREETS WILL BE ONE-WAY ONLY ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, AND SUNDAY, SEPT. 4:

  • Forsyth Street toward Hemenway Street

Fenway: Temporary Parking Restrictions

"TOW ZONE – NO PARKING" ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT. 5:

  • Forsyth Street, both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Hemenway Street
  • Hemenway Street, odd side, from Forsyth Street to Westland Avenue
  • Opera Place, both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Saint Stephen Street
  • Saint Stephen Street, both sides, from Gainsborough Street to Opera Place

"TOW ZONE – NO PARKING" ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 1:

  • Gainsborough Street, both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Hemenway Street
  • Symphony Road, both sides, from Saint Stephen Street to Hemenway Street
  • Westland Avenue, both sides, from Hemenway Street to Massachusetts Avenue
  • Hemenway Street, even side, from Forsyth Way to Westland Avenue
  • Saint Stephen Street, both sides, from Gainsborough Street to Massachusetts Avenue

"TOW ZONE – NO PARKING" ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 3:

  • Saint Botolph Street, both sides, from Northeastern University to Massachusetts Avenue
  • Gainsborough Street, both sides, from Huntington Avenue to the MBTA
Mission Hill: Temporary Traffic Restrictions

STREETS WILL BE ONE-WAY ONLY ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 1:

  • Saint Alphonsus Street, from Calumet Square to Tremont Street
  • Calumet Street, towards Wait Street
  • Parker Hill Avenue, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside  Street.  Drivers traveling down Parker Hill Avenue will need to turn right onto Hillside Street and left onto Frawley Street.
  • Expect heavy traffic volume on all streets in Mission Hill including Huntington Avenue, Tremont Street, and Columbus Avenue.

Mission Hill: Temporary Parking Restrictions

"TOW ZONE – NO STOPPING, BOSTON POLICE SPECIAL EVENT" ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 1:

  • Alleghany Street, even side, from Parker Street heading westerly to the end
  • Bickford Avenue, west side, odd side, from Parker Street to Heath Street
  • Buckman Street, west side, odd side, from Lawn Street to Fisher Avenue
  • Burney Street, west side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Delle Avenue
  • Calumet Street, both sides, from Darling Street to Hillside Street
  • Carmel Street, west side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Delle Avenue
  • Cherokee Street, south side, even side, from Pontiac Street to Hillside Street
  • Copenger Street, north side, odd side, from Parker Hill Avenue to the end
  • Darling Street, east side, even side, from Calumet Street to Hillside Street
  • Delle Avenue, north side, odd side, from Parker Street to Carmel Street
  • Eldora Street, south side, even side, from Sunset Street to Hillside Street
  • Ellingwood Street
  • Estey Street, east side, odd side, from Lawn Street to Fisher Avenue
  • Fisher Avenue, north side, odd side, from Parker Street to Parker Hill Avenue
  • Folsom Avenue
  • Frawley Street, west side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street
  • Gore Street, north side, odd side, from Terrace Street to Parker Street
  • Harleston Street, east side, odd side, from Calumet Street to Parker Hill Avenue
  • Hillside Street, north side, odd side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Parker Street
  • Iroquois Street, north side, odd side, from Sachem Street to Calumet Street
  • Judge Street, west side, odd side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Iroquois Street
  • Lawn Street, north side, odd side, from Estey Street to Buckman Street
  • Mission Street, east side, odd side, from Stockwell Street to Huntington Avenue
  • Oscar Street, north side, odd side, from Terrace Street to Parker Street
  • Oswald Street, west side, odd side, from Calumet Street to Hillside Street
  • Parker Street, west side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Fisher Avenue
  • Parker Hill Avenue, west side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Avenue
  • Parker Hill Terrace, north side, odd side, from Parker Hill Street to the end
  • Pequot Street, north side, odd side, from Wait Street to Calumet Street
  • Pontiac Street, west side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Hillside Street
  • Sachem Street, west side, odd side, from Hillside Street to Calumet Street
  • Saint Alphonsus Street, both sides, from Alleghany Street to Calumet Street
  • Sewall Street, west side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Delle Avenue
  • Shepherd Avenue
  • South Whitney Street, north side, odd side, from Tremont Street to the end
  • Stockwell Street, north side odd side, from Wait Street to Frawley Street
  • Sunset Street, east side, even side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Hillside Street
  • Torpie Street, north side, odd side, from Tremont Street to the end
  • Wait Street, west side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street
  • Wensley Street, north side, odd side, from Buckman Street to Heath Street
Roxbury: Temporary Traffic Restrictions

STREETS WILL BE ONE-WAY ONLY BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 5 P.M. FROM FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT. 5:

  • Columbus Avenue, from Camden Street to Ruggles MBTA Station, one-way toward Ruggles

Roxbury: Temporary Parking Restrictions

"TOW ZONE – NO PARKING" FROM SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT. 5:

  • Coventry Street, both sides, from Tremont Street to Columbus Avenue

"TOW ZONE – NO PARKING" BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 5 P.M. FROM FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT. 5:

  • Columbus Avenue, both sides, from Massachusetts Avenue to Ruggles MBTA

"TOW ZONE – NO PARKING" BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 5 P.M. FROM SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT. 5:

  • Camden Street, both sides, from Columbus Avenue to MBTA property
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