Neponset Valley Parkway is a historic parkway

Parkway

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 in Boston

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 and Milton, Massachusetts

Milton, Massachusetts

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, United States

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. The parkway was constructed from 1898 to 1929 by Charles Eliot and the Olmstead Brothers and added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 2005. The parkway serves as a connector between the Blue Hills Reservation

Blue Hills Reservation

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, the Neponset River Reservation, and the Stony Brook Reservation

Stony Brook Reservation

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. Paul's Bridge

Paul's Bridge

Paul's Bridge is a stone overpass over the Neponset River. It is a part of the Neponset Valley Parkway, which is in itself a Historic District. It replaced an earlier Hubbard's Bridge , and a subsequent Paul's Bridge . It's span is approximately 88 feet...

, a Historic Place in its own regard, is on this route and passes over the Neponset River.