The Accidental Highway

© jan albers | all rights reserved

© jan albers | all rights reserved

Boston, Mashachusetts
© jan albers | all rights reserved

In Boston, Route 20 either begins or ends, depending on which direction you’re facing. Speaking historically, however, Boston is part of the road’s beginning, where it was originally called the King’s Highway. Later the name was changed to the Upper Boston Post Road, when it became part of a colonial mail route between Boston and New York. The road roughly follows the Old Connecticut Path, a Native American trail that extended from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River.

Tags: Boston, Massachusetts, photography, road trip, Route 20, travel, US history

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