{{Short description|Rail trail in Massachusetts, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox hiking trail |name=Chelsea Greenway |photo=Chelsea Greenway west of Box District station, July 2021.jpg |caption=Chelsea Greenway near Box District station |location=Chelsea, Massachusetts |designation= |length_mi=0.7 |trailheads= |completed=2018 |use= |elev_change= |highest= |lowest= }}
The '''Chelsea Greenway''' is a rail trail in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The {{convert|0.7|mi|km|adj=on}} linear park runs parallel to a Silver Line bus rapid transit busway that follows the former Grand Junction Branch right-of-way. Located within the Box District neighborhood, the path connects Bellingham Square station and Eastern Avenue station.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/chelsea/2013/10/more_details_announced_on_silver_line_expansion_to_chelsea.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102021937/http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/chelsea/2013/10/more_details_announced_on_silver_line_expansion_to_chelsea.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |title=More details announced on Silver Line expansion to Chelsea |newspaper=Boston Globe |author=State House News Surface |date=30 October 2013 |accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref>
==History== In October 2013, after several months of planning, MassDOT announced that it had secured $3 million in funding for the trail as part of the Silver Line Gateway Extension project, then expected to be completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/10/30/state-spend-million-create-chelsea-greenway-park/20Tu4PAtoQXf7xmRqD2N4H/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105020829/http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/10/30/state-spend-million-create-chelsea-greenway-park/20Tu4PAtoQXf7xmRqD2N4H/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |title=State to spend $3 million to create Chelsea Greenway park |newspaper=Boston Globe |author=Hanson, Melissa |date=30 October 2013 |accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref> The Greenway opened in 2018 along with the busway, while $1.1 million in landscaping and planting of native species took place in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://chelsearecord.com/2019/06/29/greenway-project-will-complete-final-leg-of-silver-line-extension-in-chelsea/ |title=GreenWay Project Will Complete Final Leg of Silver Line Extension in Chelsea |first=Seth |last=Daniel |date=June 29, 2019 |newspaper=Chelsea Record}}</ref>
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Category:Chelsea, Massachusetts Category:Parks in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Category:Bike paths in Massachusetts Category:Greenways Category:Rail trails in Massachusetts Category:Boston and Albany Railroad Category:Protected areas of Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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