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General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport —also known as Boston Logan International Airport —is an international airport located mostly in East Boston and partially in Winthrop,Massachusetts. Covering 2,384 acres (965 ha),it has six runways and four passenger terminals,and employs an estimated 16,000 people. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems in which it is categorized as a large hub primary commercial service facility.
Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston,Massachusetts,in the United States. Also called Mishawum by the Massachusett,it is located on a peninsula north of the Charles River,across from downtown Boston,and also adjoins the Mystic River and Boston Harbor waterways. Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer Thomas Graves,one of its earliest settlers,during the reign of Charles I of England. It was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
East Boston,nicknamed Eastie,is a neighborhood of Boston,Massachusetts,United States,which was annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop,Revere,and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and downtown Boston by Boston Harbor. The footprint of the East Boston neighborhood as it is known today was created in the 1940s by connecting five of the inner harbor islands using land fill. Logan International Airport is located in East Boston,connecting Boston to domestic and international locations.
Edward Joseph King was an American politician who served as the 66th Governor of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. A member of the Democratic Party until 1985,he then became a member of the Republican Party. Elected in the 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election,he lost the Democratic primary of the 1982 election to his predecessor Michael Dukakis.
Airport station is a rapid transit station in Boston,Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Blue Line and the SL3 branch of the Silver Line. It is located in East Boston under the interchange between Interstate 90 and Massachusetts Route 1A. The station provides one of two mass transit connections to the nearby Logan International Airport,as well as serving local residents in East Boston. Shuttle buses connect the station with the airport terminals and other facilities.
North Station is a commuter rail and intercity rail terminal station in Boston,Massachusetts. It is served by four MBTA Commuter Rail lines –the Fitchburg Line,Haverhill Line,Lowell Line,and Newburyport/Rockport Line –and the Amtrak Downeaster intercity service. The concourse is located under the TD Garden arena,with the platforms extending north towards drawbridges over the Charles River. The eponymous subway station,served by the Green Line and Orange Line,is connected to the concourse with an underground passageway.
The Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge that spans more than two miles (3.2 km) from Boston to Chelsea over the Mystic River in Massachusetts,United States. The bridge is the largest in New England. It is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and carries U.S. Route 1. It was built between 1948 and 1950 and opened to traffic on February 2,1950,replacing the former Chelsea Bridge. The 36-foot (11 m)-wide roadway has three lanes of traffic on each of the two levels with northbound traffic on the lower level and southbound traffic on the upper level.
Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is the port authority for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It owns and operates three airports,Logan International Airport,Hanscom Field,and Worcester Regional Airport,and public terminals in the Port of Boston.
The Port of Boston is a major seaport located in Boston Harbor and adjacent to the City of Boston. It is the largest port in Massachusetts and one of the principal ports on the East Coast of the United States.
Sullivan Square station is a rapid transit station on the MBTA subway Orange Line,located adjacent to Sullivan Square in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston,Massachusetts. It is a major transfer point for MBTA bus service,with 10 routes using a two-level busway. The station has two island platforms serving the two active Orange Line tracks plus an unused third track. The Haverhill Line and Newburyport/Rockport Line pass through the station on separate tracks but do not stop.
The MBTA ferry system is a public boat service providing water transportation in Boston Harbor. It is operated by Hornblower Cruises under contract to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). In 2023,the system had a ridership of 1,260,000,or about 6,400 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. The system has six routes that terminate in downtown Boston. Year-round routes run to Hingham directly (F1) and via Hull (F2H),and to the Charlestown Navy Yard (F4). Seasonal routes run to Lynn (F3),Winthrop (F5),and East Boston (F6).
Boston Harborwalk is a public walkway that follows the edge of piers,wharves,beaches,and shoreline around Boston Harbor. When fully completed it will extend a distance of 47 miles (76 km) from East Boston to the Neponset River.
Frederic Christopher "Buck" Dumaine Jr. was an American business executive who served as the president of the New York,New Haven and Hartford Railroad,Avis Rent a Car System,and the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.
Richard A. Davey is an American attorney and transportation executive. He was the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from September 2011 to October 2014 and previously the General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from March 2010 to September 2011. He was also the President of the New York City Transit Authority from 2022 to 2024.
Gerard Francis Doherty was an American political figure who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1957 to 1965 and Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party from 1962 to 1967.
Otis Minot Whitney was an American politician,jurist,and military officer who served as Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Safety and was a commander of the Massachusetts National Guard's Yankee Division.
Thomas P. Glynn III is a senior official at Harvard University overseeing the Harvard Allston Land Company,a new entity to develop commercial real estate in the Allston land owned by Harvard. He is the former chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Port Authority,former general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and United States Deputy Secretary of Labor. From May 2023 to October 2024,he served as chair of the MBTA's board of directors.
Brian O'Halloran is an American sports executive with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). After serving as general manager of the team under Chaim Bloom during the 2020–2023 seasons,O'Halloran accepted a position as executive vice president of baseball operations following Bloom's dismissal in September 2023.
North Station is an underground MBTA subway station in downtown Boston,Massachusetts. Served by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line and Orange Line,it is connected to the surface terminal of the same name used by MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak. The station is fully accessible.