Dorchester Illustration no. 2219 Intersection of Gallivan Boulevard and Morton Street
Until the late 1920s Codman Street served traffic from Morton Street to Adams Village. When Gallivan Boulevard was created, much of the land near the intersection of Morton Street and the new Gallivan Boulevard (Codman St) was still unimproved. This photo of the street improvements was taken in November of 1927. At the time this stretch of road was called the Southern Artery. The sign says: Southern Artery, Boulevard constructed by J.C. Coleman & Sons Co., Expert Road Builders, Estimates Provided – 1620 Tremont Street, Boston.
The three family home on the left still stands. The reconfiguration of the intersection and the construction of the fire station at the point of land between Gallivan and Morton are seen in the current photo.
From wikipedia: Southern Artery was originally part of historic New England Route 6 of the New England Interstate road marking system developed in the 1920s.[8] The section of NE6 from Jamaica Plain through Dorchester into Quincy was called Southern Artery by the Massachusetts Highway Commission.[9] Large portions of the route retained the original street names such as Morton Street and Codman Street (now Gallivan Boulevard) through Boston along the route now designated Route 203,[9] as did the portion along Hancock Street in Quincy. The street called Southern Artery was newly constructed in 1926 and retains the highway name.
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