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NOTE! GPS navigators are notoriously BAD in the Boston area. Please follow our directions and use your GPS as a backup so that you don't end up on a sightseeing tour. For most people, just take I-93 to exit 28 and you're 3 blocks away.

Swing City, Fridays at:

Somerville City Club
20 Innerbelt Road
Somerville, MA 02143

Easy access!
I-93 at exit 28, just off the highway
Sullivan Square on the Orange Line

 

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Detailed Directions from common outlying areas and public transportation: Printable Version »

Note: Please DO NOT rely on your GPS. It's notoriously bad in Cambridge/Somerville. Use it as a backup to these directions.

From the South and West via I-93 N or Mass. Pike to I-93 N:

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Note: if you're coming from Storrow Drive or through Leverett Circle, scroll down for different directions since you cannot exit at exit 28 due to Big Dig, uh, "traffic planning". If you try to, you have to take exit 29 and double back. (see directions for doubling back)

• Take I-93 North through the Big Dig, or the Mass Pike to I-93 North and through the Big Dig.
• Take Exit 28 for Sullivan Square/Cambridge St. The exit is about 1 mile north of Boston on the right.
• Turn left at the end of the off-ramp, onto Cambridge St. (no signs)
• Turn left at the second light onto Innerbelt Road.
• Somerville City Club is 1/2 block up on the left with the red awning. Park in the lots to the left of the main doorway.

From the West via Mass. Pike through Cambridge (much shorter distance but back roads):

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• Take Mass Pike to Exit 18, Cambridge
• Stay right after tolls and follow off ramp.
• Proceed straight through intersections across Charles River, onto River St.
• Continue on River St. which turns into Prospect St. about 2 mi, until crossing over a railroad bridge yard and down hill. (Big Dunkin Donuts on left)
• Go straight across Somerville Ave and bear right.
• Stay right after passing the police department and follow signs to continue on Washington St underneath an overpass.
• Pass underneath a railroad bridge.
• Go 1/3 mile and turn right on Innerbelt Rd. (Holiday in is on corner.)
• Somerville City Club is 1/2 block up on the left with the red awning. Park in the lots to the left of the main doorway.

From the North via I-93 Southbound:

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• Take I-93 South toward Boston.
• Take Exit 28, "Sullivan Sq/Charlestown", on the right. It comes up suddenly.
• Stay left on the exit ramp for about 1/2 mile. You will pass under a bridge--proceed straight ahead. The big Sullivan Square MBTA station is on the right.
• At the traffic light, turn right onto Cambridge St.
• Turn left at the third light onto Inner Belt Road (Holiday Inn is on the corner).
• Somerville City Club is 1/2 block up on the left with the red awning. Park in the lots to the left of the main doorway.

From Boston via Storrow Drive and Leverett Circle:

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Note: from Storrow drive, if you get on I-93 North at Leverett Circle, you cannot exit at exit 28 due to Big Dig, uh, "traffic planning". If you try to, you have to take exit 29 and double back. (See directions for doubling back.)

Take Storrow Drive inbound to the end.

• Toward the end of Storrow Drive, stay in the middle lane and go past the I-93 on ramp. DO NOT get on I-93.
• At the end of Storrow Drive (Leverett Circle), turn left onto the McGrath Highway (you'll pass the Science Museum to your left).
• At the second light turn right, over the Gilmore Bridge to Charlestown.
• On the far side of the Gilmore Bridge, take a left onto Rutherford Ave/Rt 99. Stay to the right and DO NOT go into the underpass.
• About 3/4 mile up, you will merge onto the Sullivan Square rotary.
• Enter the rotary and go slightly more than 3/4 around to Cambridge St. There are no signs, but there is a traffic light and you will be aimed between a number of brick buildings (a Brazillian church on the left and a workers union on the right).
• Go through the intersection and underneath the highway superstructure. The Sullivan Square MBTA complex will be on your right.
• Turn left at the third light onto Innerbelt Road (Holiday Inn is on the Corner).
• Somerville City Club is 1/2 block up on the left with the red awning. Park in the lots to the left of the main doorway.

From Lexington/Concord/Arlington/N.Camridge/Somerville/parts North
(via Rt. 2 to Alewife to Porter Square to Union Square):

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• Take Rt. 2 inbound to the end of the divided highway at Alewife Station, at the intersection of Rt. 16.
• Turn left onto Rt. 16.
• 1/3 mile, then turn right on Mass Ave.
• Follow Mass. Ave south about 1.5 mi. to Porter Square. (Look for the huge wind sculpure)
• Bear left onto Somerville Ave. Follow it about 1.5 mile to Union Square.
• At Union Square, turn left at major intersection and continue on Somerville Ave.
• Turn left on Washington St. at the next light. (Big Dunkin Donuts on right.)
• Stay right after passing the police department and follow signs to continue on Washington St underneath an overpass.
• Pass underneath a railroad bridge.
• Go 1/3 mile and turn right on Innerbelt Rd. (Holiday in is on corner.)
• Somerville City Club is 1/2 block up on the left with the red awning. Park in the lots to the left of the main doorway.

Doubling back from Exit 29 (if you missed exit 28):

• Take Exit 29 and stay left. Follow the sign for Somerville.
• Go straight through the intersection and bear left to do what amounts to a slow U turn so you're on the other side of the highway. Follow signs for Rt. 38 South and I-93 South.
• Turn left at the next light so that you are now alongside the highway in the southbound direction on Mystic Avenue.
• Proceed south on Mystic Avenue and cross Rt. 28. Keep following signs for Rt. 38 South.
• Stay right at the split and stay on Rt. 38 South. DO NOT get on I-93 South.
• After passing the I-93 on-ramp, stay left for about 1/2 mile. You will pass under a bridge--proceed straight ahead. The big Sullivan Square MBTA station is on the right.
• At the traffic light, turn right onto Cambridge St.
• Turn left at the third light onto Inner Belt Road (Holiday Inn is on the corner).
• Somerville City Club is 1/2 block up on the left with the red awning. Park in the lots to the left of the main doorway.

By MBTA Subway and Bus--lot of options: (MBTA Website »)

• Orange Line to "Sullivan Square". Exit to Cambridge St. and turn right, walking underneath the highway. Walk 200yds to the first light and turn left. Somerville City Club is half a block down on the left.
  
• Bus #86, Cleveland Circle/Harvard Square. Ask driver to let you out at Innerbelt Rd, 100 ft from our door. Service until midnight+.
• Bus #91, Central Square. Ask driver to let you out at Innerbelt Rd, 100 ft from our door. Service until midnight+.

• Bus #89, Davis Square. Short walk from Sullivan Square T-Stop (see above).

See MBTA website for more options.