Editing Medford, Massachusetts (section)

===Transportation===
During the 17th century, a handful of major public roads (High Street, Main Street, Salem Street, "the road to Stoneham", and South Street) served the population, but the road network started a long-term expansion in the 18th century.<ref>''History of the Town of Medford'', "Roads" chapter.</ref> The Medford Turnpike Company was incorporated in 1803 and (as was reasonably common at the time) turned what is now Mystic Avenue over to the city in 1866. The Andover Turnpike Company was incorporated in 1805 and turned what is now Forest Street and Fellsway West over to Medford in 1830.<ref name="mhs3" />

Other major commercial transportation projects included the [[Middlesex Canal]] by 1803,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medfordhistorical.org/middlesexcanal.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919124926/http://medfordhistorical.org/middlesexcanal.php|url-status=dead|title=Medfordhistorical.org|archive-date=September 19, 2008|access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref> the [[Boston and Lowell Railroad]] in West Medford in the 1830s, and the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]] to Medford Center in 1847.

A [[Horsecar|horse-powered street railway]] began running to Somerville and Charlestown in 1860. The street railway network expanded in the hands of various private companies and went electric in the late 1890s when trolleys to Everett and downtown Boston were available.<ref name="mhs3" /> Streetcars were converted to buses in the 20th century. [[Interstate 93]] was constructed between 1956 and 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonroads.com/roads/northern/|title=Northern Expressway (I-93)|website=bostonroads.com}}</ref>