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Handwritten directions:


From Nearby Back to Top

  1. CanalFest is on Harding Street above Kelley Square and below Union Station, next to the old Patrick Motors site between Temple and Winter streets. The steeple of historic St. John’s church on Temple Street can be seen nearby.
  2. From Kelley Square,
    1. Keep the Hess station on your left and take Green Street north.
    2. After Pond turn right on Winter Street.
  3. From the Union Station roundabout,
    1. With Union Station on your right, exit south onto Grafton Street.
    2. After Franklin turn right onto Temple Street.
    3. CanalFest is on your left at Harding.

Via I-290 East (from MA Pike Auburn Exit 10) Back to Top

  1. Follow I-290 East (which really goes north at this point) toward Worcester.
  2. Take Exit 14, Rt. 122, Grafton Street.
  3. At end of ramp, turn left, west, onto Grafton Street.
  4. As you pass back under I-290 you will be facing Winter Street but must turn right onto Grafton Street toward Union Station.
  5. After Burt Street, turn left, west, onto Temple Street.
  6. CanalFest is on your left at Harding.

Via I-290 West (from I-495) Back to Top

  1. Follow I-290 West through Worcester.
  2. Take Exit 14 and immediate right to Water Street.
  3. Turn north, right, onto Water Street, toward Union Station.
  4. Take next left, west onto Winter Street.
  5. CanalFest is on your left at Harding.

Via Rt. 146 from Providence Back to Top

  1. Follow Rt. 146 north toward Worcester.
  2. Pass through construction zone where Rt. 146 connects with I-290.
  3. Merge with I-290 for a few hundred yards.
  4. Take Exit 14, Rt. 122, Grafton Street.
  5. At end of ramp, turn left, west, onto Grafton Street.
  6. As you pass back under I-290 you will be facing Winter Street but must turn right onto Grafton Street toward Union Station.
  7. After Burt Street, turn left, west, onto Temple Street.
  8. CanalFest is on your left at Harding.