Directions to the February 25 Meeting

Tufts Health Plan, 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, 617-972-9400 
Please enter from the Grove Street side. Make sure that you have a picture ID.

From the Trapelo Road exit on Route 128 in Waltham:

Head east on Trapelo Road. Proceed 5.1 miles on Trapelo Road. Trapelo Road becomes Belmont Street. Proceed 0.8 miles.  Turn right onto Arlington Street at XTRA gas station (says Grove Street on left).  Follow to light at Mount Auburn Street. Tufts HP facility is on the far-left corner.  Proceed straight through intersection and turn left into driveway.  Drive up to the parking garage gate, ring the buzzer, and the gate will be lifted from inside once confirmed that you are here for the meeting.

From the east or west on the Mass Pike:

Take Mass Pike to Exit 17, Newton Corner/Watertown exit. From the west, pass the Sheraton and loop left back over the Mass Pike, then go straight onto Centre Street. From the east, turn right at the end of the exit ramp.  Proceed down Centre Street (becomes Galen Street) into Watertown Square, following signs to Route 16 east.  In Watertown Square cross straight over Route 20; you'll be on Route 16 east at this point.  Proceed approximately 1.5 miles to Tufts HP facility on your right. Turn right onto Arlington Street and continue on Grove Street. Turn left to enter parking lot. Drive up to the parking garage gate, ring the buzzer and the gate will be lifted from inside once confirmed that you are here for the meeting. 

From Cambridge:

From Memorial Drive west or Mt. Auburn Street, proceed to Fresh Pond Parkway.  From Fresh Pond, stay in the left branch, following signs to Route 16 South.  From Mt. Auburn St., cross straight over Fresh Pond. From the Mt. Auburn/Fresh Pond intersection, proceed approximately one mile to the Tufts HP facility (passing Star Market on your right and bear left at fork). Turn left at the light onto Arlington Street, continuing on Grove Street. Turn left into parking lot. Drive up to the parking garage gate, ring the buzzer and the gate will be lifted from inside once confirmed that you are here for the meeting.

From the east (downtown Boston):

Proceed outbound (west) on Storrow Drive. Storrow Drive becomes Soldiers Field Road. Cross the Eliot Bridge over the Charles River. Go right at Eliot Circle (Greenough Boulevard) and then left on Gerry's Landing to reach Mt. Auburn Street.  Follow directions above from Fresh Pond/Mt. Auburn intersection. 

From the south (via Southeast Expressway):

Take the Expressway to Mass Pike (west).  Follow directions above from Mass Pike, Exit 17. 

From the south (from Route 9 in Chestnut Hill/Brookline):

Take Chestnut Hill Avenue through Cleveland Circle (Beacon Street intersection), up a hill, across Commonwealth Avenue, and around several bends into Brighton Center.  At Brighton Center, the road becomes Market Street. Continue down the hill to major intersection at Arsenal St./Western Avenue (seeing the entrance to Soldiers' Field Road). Go left onto Arsenal Street. Turn right at Arlington Street and then left at Grove Street. Just before Mt. Auburn Street, bear right into Tufts parking lot. Drive up to the parking garage gate, ring the buzzer and the gate will be lifted from inside once confirmed that you are here for the meeting. 

From the north (via Route I-93):

Take I-93 south to Exit 32, Route 60, in Medford.  At the second light, go left, then take the first right/ramp onto Route 16 (Salem Street). Go through Medford Square and cross the Mystic River to take a right on the Mystic River Parkway. Continue with Route 16 as it becomes the Alewife Brook Parkway in Cambridge. Follow signs for 16 west through several rotaries, bringing you to the Alewife T station.  Turn left onto Fresh Pond Parkway; continue through two rotaries.  At Brattle Street, turn right; this quickly becomes Mt. Auburn St. Past Star Market on your right, bear left at fork. Turn left at Arlington Street and take Grove Street to reach parking lot immediately on your left. Drive up to the parking garage gate, ring the buzzer and the gate will be lifted from inside once confirmed that you are here for the meeting. 

Visual cues

The parking garage gate, off Arlington Street, with the building entrance to its left:

The front of the building on Mt. Auburn Street:

But don't go in this way: use the side entrance from the parking lot on Grove Street, off Arlington Street, as shown above in the top photo..