A.
Upon all streets, except upon one-way streets, the
operator of a vehicle shall drive the same upon the right half of
the street, and the operator of a slow-moving vehicle shall drive
the same as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the
street, unless it is impracticable to travel on such side of the street
and except when overtaking and passing.
B.
The foregoing provision of this section shall not
be deemed to prevent marking of lanes for traffic upon any street
and the allocation of designated lanes to traffic moving in a particular
direction.
A.
Right turns. The operator of a vehicle intending to
turn to the right at an intersection or into an alley or driveway
shall approach the point of turning in the traffic lane nearest the
right-hand edge or curb of the street and, in turning, shall keep
as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the street.
B.
Turning left. The operator of a vehicle intending
to turn to the left at an intersection or into a driveway shall approach
the point of turning in the lane for traffic to the right of and next
to the center of the roadway, and, unless otherwise directed by turning
markers, the operator of a vehicle in turning left at an intersection
shall pass to the right of the center of the intersection before turning.
Upon streets laned for traffic and upon one-way streets, a left turn
shall be made from the left lane of traffic.
C.
Turning markers. The Selectmen are hereby authorized to place turning markers within or at the entrance to intersections directing that traffic turning left shall follow a line of travel other than as directed in Subsection B of this section. Whenever turning markers have been placed as herein provided, traffic turning left shall follow the line as directed by such markers.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction
unless such movement can be made in safety and without backing or
otherwise interfering with other traffic.
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley,
driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to
driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across
any alleyway.
The operator of a vehicle shall not drive within
any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
It shall be unlawful for any person to board
or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride
a vehicle upon any portion thereof not designated or intended for
the use of passengers when the vehicle is in motion. This provision
shall not apply to any employee engaged in the necessary discharge
of duty or within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
It shall be unlawful for the directing officer
or the operator of any steam or street railway train or car to direct
the operation of or to operate the same in such manner as to prevent
the use of any street for purposes of travel for a period of time
longer than five minutes, except that this provision shall not apply
to trains or cars in motion other than those engaged in switching.
It shall be unlawful for any street railway train or car to stop within
an intersection or on a crosswalk for the purpose of receiving or
discharging passengers.
A.
Every driver of a vehicle, railway car or other conveyance
approaching an intersection of ways where there exists facing such
driver an official sign bearing the word "Stop" or a flashing red
signal indication, said sign or signal having the written approval
of the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and/or the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen, such approval being in effect,
shall, before proceeding through the intersection, bring such vehicle,
railway car or other conveyance to a complete stop at such point as
may be clearly marked by a sign or line or, if a point is not so marked,
than at the nearer line or crosswalk of said intersection.
B.
In accordance with the foregoing, the erection and
maintenance of an isolated stop sign or signs or flashing red signals,
as the case may be, are authorized as follows:[1]
|
Stop Sign on
|
Direction of Traffic
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Adams Avenue at Boston Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Adams Street at Groton Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Adams Street at Sherman Street
|
East and westbound
| |
|
Alpha Road at Billerica Road (Route 129)
|
Northbound
| |
|
Alpine Lane at Route 110
|
—
| |
|
Barton Hill Road at Acton Road
|
North and southbound
| |
|
Berkeley Drive at Graniteville Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Billerica Road (Rte. 129), Chelmsford Street
(Rte. 110) and Central Square
|
All drivers entering intersection
| |
|
Bradford Road and Aberdeen Street
|
East and westbound
| |
|
Brick Kiln Road at Carlisle Street
|
Northbound
| |
|
Brook Street at Summer Street
|
Westbound
| |
|
Burning Tree Lane at Acton Road (Route 27)
|
Northwestbound
| |
|
Byam Road at Acton Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Byam Road at Robin Hill Road
[Added 11-9-1998] |
—
| |
|
Canter Road at Thomas Drive
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Castlewood Drive at Graniteville Road
|
Southbound
| |
|
Cathy Road at Thomas Drive
|
Westbound
| |
|
Chatham Road at Warren Avenue
|
Southbound
| |
|
Clear Street at Linwood Street
|
North and southbound
| |
|
Clover Hill Drive at Pine Hill Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Coolidge Street at Groton Road
|
Southbound
| |
|
Courtland Drive at Westford Street
|
Northbound
| |
|
Cross Street at Mission Road
|
Westerly
| |
|
Dalton Road at Westford Street
|
Westbound
| |
|
Davis Road at Graniteville Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Davis Road at Old Westford Road
|
East and westbound
| |
|
Dayton Street at Bradford Road
[Added 3-15-1999] |
Northbound
| |
|
Dunstable Road at Groton Road (Route 40)
|
Southerly
| |
|
Elizabeth Drive at Mill Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Elm Street at Acton Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Field Street at Erlin Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Field Street at Linwood Street
|
East and westbound
| |
|
First Street at Warren Avenue
|
Northbound
| |
|
Galloway Road at Pine Hill Road
|
Southbound
| |
|
Golden Cove Road at Billerica Road (Route 129)
|
Southbound
| |
|
Graniteville Road at Old Westford Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Groton Road at Vinal Square
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Grove Street at Perham Street
[Added 5-15-1995] |
Eastbound
| |
|
Hall Road at Parker Road
|
East and westbound
| |
|
Harold Street at Warren Avenue
|
Northbound
| |
|
Hazen Road at Concord Road
|
Southerly
| |
|
Highland Avenue at Middlesex Street
[Added 3-17-1997] |
Northbound
| |
|
High Street at Acton Road
|
East and westbound
| |
|
High Street at Robin Hill Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Hitchinpost Road at Old Westford Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Hornbeam Hill Road at Fairbanks Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Housatonic Avenue at Bowl Road
[Added 11-6-2000] |
North and southbound
| |
|
Ideal Avenue at Linwood Street
|
North and southbound
| |
|
Industrial Avenue at Billerica Road (Route 129)
|
Northbound
| |
|
Janet Road at Wildes Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Jordan Street at Crooked Spring Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Joyce Street at Pleasant Street
|
—
| |
|
Locke Road at Westford Street
|
Westbound
| |
|
Locust Road at Robin Hill Road
|
North and southbound
| |
|
Main Street at Groton Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Manning Road at Carlisle Street
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Mansur Street at Sherman Street
|
—
| |
|
Maple Road at Acton Road
[Added 4-26-2004] |
Eastbound
| |
|
Maple Road at Parkerville Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Marshall Street at Carlisle Street
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Maynard Circle at Meadowbrook Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Meadowbrook Road at Crooked Spring Road
|
Southerly
| |
|
Meadowbrook Road at Main Street
|
Southbound
| |
|
Middlesex Street at Vinal Square
|
Westbound
| |
|
Miland Avenue at Linwood Street
|
East and westbound
| |
|
Moore Street at Brick Kiln Road
[Added 11-9-1998] |
Eastbound
| |
|
Mt. Pleasant Street at Church Street
|
Northeastbound
| |
|
Newfield Street at Adams Street
|
East and westbound
| |
|
Newfield Street at Washington Street
|
North and southbound
| |
|
Pennock Road at Abbott Lane
[Added 8-11-2014] |
—
| |
|
Pine Hill Road at Westford Street
|
Northbound
| |
|
Purcell Drive at Acton Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Quigley Avenue at Church Street
|
Southbound
| |
|
Rack Road at Old Westford Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Richardson Road at Graniteville Road
|
Southbound
| |
|
River Meadow Drive at Warren Avenue
|
Southbound
| |
|
Riverneck Road at Billerica Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Riverneck Road at Carlisle Street
|
East and westbound
| |
|
St. Nicholas Avenue at Bowl Road
[Added 11-6-2000] |
North and southbound
| |
|
San Mateo Road at Proctor Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
School Street at Graniteville Road
|
All drivers entering intersection
| |
|
School Street at Old Westford Road
|
Southbound
| |
|
Scientia Drive at Billerica Road (Route 129)
|
Northbound
| |
|
Shaw Street at Newfield Street
|
—
| |
|
Sleeper Street at Tyngsboro Road
|
Southbound
| |
|
Smith Street at Parkhurst Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Smith Street at Steadman Street
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Spaulding Road at Gristone Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Spaulding Road at Monument Hill Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Steadman Street at Dalton Road
|
All drivers entering the intersection, including
Subway Avenue as it enters this intersection
| |
|
Subway Avenue at Dalton Road
|
Northwestbound
| |
|
Summer Street (a.k.a. Grove Street) at Billerica
Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Summer Street at Boston Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Sunset Avenue at Dalton Road
|
North and southbound
| |
|
Swain Road at Dunstable Road
|
Northbound
| |
|
Sycamore Street at Westford Street
|
Southbound
| |
|
Turnpike Road at Mill Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Westford Street at Littleton Road
|
Southbound
| |
|
Westford Street at Old Westford Road
|
Westbound
| |
|
Westford Street at Route 110 (Littleton Road)
|
Southbound
| |
|
Wildwood Road at Dalton Road
[Added 5-19-2014] |
—
| |
|
Winslow Road at Rack Road
|
East/westbound
| |
|
Woodlawn Avenue at Linwood Street
|
East and westbound
| |
|
Wood Street at Tyngsboro Road
|
Eastbound
| |
|
Wotton Street at Middlesex Street
|
Eastbound
|
[1]
Editor's Note: A former entry for northbound
drivers on Acton Road at Bartlett Street was deleted 8-16-1999.
At any junction or crossing of ways where the
roadway grades have been separated and where the ways are connected
by ramps and at the intersections of ways in which there are traffic
islands, drivers of vehicles shall proceed only as indicated by official
signs, signals or markings.
Upon the following streets or parts of streets
vehicular traffic shall move only in the direction indicated below,
provided that a sufficient number of official signs are erected and
maintained at each of the exits for each one-way street so that at
least one sign will be clearly visible for a distance of at least
75 feet to drivers approaching such an exit:
|
Name of Street
|
Direction of Travel
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|
|
Acton Road
|
Southerly
|
From the intersection of Acton Road and Boston
Road to the intersection of Acton Road and Bartlett Street, for a
total distance of 360 feet
|
|
Adams Avenue
|
Southerly
|
From the intersection of Adams Avenue and Bartlett
Street to the intersection of Adams Avenue and Boston Road, for a
total distance of 390 feet
|
|
Adams Street
[Added 11-8-1993] |
Southerly
|
From Groton Road to Newfield Street
|
|
Bartlett Street
|
Southerly
|
From the intersection of Bartlett Street and
Acton Road to the intersection of Bartlett Street and Adams Avenue,
for a total distance of 514 feet
|
|
Boston Road
|
Northerly
|
From the intersection of Boston Road and Adams
Avenue to a point at the traffic island in Central Square, for a total
distance of 1,030 feet
|
|
Gay Street
[Added 3-16-1998][1] |
—
|
Entering from Princeton Street and exiting onto
Middlesex Street.
|
[1]
Editor's Note: Rivermeadow Road (formerly
known as "Third Street"), formerly a one-way street, became two-way
per Board of Selectmen 9-16-1991.
A.
Restricted. The use and operation of heavy commercial
vehicles having a carrying capacity of more than 21/2 tons are hereby
restricted on the following named streets or parts thereof and in
the manner outlined and during the period of time set forth:
(1)
North Road, between Littleton Road and Route 3. The
alternate route shall be via Chelmsford Street (Route 110) and Route
3.
(2)
Golden Cove Road, entire length, 24 hours a day. The
alternate route shall be via Billerica Road (Rte. 129) to Wilson Street
to Chelmsford Street (Rte. 110).
(3)
Scientia Drive, entire length, 24 hours a day. The
alternate route shall be via Billerica Road and Industrial Avenue.
(4)
Lynn Avenue, 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
[Added 12-2-2002]
B.
Exemptions. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to heavy commercial vehicles going to or coming from places upon said streets for the purpose of making deliveries of goods, materials or merchandise to or similar collections from abutting land or buildings or adjoining streets or ways to which access cannot otherwise be gained or to vehicles used in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of said streets or public utilities therein or to vehicles owned by a federal, state, municipal or public service corporation.
It shall be unlawful for any person traveling
upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, sled, roller skates or any
toy vehicle to cling to, or attach himself/herself or his/her vehicle
to, any other moving vehicle or streetcar upon any roadway.
The operator of a vehicle shall not back the
same unless such movement can be made in safety.
No parade or procession or group of individuals
or vehicles shall occupy or march on any street, except funeral processions
and Police and Fire Departments, unless written permit therefor is
given by the Chief of Police, and said Chief of Police may designate
the period during which said street or streets may be thus occupied.
A.
Do not enter signs shall be posted as follows:
(1)
High Street in the easterly direction from Acton Road,
in effect from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
(2)
Worthen Street in the southerly direction from North
Road, in effect from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
(3)
Bartlett Street in a northerly direction from Action
Road, in effect at all times.
(4)
Quigley Avenue in a northerly direction from Middlesex
Street, in effect at all times.
[Added 1-12-2004]
(5)
Access onto Sycamore Street from Westford Street,
with a time restriction of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday through
Friday.
[Added 9-12-2005]
B.
Turn restrictions shall be posted as follows:
(1)
No left enter from Worthen Street in easterly direction
at Fletcher Square Park, in effect from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(2)
No right turn from Groton Road onto Sherman Street,
7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
(3)
No right turn from Groton Road onto Newfield Street,
7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
(4)
No left turn from Chelmsford Street (Rte. 110) easterly
onto Billerica Road (Rte. 129), in effect at all times.
(5)
No
left turn from Golden Cove Road onto New Fletcher Street, 7:00 a.m.
to 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
[Added 12-17-2012]
(6)
No
left turn from Golden Cove Road onto New Spaulding Street, 7:00 a.m.
to 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
[Added 12-17-2012]
(7)
No
left turn from Golden Cove Road onto Dawn Drive, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00
a.m., Monday through Friday.
[Added 12-17-2012]
