There's a block in Harvard Square closing to traffic permanently. Here's what it will become.

There's a block in Harvard Square that will close to traffic permanently and will become a pedestrian walkway and outdoor dining space.

It's a part of Bow Street known to many in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a "road to nowhere," between Dewolfe and Plympton streets.

"I don't think anyone is going to miss it for vehicles," said Kari Kuelzer, the owner of The Sea Hag Restaurant and Bar. She said the only way to get onto the street is from Massachusetts Avenue, but it move drivers right back out onto Mass. Ave.

After being closed for years of construction, the block will have a new look. Cambridge officials said that the closure of that section of Bow Street hasn't caused any "significant impacts on the safety or functionality of the surrounding traffic patterns." They called it an "exce