List of numbered routes in Massachusetts

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Standard Route shield
State:	Route X
Interstates:	Route I-X or Route X
US Routes:	Route US X or Route X
Notes:	Routes are not always state-maintained, and not all state highways are Routes.

In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway) assigns and marks a system of state-numbered routes. U.S. Highways and Interstate Highways are included in the system; the only overlaps are with the end-to-end U.S. Route 3 and Route 3 and the far-apart Interstate 295 and Route 295. A state highway in Massachusetts is a road maintained by the state, which may or may not have a number. Not all numbered routes are maintained by the state.

1 History
2 Agencies
3 Unnumbered state roads
4 Named numbered routes
5 List of Routes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Shields for Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1 and Route 3

The Massachusetts Highway Commission (MHC) was the first highway commission in the U.S., formed in 1893 in response to a commission of inquiry finding that over 90% of the public roads in the state were in poor condition.^[1]^[2] The first state highway in Massachusetts was a 5305.17-foot (1617.02 m) section of Fitchburg Road (now Main Street, part of Route 119) in Ashby. The MHC laid it out as a state highway on August 15, 1894 from a point west of South Road to a point west of Route 31. The road was paved with 15-20 foot (4.5-6 m) macadam, with work beginning August 21, 1894 and ending July 15, 1895. The 50-66 foot (15-20 m) right-of-way is still owned by MassHighway under the original layout.^[3]^[4]

A strange Route 27 shield. This style was not used for very long.

An odd shield for "Middlesex County" Route 27. However, there are no county routes in Massachusetts, and the colors (yellow on black) are not standard for county highway signs (which are usually yellow on blue).

Massachusetts first gained numbered routes in 1922, with the formation of the New England Interstate Highways. Three-digit numbers were reserved for shorter routes. Route 138 and Route 140 were designated by 1925, and by 1926 the numbers from Route 101 to Route 142 (except Route 136) had been assigned.

The U.S. Highway System replaced the New England Interstate Highways in 1926. Remaining New England Interstate Highways whose numbers did not conflict with new U.S. Highway numbers kept their numbers as state routes, while those that conflicted were assigned newly-freed single-digit numbers. That same year, some other local routes were assigned new two-digit numbers. With the exception of Route 143, which was renumbered from Route 109A ca. 1933, new routes were given two-digit numbers for a while. Larger three-digit numbers were eventually assigned.

All routes that end at a state border and continue as a numbered route on the other side have been renumbered on one side of the border to match. Except for Route 295, far from Interstate 295, numbers that were duplicated with Interstate Highways were renumbered, mostly in 1959 when the Interstate numbers were assigned.

[edit] Agencies

The state agencies that maintain state roads are:

[edit] Unnumbered state roads

Leominster Connector
Leverett Connector (bypass of the Central Artery from Interstate 93 north of Boston to Storrow Drive.
Lowell Connector
Plimoth Plantation Highway
Sandwich Road - Partly Massachusetts Route 6A
Soldiers Field Road/Storrow Drive

[edit] Named numbered routes

Alewife Brook Parkway - part of Massachusetts Route 16
Mystic Valley Parkway - part of Massachusetts Route 16
Central Artery - Interstate 93, Massachusetts Route 3, U.S. Route 1
Memorial Drive - U.S. Route 3, Massachusetts Route 3, Massachusetts Route 2
Loop Connector - Massachusetts Route 213

[edit] List of Routes

1-39	40-99	100-149	150-999	Former Routes
U.S. Route 1 Route 1A Route 2 Route 2A U.S. Route 3 Route 3 Route 3A Route 4 U.S. Route 5 U.S. Route 6 Route 6A U.S. Route 7 Route 7A Route 8 Route 8A Route 9 Route 10 Route 12 Route 13 Route 14 Route 15 Route 16 Route 18 Route 19 U.S. Route 20 Route 20A Route 21 Route 22 Route 23 Route 24 Route 25 Route 27 Route 28 Route 28A Route 30 Route 31 Route 32 Route 32A Route 33 Route 35 Route 36 Route 37 Route 38 Route 39	Route 40 Route 41 Route 43 U.S. Route 44 Route 47 Route 49 Route 53 Route 56 Route 57 Route 58 Route 60 Route 62 Route 63 Route 66 Route 67 Route 68 Route 70 Route 71 Route 75 Route 78 Route 79 Route 80 Route 81 Route 83 Interstate 84 Route 85 Route 88 Interstate 90 Interstate 91 Interstate 93 Interstate 95 Route 96 Route 97 Route 98 Route 99	Route 101 Route 102 Route 103 Route 104 Route 105 Route 106 Route 107 Route 108 Route 109 Route 110 Route 111 Route 112 Route 113 Route 114 Route 114A Route 115 Route 116 Route 117 Route 118 Route 119 Route 120 Route 121 Route 122 Route 122A Route 123 Route 124 Route 125 Route 126 Route 127 Route 127A Route 128 Route 129 Route 129A Route 130 Route 131 Route 132 Route 133 Route 134 Route 135 Route 136 Route 137 Route 138 Route 139 Route 140 Route 141 Route 142 Route 143 Route 144 Route 145 Route 146 Route 146A Route 147 Route 148 Route 149	Route 150 Route 151 Route 152 Route 159 Route 168 Route 169 Route 177 Route 181 Route 183 Route 186 Route 187 Route 189 Interstate 190 Route 192 Route 193 Interstate 195 Route 197 Route 198 U.S. Route 202 Route 203 Route 213 Route 220 Route 225 Route 228 Route 240 Route 286 Interstate 290 Interstate 291 Interstate 295 Route 295 Interstate 391 Interstate 395 Interstate 495	Route 1 Route C1 Route 3B Route 5 U.S. Route 5A Route 6 Route 6B Route 7 Route 9A Route C9 Route 11 Route 15 Route 17 Route 26 Route C28 Route C37 Route 45 Route 52 Route 64 Route 69 Interstate 86 Route 86 Route 93 Route 109A Route 110A Route 115A Route 128A Route 190 Route 204 Route 209 I-495 Bus.Spur Interstate 695 Interstate 895

[edit] References

^ Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, History of the Massachusetts License Plate
^ Pilgrim Hall Museum - Getting There
^ MassHighway state highway layout plan 1 (August 15, 1894)
^ MassHighway state highway layout plans: About page

[edit] External links

U.S. Roads Portal

Executive Office of Transportation, Massachusetts Highway Department
Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - Data Resources Section (includes a road inventory and maps)
Neilbert.com Massachusetts Route Log
The Roads of Massachusetts
Road Signs of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Roadtrips

Road jurisdiction maps:

Interactive road jurisdiction map
District 1 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Berkshires and western Pioneer Valley)
District 2 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (west-central)
District 3 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (east-central)
District 4 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Boston metro and northeastern )
District 5 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Cape Cod and southeastern)

edit Numbered highways in the United States
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List of numbered routes in Massachusetts

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Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Agencies

[edit] Unnumbered state roads

[edit] Named numbered routes

[edit] List of Routes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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