Massachusetts Route 146
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| Route 146 |
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| Length: | 20.99[1] mi (33.78 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |  Route 146 in N. Smithfield, RI |
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| Major junctions: |
  US-20/I-90 (Mass Pike) in Millbury |
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| North end: |  Interstate 290 in Worcester |
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Route 146 is a high-speed road, mostly freeway, linking Rhode Island Route 146 (the North Smithfield Expressway towards Providence, Rhode Island) to I-290 in Worcester, Massachusetts. South of the interchange with Route 122A, Route 146 is known as the Worcester-Providence Turnpike. Unlike most roads designated as turnpikes, the road has never had tolls, and was built on a brand new alignment in the 1930s. Similar never-tolled turnpikes are the Berlin Turnpike in Connecticut and the Boston-Providence Turnpike in Massachusetts.
A relocation project is currently underway from the recently-built Exit 10A on the Massachusetts Turnpike north into downtown Worcester. A new freeway is being built between the current two-lane road and the Providence and Worcester Railroad.
[edit] Exit list
Exit numbers were traditionally not signed, but are now being signed. Also, they have been assigned by MassHighway.
| Number | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| continues southbound as Route 146 at MA-RI state line |
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| 1 |  Route 146A - Uxbridge/North Smithfield, Rhode Island |
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| 2 | TO Route 146A - Uxbridge/Chockalog Road |
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| 3 |  Route 16 - Uxbridge/Douglas |
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| 4 | Lackey Dam Road - East Douglas/Whitinsville | ||
| 5 | Main Street - Whitinsville/Manchaug | ||
| 6 | Purgatory Road - Northbridge/Whitinsville (to Purgatory Chasm State Reservation) | ||
| 7 | Central Turnpike - Northbridge/Oxford | ||
| Boston Road - Wilkinsonville/Sutton Center | at-grade intersection with traffic signal | ||
| 8 | West Main Street - Millbury | ||
 Route 122A south - Millbury Center |
Route 122A joins northbound and leaves southbound | ||
| TO U.S. Route 20/Interstate 90/Mass Pike - Boston/Springfield |
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| Continues northbound as freeway and two-lane highway -- under construction as controlled access highway north of I-90. |
