List of numbered routes in Massachusetts


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In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, the highway division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) assigns and marks a system of state-numbered routes.

Massachusetts Routes

Route 2 marker

Route 28 marker

Route 140 marker

Standard route markers

System information
NotesRoutes are not always state-maintained, and not all state highways are Routes, One route enters Massachusetts that is maintained by NHDOT
Highway names
InterstatesRoute I-X or Route X
US HighwaysRoute US X or Route X
StateRoute X
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Unnumbered state roads

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These are state roads which, for the most part, do not carry a numbered designation. They are generally short in length and serve important roles as main roads or connections between other main roads.

Name Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
George Washington Boulevard 3.1 5.0 Hingham, Hull

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 George Washington Blvd connects Route 3A in Hingham to Hull Shore Drive and Nantasket Avenue in Hull
John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway 1.5 2.4 New Bedford

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 The JFK Memorial Highway is a semi-limited-access highway running through the city of New Bedford, from Cove St. in the south to I-195 in the north at Exit 15. The section between U.S. Route 6 and I-195 carries the initial stretch of Route 18.
Leominster Connector 0.6 0.97 Leominster

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 Leominster Connector is a short road connecting the I-190/Route 2 interchange in Leominster with Mechanic Street.
Leverett Connector 1.6 2.6 Boston

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 The Leverett Connector is a bypass of the Zakim Bridge from Interstate 93 north of Boston to Storrow Drive.
Lowell Connector 2.88 4.63 Chelmsford, Lowell

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 The Lowell Connector is a freeway connection between the Northwest Expressway (US-3), I-495, and downtown Lowell.
The Connector carries the unsigned designation of I-495 Business Spur.
Plimoth Patuxet Highway 2.04 3.28 Plymouth

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 The Plimoth Patuxet Highway is a connector between Routes 3 and 3A in Plymouth, also servicing Plimoth Patuxet. Prior to 1957, this highway carried the southern portion of Route 3.
Boston–Providence Highway Dedham

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 This section starts at US 1's interchange with I-95/Route 128 (where US 1 switches to I-95/Route 128 to form a wrong-way overlap) and continues north to the Boston line, at the intersection with Route 109.
Sandwich Road 5.1 8.2 Bourne

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 Sandwich Road runs from the center of Bourne east to the Sandwich town line. East of the Sagamore Bridge, Sandwich Road carries Route 6A.
Soldiers Field Road 4.3 6.9 Boston

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 Soldiers Field Road is a parkway, running from North Beacon Street (U.S. Route 20) in Brighton east to the Boston University Bridge (Route 2), where it continues as Storrow Drive.
Storrow Drive (James Jackson Storrow Memorial Drive) 1.98 3.19 Boston

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 Storrow Drive is a parkway, running from Soldiers Field Road at the Boston University Bridge (Route 2) eastward to an intersection with Embankment Road (Route 28) in downtown Boston.
Originally portions of Routes C1 & C9 were routed along Storrow Drive through 1970. From 1970 through 1989, U.S. Route 1 was routed along Storrow Drive.
Wallum Lake Road 3.4 5.5 Douglas

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 This would be the Massachusetts extension of Rhode Island Route 100, ending just west of the intersection between Routes 16 and 96.

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