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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 MassDOT under the original layout. [3] [4]
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 — —
The longest Interstate Highway in Massachusetts is I-90 with 136 miles, followed by I-495 with 121 miles. Several freeway projects in the Boston area planned as part of the Interstate Highway System were cancelled in the 1970s following community opposition , including the Inner Belt (I-695) and Southwest Expressway (I-95). [ 3 ]
The $315-million (equivalent to $421 million in 2023 [8]) MassDOT Highway Division project widened the 14.3-mile (23.0 km), six-lane section of highway to eight lanes from north of Route 9 in Wellesley to Route 24 in Randolph. The project consisted of adding a lane on the inside of each carriageway, complete with a 10-foot (3.0 m) inside shoulder.
Massachusetts State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; The U.S. Highways in Massachusetts comprise eight current U.S. Highways and one former route. Mainline routes
The $315 million MassDOT Highway Division project has widened the existing 14.3-mile (23.0 km) six-lane section of highway to eight lanes from north of Route 9 in Wellesley to Route 24 in Randolph. The project consists of adding a lane on the inside of each carriageway, complete with a 10-foot (3.0 m) inside shoulder.
In the early 2010s, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) proposed a $137-million (equivalent to $187 million in 2023 [12]) project to widen the existing 2.4-mile (3.9 km) four-lane highway section to six lanes, from north of Route 99 in Saugus to south of Route 60 in Revere. The proposal consisted of adding a 12-foot (3.7 m ...
Interstate 290 (I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning approximately 20 miles (32 km), it is signed as an east–west spur route of I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) in Central Massachusetts.