endstream endobj 375 0 obj <>/Metadata 13 0 R/Names 400 0 R/Outlines 21 0 R/Pages 372 0 R/StructTreeRoot 22 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 376 0 obj <. As an 'A' route concurrent with its parents, this segment is not posted. Taunton, Providence, RI, - Lists. began Oct. 18 in Southeastern Massachusetts, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. US3 has one existing special route, a business route through Laconia, New Hampshire. This was the answer I received: "The MA Route Kingston, N. Plymouth, - when MassDOT converts Route 3 to the Geographic Reference or Milepost US3 and NH11 briefly form a three-route concurrency with NH127 in Franklin, then pass through Tilton, crossing NH132 and passing the western end of NH140. the southeastern part of the state. US3 passes through most of the state's major cities and towns and is the only highway to extend from the Massachusetts state border in the south to the CanadaUS border in the north. Four other special routes may have existed in the past: an alternate and business route between Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, and Concord, New Hampshire, and bypass routes around Concord and Nashua, New Hampshire. Exit numbers on Route 3 were to be changed to those based on highway mileposts under a MassDOT project due to start in 2016, but this project was postponed. Enjoy free breakfast, WiFi, and parking. US3 runs along 1.6 miles (2.6km) of I-95 (Route128) in a wrong-way concurrency before exiting at exit50A onto its own freeway, the Northwest Expressway. - Portsmouth, NH, - In the 1950s and early 1960s Route 3A was extended to take over the original path of Route 3 south of Kingston to Plymouth and north of downtown Quincy to Neponset when Route 3 assumed its current freeway route. Interstate 293 South/NH Route 101 East -Portsmouth. number when MassDOT converted US 3 to the Geographic Reference or Preferred hotel known for clean comfort, service and unbeatable value. - Braintree, S. Braintree, Burgin No southbound exit; indirect southbound access to Lowell Connector via exit 81A, Split into exits 81A (north) and 81B (south), No southbound exit; northbound entrance extends into New Hampshire, where it merges with exit 1, Southbound left exit and northbound entrance, Exit 7 on Everett Turnpike; northern end of concurrency with the Everett Turnpike, Southbound exit to and entrance from NH101 east via Meetinghouse Road, Exit 4 on I-293; eastern terminus of NH114A; southern terminus of, Northern end of wrong-way concurrency with NH3A, Southern end of silent concurrency with NH3A, Southern end of concurrency with US202/ NH9, Northern end of concurrency with NH3A; southern end of concurrency with NH11, Exit20 on I-93; western terminus of NH140, Partial interchange; no southbound exit to NH106 north; no northbound entrance from NH106 south, Partial interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance, Interchange; northern end of concurrency with NH25; northern terminus of NH3A, Exit 34A on I-93; southern end of concurrency with I-93 and the Franconia Notch Parkway; southbound exit only, Exit 35 on I-93; northern end of concurrency with I-93 and the Franconia Notch Parkway; northbound exit only, Southern end of concurrency with NH116/ NH142, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 20:58. Westford, North Chelmsford, - Route 3 was then taken off its remaining pathway along surface streets in Boston and extended up the Southeast Expressway and Central Artery in 1971 to the Storrow Drive exit. MA 25 seamlessly turns into Interstate 495 North here in Wareham, at I-495's southern beginning. [3] The exits will be numbered based on mileage from the start of Route 3 at the Sagamore Bridge. The roadway was shut down between Ridge Road Overpass and Exit 85, according to the DOT. - Sagamore, Hyannis (SB), - After approximately 2.2 miles (3.5km), US3 turns east onto Webster Street, then joins NH28 to proceed in a northeasterly direction toward Hooksett, interchanging with I-93. "We will be converting all exit signs to milepost-based numbering," said Neil Boudreau, assistant administrator of Traffic and Safety at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, in an online presentation in September. The The routing of Route 3 has changed little since that time. Milepost Exit Numbering system in January and February 2021. 1. MassDOT's public meetings on the new exit numbers will begin in December and will be held at the following locations and times: Northampton: Monday, December 9, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the . If you need assistance, please contact the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. least, got to be Exit 0. **MassDOT The expressway was to supply a new route for US3, between Route128 and the canceled I-695 (Inner Belt). [citation needed], Route 3 was one of the freeways whose exits were once numbered with the "25 is 128" system, in which the Braintree Split was numbered "Exit 25" (due to it being the exit for Route 128), with numbers increasing away from Boston and decreasing toward Boston. MAP. The section of old Route 3 from Cedarville south to the Sagamore Rotary near the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne is unnumbered. The changeover began Oct. 18 in Southeastern Massachusetts with Route 140. proposed exit number is 34, but the exit is barely one mile from Derby On the North Shore, new Route 128 exit numbers will begin with Exit 37, since the road technically begins at Interstate 93 in Canton. Continuing north, the freeway briefly enters Lowell, then passes through North Chelmsford and Tyngsborough before crossing the state line into Nashua, New Hampshire. could be simply split into 2 routes with the designation removed (Portions of this road run alongside the Old Colony Railroad's mainline, now used by the MBTA Old Colony Lines Commuter Rail, and the MBTA Red Line's Braintree Branch rapid transit.) Check Much of Route 3A is sometimes referred to as the "Cape Way" due to its history as the only major road to Cape Cod from Boston prior to the opening of Route 3. It stretches from Interstate 95 (Route 128) in Burlington to the New Hampshire state line, where it continues as Route 3A. Recommended Miles, From US 6 in Bourne to I-93 in Braintree, Exits 42. Exit 7 will become Exit 16 while exits 5, 4, 3 and 2 will become 13, 12, 7 and 3. US 3 between Burlington and Boston via I-95 (128) and I-93, which To reduce confusion,signage indicating the old exit numbers will remain posted for at least two years. This stretch of freeway is known as the Franconia Notch Parkway and is a rare section Interstate Highway with only one lane in each direction. North end of U.S. Route 1 overlap; signed as exits 15A (to Route 1A) and 15B (U.S. Route 1 south), Signed as exits 16A (east) and 16B (west), Great Plain Avenue West Roxbury, Needham, Highland Avenue Needham, Newton Highlands, Signed as exits 19A (east) and 19B (west), Route 9 Framingham, Worcester, Brookline, Boston, Signed as exits 20A (east) and 20B (west), Route 16 Wellesley, Newton, West Newton, Waban, Lower Falls, Signed as exits 21A (east) and 21B (west) southbound, Northbound exits and entrances for Exits 23, 25, and 24, in that order, are serviced by a two-lane collector-distributor road, US 20 Weston, Waltham, Wayland, Marlboro, Rotary interchange with four directional entrance ramps, Wyman Street, Winter Street, Totten Pond Road Waltham, Signed as exits 27A and 27B; Northbound exits 27A (Third Ave) and 27B (Totten Pond Rd/Wyman St/Winter St) are serviced by collector-distributor roads, Signed as exits 28A (east) and 28B (west) northbound, Route 2 Acton, Fitchburg, Arlington, Cambridge, Signed as exits 29A (east) and 29B (west), Route 2A Concord, Hanscom Field, East Lexington, Signed as exits 30A (east) and 30B (west), Signed as exits 31A (south/east) and 31B (north/west), Middlesex Turnpike Burlington, Arlington, Exits and entrances for Exits 32A and 32B are serviced by collector-distributor roads, US 3 south / Route 3A north Burlington, Winchester, North end of U.S. Route 3 overlap; signed as exits 33A (south) and 33B (north), Signed as exits 37A (south) and 37B (north), Signed as exits 38A (south) and 38B (north), Main Street Lynnfield Center, Wakefield, Signed as exits 44A (south/west) and 44B (north/east) northbound, No southbound exit access is via exit 50; signed as exits 47A (east) and 47B (west), Signed as exits 53A (south) and 53B (north), Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west) northbound, Signed as exits 58A (east) and 58B (west) northbound. US 3, and, perhaps, like US 1, it could all be moved off of local Pkwy - Quincy Center, This In total, US3 runs along the Connecticut River and its source lakes for approximately 70 miles (110km). is a 4.144-mile-long (6.669km)[1] signed business route running northsouth through downtown Laconia, New Hampshire. I also Exit numbering and mileposts revert to scheme of I-293. Massachusetts Department of Transportation Major highway routes and exits Major routes in Massachusetts are listed below with exit numbers, exit direction and a description of the exit location. MassDOT expects to complete the first phase of the changeover by summer 2021. Massachusetts; Northbound . Until around 1965, the northern portion of the Pilgrims Highway, from current Exit 36 (Derby Street) in Hingham, was also signed as Route 128, which continued past the exit on surface streets to Hull. Have you seen Hanover's new exit numbers on State Route 3? This project was first planned for 2016, but This project was first planned for Cedarville, Manomet, Plimoth Heading north from Twin Mountain, US3 passes through the village of Carroll, where NH115 branches to the northeast and US3 bears to the northwest and the town of Whitefield. exit numbers starting in October 2020 with routes in the southeastern US 3 in MA (Northwest Expressway) Exit List 19 Miles, From I-95/128 in Burlington to NH Border Exits Renumbered between January 20 and February 10, 2021 [7] However, in November 2019, the MassDOT announced it would be proceeding with the project in late mid-2020.[8]. Colebrook was the northern terminus again from 1939 to 1940. Exit to U.S. Route 1 North only on northbound side. Rest Area MA 46 Mile Marker (Northbound) Lexington MA Route 128 is also the only highway in the state to contain directional exit designations (N/S or E/W after the number, as opposed to the traditional A/B/C in Massachusetts). The Burlington to Tyngsborough area maintains a 501(c)6 nonprofit representative entity known as the Middlesex 3 Coalition[2] and its affiliate agency the Middlesex 3 TMA,[3] which provides collaborative support to businesses and individuals within the jurisdiction to build consensus on transportation and developmental needs. as 42B and 42A while northbound the Burgin Parkway exit would just be 19 On November 18, 2019, MassDOT confirmed that, beginning in late summer 2020, the exit renumbering project will begin. The plan is better than the old one. The freeway closely parallels Route3A, the historic alignment of US3, along its entire 19-mile (31km) length from Burlington to the New Hampshire state border. A .mass.gov website belongs to an official government organization in Massachusetts. The former Route 3 highways became Route 3A in Quincy and from Kingston south, the remainder became Route 53. Massachusetts Route 183 (MA 183) is a 31.94-mile-long (51.40 km) north-south state highway in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Dunstable, Tyngsborough, This & Kingston Collection WayJct. 374 0 obj <> endobj Updated: Mar 3, 2021 / 09:23 PM EST. [citation needed], The original plan called for US3 and Route2 to link up at the LexingtonArlington border and continue southeasterly, crossing Route16/Mystic Valley Parkway at the ArlingtonSomerville border and proceeding into Cambridge toward Union Square, Somerville. Route 3 leaves the Artery just before the Zakim bridge via Exit 26, and U.S. Route 1 leaves the Artery just after the bridge, via Exit 27 (no southbound access). ], [3. In New Hampshire, current and former parts of US3 are known as the Daniel Webster Highway. ], Route I-93, US 1, and Route 3 travel through the Central Artery and the O'Neill Tunnel in Downtown Boston, after which point Route 3 exits the concurrency and continues on surface streets. 1936) " We saw the machinery where murderers are now executed. Signed as exits 31A (south/east) and 31B (north/west) Burlington: 49.86: 32A: US 3 north - Lowell: South end of U.S. Route 3 overlap: 49.86: 32B: Middlesex Turnpike - Burlington, Arlington: Exits and entrances for Exits 32A and 32B are serviced by collector-distributor roads: 51.56: 33: US 3 south / Route 3A north - Burlington, Winchester North of Neponset, Route 3A runs, unsigned, concurrently with Route 3 and U.S. Route 3 to Burlington, before separating again (MassDOT counts the mileage along MA 3 between the two sections as part of MA 3A mileage). For the U.S. route that continues from Cambridge to Tyngsborough, see, Personal e-mail from Stephen Timmins, Mass. [2. After US2 leaves to the west, US3 continues north, roughly paralleling the course of the Connecticut River (which also forms the border with Vermont), through Northumberland and Groveton, where NH110 ends. I-91 Exits in Massachusetts I-91 . US3 crosses the state border into Nashua and immediately becomes concurrent with the Everett Turnpike, running on the freeway for 6.7 miles (10.8km) along the western side of the city. Hanover, Norwell, - Route 3 continues as US 3 west of Harvard Bridge. the later postponed project for possible changes prior to work to Reach David Kindy at dkindy@wickedlocal.com, Signs will be changed to mile-based exit numbers. The state-numbered Route 3 travels from Bourne in the south to Cambridge in the north, while US 3 continues from Cambridge and crosses the New Hampshire state line in Tyngsborough. US3 separates from I-93 at exit35, shortly north of the northern park boundary in Franconia. RTE 3A (Tremont St.) 17 18 (SB) 19 20A/B (NB) 40 41 (SB) 42 43A/B (NB) Street/Route The road continues as southbound Route3 toward Downtown Boston, while northbound US3 heads west, then north along the river toward Harvard University, joining with Route2 along the way. It is a former alignment of US3, used before the LaconiaGilford bypass was built. Route 3A is a 97-mile-long (156 km) state highway in eastern Massachusetts, which parallels Route 3 and U.S. Route 3 from Cedarville in southern Plymouth to Tyngsborough at the New Hampshire state line. beginning at MA 2A in Cambridge. MA 3/Pilgrims endstream endobj startxref This replaced a routing along long-existing roadways such as Country Way in Scituate, South and North Main Streets in Cohasset and East Street to Summer Street in Hingham. [2], Route 3 was one of the freeways whose exits were once numbered with the "25 is 128" system, in which the Braintree Split was numbered "Exit 25" (due to it being the exit for Route 128), with numbers increasing away from Boston and decreasing toward Boston. Search All Exits along US 3 traveling Southbound in Massachusetts. Drivers can follow progress of the new signage and learn more about the project by visiting NewMassExits.com. See details below. Select a route from the drop-down and use the Display button to view a list of the route's exits. Boston 128 EXIT 3 16 3 OLD EXIT 7 EXIT 43 295 OLD EXIT 20Taunton 24 Brockton New Bedford 195 25Hyannis 6 EXIT OLD EXIT ROUTE 3 RENUMBERING 7 16 8 17 9 18 10 20Jct. Due The highway is known as the Pilgrims Highway from Bourne to the Braintree Split at the BraintreeQuincy city line, where Route 3 meets with Interstate 93 (I-93) and U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and the three routes travel concurrently toward Boston as the Southeast Expressway. Some other places along Route 3, Pembroke formerly Exit 12 will become Exit 27; Exit 13 in Hanover becomes Exit 32; and Rockland's Exit 14 turns into Exit 35. Massachusetts 2A E; Greenfield Center; North Adams Greenfield, Massachusetts EXIT . Massachusetts Exit Renumbering Project. The highway parallels I-293 until it turns east in Manchester and then crosses the Merrimack River on Queen City Avenue, just after its intersection with I-293/NH3A and NH114A. Route 3A has two major posted segments, separated by a lengthy concurrency with Route 3 and US 3. Chief Justice Cushing Highway was built around the same time and Route 3A was put on this highway from south of the Hingham Harbor rotary through Cohasset to Scituate. Exit 26 MA 28 N, Storrow Dr, North Sta Downtown [Gas(99+), Food(99+), Hotels(99+) within 5 miles] [~0.41 mi to Exit 25, ~0.22 mi to Exit 27] nearby city: Boston,MA. West. Search All Exits along MA 3 traveling Southbound in Massachusetts. Read more about this topic: Massachusetts Route 3 Famous quotes containing the words exit and/or list: " There is no exit from the circle of one's beliefs. The Claire Saltonstall Bikeway between Boston and Cape Cod twice intersects Route 3A. This included a bypass of Hingham Square along Broad Cove Road and Otis Street along Hingham Harbor replacing the original route that took it down Lincoln Street to downtown Hingham then along North Street to Summer Street. [4][5], MassDOT is looking into the possibility, in a similar manner to what happened to a 14+ mile section of Route 128 in the 2010s, of widening Route 3 from I-93 to the Sagamore Bridge from four to six lanes (as has already been done within the US 44 road concurrency between exits 15 and 16 near Plymouth) with new bridges and new on- and off-ramps, and will include upgraded interchanges with new acceleration and deceleration lanes. This is due to From where it leaves the Everett Turnpike in Nashua northward, US3 is generally a two-to-four lane at-grade road, though there are two super-two freeway portions in northern New Hampshire, one on the Laconia Bypass, and one where US3 and I-93 use the Franconia Notch Parkway. Exit numbers on Route 3 were to be changed to those based on highway mileposts under a MassDOT project due to start in 2016, but this project was postponed. In Meredith, US3 intersects the northern terminus of NH106, then joins NH25 and continues north past Squam Lake into Holderness, passing the western terminuses of NH25B and NH113. It crosses the Longfellow Bridge on the BostonCambridge city line, and transitions into US 3 shortly after an intersection with Route 2A in Cambridge. Along East Street from Hull Street to Summer, Route 3A shared the highway with Route 128 in the late 1920s and early 1930s. *Numbers in ( ) The "Cape Way" name is reflected in numerous business names along 3A's length. Long Pond Road, South Street Plymouth Center, Former control locations: Myles Standish State Forest, College Pond, US 44 east (Samoset Street) Plymouth Center, Carver, South end of US 44 overlap; signed as exits 6A (east for Most of Plymouth) and 6B (west for West Plymouth and Carver) southbound. It was replaced in its entirety with the establishment of US3 and Route3 in 1926. I-190; I-195; I-290; I-291; I-295; I-391; I-395; I-495; I-84; I-90; I-91; I-93; I-95; MA 3; US 3; Massachusetts . After the interchange with the Massachusetts Turnpike, just before the route enters the Tip O'Neill Tunnel in Downtown Boston, it is reduced to six lanes. To Route 53, Norwell (southbound). closest to mile marker 72, the exit number was changed to 72 A/B on a 10. The segment in New Hampshire is a free portion of the Everett Turnpike, while the portion in Massachusetts is known as the Northwest Expressway. Commonwealth of Massachusetts | COMMBUYS, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Exit Renumbering Project, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory, "Federally required statewide exit renumbering starting on Route 3 NB from Bourne to Braintree", "Exit Signage Conversion to Milepost-Based Numbering System along Various Interstates, Routes and the Lowell Connector", "Interstate Exits in Massachusetts, Current and Future", FAP# HSIP-002S(874)X Exit Signage Conversion to Milepost-Based Numbering System along Various Interstates, Routes and the Lowell Connector, Pilgrims Highway (MA 3) on Bostonroads.com, Template:Attached KML/Massachusetts Route 3, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Route_3&oldid=1125992421, Signed as exits 1A (US 6) and 55 (Route 6A); continues east via, Southbound left exit and northbound entrance, Southern terminus of concurrency with US44; signed as exits 15A (east) and 15B (west) southbound, Northern terminus of concurrency with US44, Signed as exits 38A (north) and 38B (south) southbound, Southern terminus of concurrency with I-93/ US1; Former, Northern terminus of concurrency with I-93/ US1; North end of freeway, Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 28; interchange northbound and, Interchange; northern terminus of concurrency with Route 28, Partial interchange (southbound exit is via a left turn at Wadsworth Street), Ramps to Route 2A; Route 3 continues below grade, 1952 Shell Oil Sectional Map No. MA 228, the Read more about this topic: Massachusetts Route 3, There is no exit from the circle of ones beliefs.Keith Lehrer (b. Ave Bridge and I-93 at Leverett Circle does not meet current Exit 8 will become 17, and 9, 10, 11 12, 13, and 14 will become 18, 20, 22, 27, 32, and 35. This segment is concurrent with Route 3 (to Cambridge) and then U.S. Route 3 (from Cambridge to Burlington). *Numbers in ( ) Thats because they will be getting a makeover. and 42C northbound. Read more about this topic: Interstate 95 In Massachusetts, Exit the mental moonlight, exit lex,Rex and principium, exit the wholeShebang. think of Routes 3 north and south of Boston as 2 routes, perhaps they More: Massachusetts exit numbers are changing. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is converting all exit numbers on freeways to a milepost-based numbering system, per the Federal Highway Administration . North of the White Mountains, the route serves as one of the only northsouth roads connecting the communities of the Great North Woods Region and has New Hampshire's only border crossing between the US and Canada. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. MassDOT started converting Exit to U.S. Route 1 South only on southbound side. Near Alewife station, Route2 splits off as a freeway to the west (Concord Turnpike), while US3 and Route16 stay on the Alewife Brook Parkway. Toggle navigation. Read more about this topic: Interstate 93 Famous quotes containing the words exit and/or list: " Exit the mental moonlight, exit lex, Rex and principium, exit the whole Shebang. Route Please let us know how we can improve this page. Hingham, Rockland, North - From Boston through the rest of Massachusetts, Concord appears as the control city on northbound overhead signs. The department is working with Waze, Google and Apple mapping systems to make sure they are up to date with the new exit numbers. I-190; I-195; I-290; I-291; I-295; I-391; I-395; I-495; I-84; I-90; I-91; I-93; I-95; MA 3; US 3; Massachusetts . All highways and interstates across the country are undergoing exit renumbering. By 2005, the chronically congested four-lane road, largely with antiquated ramps around Lowell, was widened to six lanes (as it had been in Nashua, New Hampshire, a few years prior) with a breakdown lane on both the left and right sides of the road, and many interchanges were modernized in what was comically known as "The Big Wide", in reference to Massachusetts' other "Big" construction project (the Big Dig). Top-requested sites to log in to services provided by the state. It would be simpler to have the southbound exits This segment parallels US 3 from Interstate 95 (Route 128) in Burlington to the New Hampshire state line, where it continues as New Hampshire Route 3A. Originally built in the 1950s, before the cancelation of the Inner Belt, the US3 freeway was to have extended into metro Boston before being truncated to I-95. Route 128 currently has 18 numbered . When the first 22 miles (35km) of the highway were resurfaced in 1975-76, the new numbers were instituted in that section. Marshfield, Hanover, -
