Massachusetts Route 129

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Route 129
Formed:	1920s
West end:	Route 4/110 in Chelmsford
Major junctions:	US 3 in Billerica I-93 in Reading I-95/Route 128 in Reading US 1 in Lynnfield
East end:	Route 114 in Marblehead
Massachusetts State Highway Routes < Route 128 Route 129A >

Route 129 is an east-west Massachusetts state route that runs from Chelmsford to Marblehead.

Starting in Chelmsford Center at an intersection with routes 4 and 110, Route 129 primarily heads southeast, having several concurrencies with other routes (such as with Route 3A in Billerica and with Route 38 in Wilmington).

In Lynnfield, the route turns northeast when it enters a brief concurrency with US 1, but returns to going southeast when the concurrency ends near the Peabody border. Route 129 then turns southwest for a brief time in Lynn, Massachusetts. The route then goes southeast again, but returns to heading northeast in a concurrency with Route 1A, which ends near the Swampscott line. Route 129 then ends in Marblehead, Massachusetts at Route 114, which also ends there.

U.S. Route 3, I-93, and I-95/Route 128 have interchanges at Route 129.

[edit] History

Route 129 (which was likely formed sometime in the 1920s) was originally a shorter route that only existed between Wilmington and Lynn, expanding to Marblehead by 1933 and to Chelmsford sometime in the late 1930s.

In 1996, Route 129 had a realignment in Lynn, with the old route re-designated as Route 129A. This was done to bring the route through downtown.

[edit] References

• Kelley, Neil. MA 129 (English) (route log entry). Massachusetts Route Log. neilbert.com. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
• Moraseski, Dan. MA routes 120-129 (English). MA route log. web.mit.edu. Retrieved on 2006-06-28. (Wayback Machine archive, original site down)

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