Massachusetts Route 140

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Route 140
Length:	107.76[1] mi (173.42 km)
North end:	Route 12 in Winchendon
Major junctions:	Route 2 in Westminster I-190 in Sterling I-290 in Shrewsbury US-20 in Shrewsbury Route 9 in Shrewsbury I-95 in Mansfield I-495 in Mansfield and Franklin Route 24 in Taunton Route 79 in Taunton I-195 in New Bedford
South end:	US-6 in New Bedford
Massachusetts State Highway Routes < Route 139 Route 141 >

Route 140 is a southeast-northwest state highway in Massachusetts. The southern 19 miles (30km) of Route 140, runs as a freeway south from exit 12 off Route 24 to its southern terminus at U.S. Highway 6 in New Bedford.

Contents 1 Cities and towns 2 Major intersections 3 List of interchanges 4 References

[edit] Cities and towns

From New Bedford, Route 140 runs northwest through the following cities and towns:

• East Freetown
• Lakeville
• Taunton
• Norton
• Mansfield
• Foxborough
• Wrentham
• Franklin
• Bellingham
• Mendon
• Milford
• Upton
• Grafton ("Upton St.", "Worcester St.", "N Main St.", "Shrewsbury St.")
• Shrewsbury ("Memorial Dr.", "Grafton Cir.", "Grafton St.", "Boylston St.")
• Boylston ("Shrewsbury St.", "W Boylston St.")
• West Boylston
• Sterling
• Princeton
• Westminster (multiplexed with Route 2 for two miles)
• Gardner
• Ashburnham
• Winchendon at Route 12

[edit] Major intersections

Route 140 crosses the following Interstate highways:

• Interstate 195 in New Bedford (exit 2)
• Route 24 in Taunton (exit 12)
• Interstate 95 in Mansfield (exit 7)
• Interstate 495 in Mansfield (multiplexed with I-495 between exits 11 and 12), and again in Franklin (exit 17)
• Interstate 90 (The Massachusetts Turnpike) in Grafton (no interchange)
• Interstate 290 in Shrewsbury (Exit 23)
• Interstate 190 in Sterling (Exit 6)

[edit] List of interchanges

Location	Exit	Mile	Intersecting Roads	Notes
New Bedford	1	0	US 6	southbound exit / northbound entrance only
New Bedford	2	?	I-195
New Bedford	3	?	Hathaway Road
New Bedford	4	?	Kings Highway / New Plainville Road / Mount Pleasant Street
New Bedford	5	?	Church Street / Phillips Road
New Bedford	6	?	Ashley Boulevard	southbound exit / northbound entrance only
New Bedford	7	?	Braley Road
Freetown	8	?	Chace Road
Lakeville	9	?	County Street
Taunton	10	?	Route 79
Taunton	REST AREA	??	REST AREA
Taunton	11	?	Stevens Connector	Silver City Galleria Mall
Taunton	12	?	Route 24 at exit 12	Controlled access highway ends here.

Massachusetts numbered routes
Preceded by 139	140	Succeeded by 141

[edit] References

1. ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory

• "Massachusetts Atlas and Gazetteer." Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. First Edition, 1998.
• "Street Atlas of Metro Boston and Eastern Massachusetts." Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Arrow Map, Inc. 2003 Edition.
• The Roads of Massachusetts