Massachusetts Route 228

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Route 228
Formed:	1965
South end:	Route 3 in Rockland
Major junctions:	Route 53 in Norwell/Hingham Route 3A in Hingham
North end:	Nantasket Avenue, Hull
Massachusetts State Highway Routes < Route 225 Route 240 >

Route 228 is a south-north state highway in Massachusetts that, northbound, runs from Route 3 in Rockland to Hull. However, southbound, when approaching Route 53 at Queen Anne's Corner on the Hingham/Norwell town line, Route 228 turns right and multiplexes with Route 53 North in a wrong-way concurrency for about one mile, never leaving Hingham, until the intersection with Derby Street. At that point the two routes split, with Route 228 suddenly becoming a Northbound route. The reassurance shield of Route 228 North at the beginning of Derby Street is the last reassurance shield in this direction. When traveling south on Route 53 past the Derby Street intersection, the road is signed as Route 53 South and Route 228 South, with the direction of Route 228 signed incorrectly. The multiplex ends at Queen Anne's Corner when Route 228's signage assumes its correct Northbound direction.

Up until 1965, Route 228 was part of the circumferential Route 128.

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