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 Foxborough I-495 in Mansfield and Franklin Route 24 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 (30 km) 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 Exit list 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 (Sharing roadway with Route 12)
• Sterling
• Princeton
• Westminster (concurrent 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 (concurrent 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 5)

[edit] Exit list

The New Bedford Expressway has 12 numbered interchanges. The southbound intersection with U.S. Route 6, despite being an at-grade intersection, is signed as Exit 1 on the overhead guide sign. The I-195 interchange was formerly signed as Exits 2E and 2W, but have been resigned as Exits 2A and 2B. Likewise, the interchange with Route 24 formerly signed Exits 12N and 12S are now signed as Exits 12A and 12B.

Location	Exit	Mile	Intersecting Roads	Notes
begins at
New Bedford	(1)	0	U.S. Route 6	Southbound exit/northbound entrance only. At-grade intersection.
New Bedford	2A-B	1	Interstate 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	?	Route 18 (Ashley Boulevard)	Southbound exit/northbound entrance only
New Bedford	7	?	Braley Road	To Route 18.
East Freetown	8	?	Chace Road
Lakeville	9	?	County Street
Taunton	10	?	Route 79
Taunton	REST AREA	??	REST AREA
Taunton	11	?	Stevens Connector	To the Silver City Galleria Mall. Split into 11B-A southbound.
Taunton	12A-B	?	Route 24	Controlled access highway ends here. Northbound exit 12B requires a left turn at stoplight. Southbound exit 12A requires a left turn at stoplight.
Freeway ends at ; continues north as a surface road.

[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