Massachusetts Route 146
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| Route 146 |
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| Length: | 20.99[1] mi (33.78 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |  Route 146 in N. Smithfield, RI |
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| Major junctions: |
  US 20/I-90 (Mass Pike) in Millbury |
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| North end: |  Interstate 290 in Worcester |
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Route 146 is a high-speed road, mostly freeway, linking Rhode Island Route 146 (the North Smithfield Expressway towards Providence, Rhode Island) to I-290 in Worcester, Massachusetts. South of the interchange with Route 122A, Route 146 is known as the Worcester-Providence Turnpike. Unlike most roads designated as turnpikes, the road has never had tolls, and was built on a brand new alignment in the 1930s. Similar never-tolled turnpikes are the Berlin Turnpike in Connecticut and the Boston-Providence Turnpike in Massachusetts.
The project upgrading the section linking Exit 10A on the Massachusetts Turnpike north into downtown Worcester at Brosnihan Square to Interstate status was completed in November 2007 according to the State Highway Administration. The final construction phase will upgrade the remaining Massachusetts section in Sutton and Millbury to freeway status and is scheduled for completion sometime after 2010. [2]
[edit] Exit list
Exit numbers were traditionally not signed, but are now being signed. Also, they have been assigned by MassHighway.
| Number | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| continues southbound as Route 146 at MA-RI state line |
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| 1 |  Route 146A - Uxbridge/North Smithfield, Rhode Island |
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| 2 | TO Route 146A - Uxbridge/Chockalog Road |
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| 3 |  Route 16 - Uxbridge/Douglas |
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| 4 | Lackey Dam Road - East Douglas/Whitinsville/North Uxbridge | ||
| 5 | Main Street - Whitinsville/Manchaug | ||
| 6 | Purgatory Road - Northbridge/Whitinsville (to Purgatory Chasm State Reservation) | ||
| 7 | Central Turnpike - Northbridge/Oxford | ||
| Boston Road - Wilkinsonville/Sutton Center | at-grade intersection with traffic signal | ||
| 8 | West Main Street - Millbury | ||
 Route 122A south - Millbury Center |
Route 122A joins northbound and leaves southbound | ||
| TO U.S. Route 20/Interstate 90/Mass Pike - Boston/Springfield |
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| Continues northbound as freeway and two-lane highway -- under construction as controlled access highway north of I-90. |
[edit] References
- ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
- ^ 146, Worcester Providence Turnpike. Boston Roads.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
