Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)

Interstate 290
Route information
Maintained by Masshighways
Length: 20.16 mi[1] (32.44 km)
Existed: 1970 – present
Major junctions
West end: Mass Pike I-90/Mass Pike/I-395/Route 12 in Auburn
  Route 146 in Worcester
I-190 in Worcester
East end:
I-495/Route 85 Connector in Marlborough
Highway system

Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
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Massachusetts State Highway Routes

← Route 286 I-291 →

Interstate 290 (abbreviated I-290) runs for 20.16 miles (32.44 km) from Auburn, Massachusetts to Marlborough, Massachusetts. It is a continuation of I-395 north of I-90 (the Mass Pike) and runs through downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, I-190 splits off, and I-290 runs across Lake Quinsigamond and east to I-495 in Marlborough. There are buildings very close to the highway, including a grand church which faces the road (referred to locally as "Our Lady of the Highway"). Massachusetts has built a freeway connector (Route 146) from I-290 in Worcester to the Mass Pike and then south to Providence, Rhode Island.

Contents

History

Originally, I-290 was to rejoin I-90 in Westboro, roughly where I-495 sits now. However, this route would have run through the town centers of Shrewsbury and Northborough. Additionally, I-290 was intended to be extended past I-495 to I-95/Route 128 in Waltham, but this was canceled under pressure from towns along the planned route. A brief two-lane connector heads to Route 85 as a result of this aborted plan. The interchange with I-495 was originally supposed to be a cloverleaf, but after the plan was canceled, it was modified with a flyover ramp onto 495-northbound.

Exit list

Location Exit # Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Auburn 7 0 Mass Pike I-90 / I-395 / Route 12 No exit to Route 12 SB
8 0.1 Route 12 – Auburn, Webster Westbound exit only
9 1.4 Swanson Road (EB), Auburn Street (WB) – Auburn
Worcester 10 3.2 Route 12 north (Hope Avenue) Westbound exit / Eastbound entrance only
11 3.8 College Square, Federal Square, Southbridge Street
12 4.7 Route 146 south – Brosnihan Square, Millbury Westbound exit / Eastbound entrance only.
13 5.3 Route 122A (Vernon Street) – Kelley Square
14 5.6 Route 122 – Barre, Uxbridge No westbound entrance.
15 5.9 Shrewsbury Street Eastbound exit / Westbound entrance only.
16 6.1 MLK Jr. Boulevard – Downtown Worcester Amtrak/Commuter Rail station
17 6.6 Route 9 – Ware, Framingham Worcester Regional Airport. Eastbound exit / Westbound entrance only.
18 6.8 Route 70 To Route 9 – Ware, Framingham Worcester Regional Airport. Westbound exit / Eastbound entrance only.
19 7.7 I-190 – Holden, Fitchburg Eastbound exit is combined with exit 20
20 8.4 Route 70 (Lincoln Street), Burncoat Street Eastbound exit is combined with exit 19
21 9.6 Plantation Street – Worcester Eastbound exit / Westbound entrance only.
Shrewsbury 22 10.2 Main Street – Shrewsbury, Worcester
23A-B 12.7 Route 140 – Shrewsbury, Boylston
Northborough 24 14.9 Church Street – Northboro, Boylston
25A-B 17.9 Hudson Street/Solomon Pond Mall Road – Northboro, Berlin
Marlborough 26A-B 20.0 I-495 – Cape Cod, Lowell
Route 85 Connector – To Route 85 – Hudson

References

  1. ^ Route Log- Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2
  2. ^ Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation. 2007. "Interchanges Listing (I-290)." Downloaded from http://www.eot.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=planning/disc/interchanges&sid=dtable , August 7, 2011.

External links

South Dakota: 190 — Illinois: 190 • 290 — Ohio: 290 (former) • 490 — New York: 190 • 290 • 390 • 490 • 590 • 690 • 790 • 890 • 990 — Massachusetts: 190 • 290