Massachusetts Route 140

Route 140
Route information
Length: 107.76 mi[1] (173.42 km)
Major junctions
South end: US-6 in New Bedford
  I-195 in New Bedford
Route 24 in Taunton
US-44 in Taunton
I-495 in Mansfield and Franklin
I-95 in Foxborough
Route 9 in Shrewsbury
US-20 in Shrewsbury
I-290 in Shrewsbury
I-190 in Sterling
Route 2 in Westminster
North end: Route 12 in Winchendon
Highway system

Massachusetts State Highway Routes

← Route 139 Route 141 →

Route 140 is a 107.8-mile (173.5 km) long state highway which passes through parts of southeastern and central Massachusetts. The highway follows a southeast-northwest trajectory, running from U.S. Route 6 in New Bedford just north of Buzzards Bay northwest to an intersection with Massachusetts Route 12 in Winchendon, a few miles south of the border with New Hampshire.[2]

The southern 19 miles (30 km) of Route 140 runs as a freeway between New Bedford and Taunton south from exit 12 off Route 24 to its southern terminus at US-6.

Contents

Route description

Exit list (Alfred M. Bessette Memorial Highway)

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.[3]

County Location Exit # Mile[4] Intersecting road Notes
begins at
Bristol New Bedford (1) 0.0 U.S. Route 6 Southbound exit/northbound entrance only.
At-grade intersection.
2A-B 1.16 Interstate 195
3 1.51 Hathaway Road
4 3.17 Kings Highway
New Plainville Road
Mount Pleasant Street
5 4.96 Church Street
Phillips Road
6 5.68 Route 18 (Ashley Boulevard) Southbound exit/northbound entrance only
7 6.77 Braley Road To Route 18.
East Freetown 8 9.85 Chace Road
Plymouth Lakeville 9 12.24 County Street
Bristol Taunton 10 15.97 Route 79
REST AREA REST AREA
11 18.69 Stevens Connector To the Silver City Galleria Mall.
Split into 11B-A southbound.
12A-B 19.20 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.
Route 24 Exit 12.
Freeway ends at
continues north as a full access arterial road.

Junction list (north of freeway)

County Location Mile Roads intersected Notes
Bristol Taunton 19.0 Route 24 Northern end of Route 140 (New Bedford) freeway.
Route 24 Exit 12.

U.S. Route 44 East		 Eastern terminus of US-44/Route 140 concurrency.

U.S. Route 44 West
Route 138		 Western terminus of US-44/Route 140 concurrency.
Norton Route 123 Brief concurrency with Route 123.
To Interstate 495 South, via Route 123 East.
Mansfield Interstate 495 Brief concurrency with I-495, Exits 11-12.
Exit 11 is a partial interchange, no access to I-495 South from Route 140 North,
no access to Route 140 South from I-495 North.
These movements can be facilitated by the Exit 10 interchange with Route 123.
Route 106
Norfolk Foxborough Interstate 95 I-95 Exits 7A-B.
To Interstate 495, via I-95 South.
U.S. Route 1 No direct intersection; this junction is facilitated by local roads:
East Street, to US-1 South; and Main Street, to US-1 North.
Route 115 Southern terminus of Route 115.
Wrentham Route 1A To Route 121, via Route 1A South.
Franklin Interstate 495 I-495 Exit 17.
Bellingham Route 126 Brief concurrency with Route 126.
To Interstate 495 South, via Route 126 North.
Worcester Milford Route 16
Grafton
Route 122 South		 Southern terminus of Route 122/140 concurrency.
I-90/Mass Pike No access between I-90 and Route 122/140.

Route 122 North		 Northern terminus of Route 122/140 concurrency.
To I-90/Mass Pike.
Route 30 Western terminus of Route 30.
Shrewsbury U.S. Route 20 Interchange.
Route 9
Interstate 290 I-290 Exits 23A-B.
Boylston Route 70
West Boylston
Route 12 South		 Southern terminus of Route 12/140 concurrency.

Route 12 North		 Northern terminus of Route 12/140 concurrency.
To Route 110.
Sterling Interstate 190 I-190 Exit 5.
Route 62
Princeton
Route 31 South		 Southern terminus of Route 31/140 concurrency.

Route 31 South		 Northern terminus of Route 31/140 concurrency.
Westminster
Route 2 East
Route 2A		 Brief concurrency with Route 2A.
Route 140 North joins the Route 2 freeway westbound at Exit 25.

Route 2 West		 Route 140 North leaves the Route 2 freeway westbound at Exit 24B (Exit 24 eastbound).
Gardner Route 101
Winchendon 107.76 Route 12 Northern terminus of Route 140.
To U.S. Route 202, via Route 12 North.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Major intersections

Route 140 crosses the following main highways:

Major Highway Improvements

The section of Route 140 was Widened to 4 Lanes and Realigned in Franklin. The $22 Million Project was Completed in 2007.

MA-79 Truck

MA-140 runs partially concurrent with MA-79 Truck. It is signed from Exit 10 (MA-79) to Exit 12. At Exit 12 it runs onto MA-24 where it meets its parent at Exit 9.

History

The section of modern Route 140 from West Boylston to Gardner was numbered Route 64 when it was first commissioned by 1933. By 1939, the entirety of the route was redesignated as Route 140, effectively extending existing 140 northeast (it had previously run from New Bedford and ended in Grafton).[5]

Prior to the building of the freeway section, County Street (the section of road beginning at the Taunton River, and also known as County Road) brought the road southward through East Taunton, Berkley, Lakeville and East Freetown. The road, which runs parallel to the freeway and crosses it in Lakeville, merged with Route 18 in East Freetown, just north of the New Bedford city limits. The old alignment begins in front of the Silver City Galleria in Taunton.

References

  1. ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Atlas and Gazetteer." Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. First Edition, 1998.
  3. ^ "Street Atlas of Metro Boston and Eastern Massachusetts." Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Arrow Map, Inc. 2003 Edition.
  4. ^ Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation. 2007. "Interchange List (MA 140)" Downloaded from:http://www.eot.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=planning/disc/interchanges&sid=dtable August 7, 2011.
  5. ^ Neilbert.com Home: MA 140

External Links

Interstate highways
Other freeways
Unbuilt freeways
See also