Massachusetts Turnpike

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Massachusetts Turnpike
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length: 138.10 mi[1] (222.25 km)
Existed: 1958 – present
History: Final construction in 2003
Major junctions
West end: I-90 / Berkshire Connector in Canaan, NY
 
East end: Route 1A in Boston
Highway system
← Route 88I-90I‑91 →
 

The Massachusetts Turnpike (commonly shortened to the Mass Pike or the Pike[2]) is the easternmost 138-mile (222 km) stretch of Interstate 90. The Turnpike begins at the eastern border of Massachusetts in Boston and connects with the Berkshire Connector portion of the New York State Thruway. The Turnpike traverses the state and serves the major cities of Worcester and Springfield. The highest point on the Turnpike is in the Town of Becket in the Berkshire Hills, at elevation 1,724 feet (525 m) above sea level; this is also the highest point on Interstate 90 east of South Dakota.[3]

Route description

The Massachusetts Turnpike is the major east-west highway in Massachusetts, connecting three of its major cities: Springfield, Worcester, and Boston. It is also the easternmost portion of Interstate 90. The roadway begins at the New York border and continues in a south-easterly direction until the junction with Interstate 84 in Sturbridge; from that point it continues in a north-easterly direction into Boston. The roadway terminates in East Boston at Route 1A, just outside Logan International Airport.

Between the New York border and the I-84 junction, the roadway is a four-lane divided highway, two lanes in either direction. Between I-84 and exit 17 in Newton, it is a six-lane divided highway which grows to eight lanes between the Newton and Cambridge exits where it drops back to six lanes. It stays as a six lane roadway until the Ted Williams Tunnel where it drops back to four lanes until the exit of the tunnel in East Boston.

History

The original logo depicted Paul Revere on horseback with the words "Massachusetts Turnpike Authority" in a circle around him.
The original Masspike pilgrim hat, on a shield for the Sumner Tunnel. The previous incarnation of the logo had a Native American arrow sticking through the pilgrim hat. It was replaced with a plain hat and the words "Mass Pike" in 1989.[4]

Plans for the Turnpike date back to at least 1948, when the Western Expressway was being planned. The original section would have connected Boston's then-proposed Inner Belt to Newton with connections with US 20 and Route 30 for traffic continuing west. Later extensions would take the road to and beyond Worcester. From the beginning, the corridor was included in federal plans for the Interstate Highway System, stretching west to the New York state line and beyond to Albany.

Also included in the route was the planned Springfield Bypass, which had been proposed to provide a bypass of US 20 in the Springfield area. Part of this route (and that of the eventual Turnpike) used the grading from the never-opened Hampden Railroad. Similarly, the West Stockbridge Bypass provided a new route of Route 102 from Route 183 in Stockbridge west to Route 102 just east of the state line in West Stockbridge; this latter route was built prior to the Turnpike.

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was created in 1952 by a special act of the Massachusetts General Court (legislature) upon the recommendation of Governor Dever and his Commissioner of Public Works, William F. Callahan. (1952 Acts and Resolves chapter 354; 1952 Senate Doc. 1.) The enabling act was modeled upon that of the Mystic River Bridge Authority (1946 Acts and Resolves chapter 562), but several changes were made that would prove of great importance fifty years later. Callahan served as chairman of the Authority until his death in April 1964.

Construction began in 1955, and the whole four-lane road from Route 102 at the state line to Route 128 (now also Interstate 95 in Weston) opened on May 15, 1957. The Berkshire Thruway opened on May 26, 1959, connecting the west end to the New York State Thruway mainline south of Albany. Prior to its opening, traffic used Route 22 and US 20 in New York. At the Massachusetts/New York state line, one can see where the Turnpike made an abrupt right turn before terminating at Route 102, as the old pavement still exists for Turnpike Authority and State Police vehicles to access this remote stretch of highway.[5]

New York Central Railroad (Boston and Albany parent company) employee magazine Headlights from February 1965 showing an aerial photograph of the completed Boston Extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike

After political and legal battles related to the Boston Extension inside Route 128, construction began on March 5, 1962, with the chosen alignment running next to the Boston and Albany Railroad and reducing that line from four to two tracks. In September 1964 the part from Route 128 east to exit 18 (Allston) opened, and the rest was finished on February 18, 1965, taking it to the Central Artery.

The Interstate 90 designation was assigned to the Turnpike in 1959 with the completion of plans for the Interstate Highway System. Early proposals took I-90 across the northern part of the state, along Route 2, but this was rejected as too costly. With the completion of the Boston Extension, that too was designated as I-90.

In the 1990s, then-Governor William Weld took the decision to turn over the assets of Boston's Big Dig project to the Turnpike Authority.[6][7][8] During this time he appointed James Kerasiotes to the Turnpike Authority to continue the authority's oversight of the Big Dig project.[9]

The eastern end of the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstate 90 both in Massachusetts and nationally in Boston at Route 1A next to Logan International Airport

In 1991, construction began on the extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike to Logan Airport, via the Ted Williams Tunnel as part of the Big Dig interstate/tunnel project. The final extension opened in 2003; the eastern end of I-90 now merges into Route 1A.

The legislature separated the Turnpike into a western portion, from the New York border to Interstate 95, and the eastern Metropolitan Highway System, which includes a 15-mile (24 km) stretch of the Turnpike from Interstate 95 to East Boston, the Ted Williams, Sumner, and Callahan tunnels under Boston Harbor, and I-93 from Southampton Street through the Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill tunnel and the Leonard P. Zakim Bridge to the foot of the Tobin Bridge.[10] Finances for the two parts of the Turnpike are accounted for separately.

2009 changes

At a January 22, 2009, board meeting, the Turnpike decided to stop charging a one-time $25.95 fee for the acquisition of a Fast Lane toll transponder, replacing it with a 50-cent monthly recurring service fee.[11] The implementation of the 50-cent monthly fee was canceled after long delays at toll plazas on Easter Sunday.[12][13]

Under a plan to save state funds, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) announced plans to close eleven of its branches in leased locations and move the operations into facilities owned by MassHighway and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority located in toll plazas, visitor centers, and offices. RMV branch closings were planned for Framingham, Lowell, North Attleboro, Cambridgeside Galleria Mall in Cambridge, New Bedford, Eastfield Mall in Springfield, Southbridge, Falmouth, Eastham, Beverly, and Boston.[14] Also, a portion of the newly increased sales tax in the state averted a planned toll increase. The MTA will receive approximately $100 million from the state general fund over the next few years, alleviating the need for the toll hike.[15]

Under legislation signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick on June 26, 2009, the turnpike was folded into a new super-agency that controls all surface transportation in the state. The new agency, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), operates all highways formerly under MassHighway and the Turnpike Authority as well as eight urban roadways formerly owned and maintained by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).[16] In addition, MassDOT oversees the RMV, MBTA, regional transit authorities, and the state aeronautics commission.[17] The new Transportation Department began operations on November 1, 2009.[18] According to MTA board member Mary Z. Connaughton's blog entry for the Boston Herald, all of the pilgrim-hat signage unique to the Turnpike will be eliminated.[19] However, in a personal correspondence with AARoads.com's road blog, a MassDOT official said that usage of the hat would actually increase. When guide signs on Interstates 95 and 495 are replaced, the current "MassPike" signage will be replaced with pilgrim hat shields.[20]

Former Turnpike Authority funding and jurisdiction

The Massachusetts Turnpike near the Chicopee exit

The Turnpike Authority also owned the Callahan Tunnel and Sumner Tunnel, the other two road connections between downtown Boston and East Boston under Boston Harbor.[21] Upon completion of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, all tunnels constructed as part of the Big Dig, including the O'Neill Tunnel segment of I-93, were transferred to its control.[22] The Authority received no state or federal government funding. Its revenues came from tolls, leases on air rights and service areas, and advertising. Its assets were all transferred to the new MassDOT agency as part of the restructuring of agencies.[23]

Toll revenue

View of the Turnpike from an overpass by Boston University, facing east (towards downtown Boston)
The Pike at Exit 17 (just out of view at left) in Newton, looking west. To the right side of this image, MBTA Commuter Rail tracks are visible.

The Massachusetts Turnpike is a toll road; the 2009 reform law requires tolls collected on the Western Turnpike be spent there, and those collected on the Metropolitan Highway System must be spent there.[24]

It costs $5.10 for a Class 1 passenger vehicle to travel east from Exit 1 (Route 41), in West Stockbridge, to Logan Airport, in East Boston. Additionally, a flat-rate toll barrier for the Ted Williams Tunnel exists on the westbound side of the turnpike between exits 26 and 25, imposing a $3.50 charge for Class 1 passenger vehicles. Therefore, motorists who are destined to travel away from Logan International Airport via I-90 West will be assessed a $3.50 additional charge, since the only interchange east of this toll barrier other than the eastern terminus at Route 1A is Exit 26, leading into the airport itself. From Exit 1, in West Stockbridge, to Exit 14/15 (I-95 and Route 128), in Weston, the Massachusetts Turnpike is a closed-system toll road, using long-distance tickets obtained once by a motorist on entrance, and surrendered on exit, at toll gates. The toll gates exist at all exits and entrances from Exit 1 to Exit 14/15. From Exit 14/15 to its eastern end in East Boston (in other words, east of the toll barrier residing between Exits 14 and 15), the Massachusetts Turnpike is an open-system toll road. There are toll plazas at Exit 18/19/20 in Allston, in both mainline directions and on the interchange ramps. There also is a toll plaza on the mainline at the westbound entrance to the Ted Williams Tunnel, in East Boston. Exits 16, 17, and 21–26, plus the eastbound-only Route 1A junction have no toll plazas on their ramps.

The toll plaza in Weston marking the transition point between closed-system tolling west of this toll plaza, and open-system to the east.

Toll plazas on the interchange ramps at Exit 16 were removed in 1996 at the direction of then Governor William Weld.

After protests from Western Massachusetts residents that their toll money was funding the Big Dig, a Boston highway project, tolls were removed on a western portion of the freeway in July 1996: no toll was charged for passenger-vehicle travel between Springfield (Exit 6, Interstate 291) and the New York (Exit 1, West Stockbridge) border in either direction.

Tolls were reinstated between exit 1 and exit 6 in October 2013 at the same toll rates from 1996. The tolls were reinstated because of a Massachusetts state transportation financing package approved in early 2013.[25]

Travel between exits 16 and 17, both in Newton, is a "free movement": no toll is charged for travel between these two exits. At exit 16, traffic can enter the Turnpike only eastbound and may exit from the Turnpike only westbound.

Motorists can pay tolls to toll-booth personnel or use the E-ZPass (formerly Fast Lane) electronic toll-collection system, whereby transponders installed in the cars (typically on the inner windshields) are recognized automatically in special lanes at toll plazas, the toll amounts then being withdrawn from the motorists' accounts. MassDOT eliminated the name Fast Lane, and begin using the E-ZPass brand name for the ETS system since mid-2012, shortly after the Citizens Bank sponsorship contract expired.[26][27][28] All signage at toll plazas was changed to the standard white-on-purple E-ZPass signs.[27]

In September 2012, MassDOT introduced prepaid E-ZPass transponders called E-ZPass "On-the-Go".[29]

Air rights

A Shaw's Supermarket built over the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton

The MTA has leased much of the air space over the highway east of Exit 15; these are the structures that have been constructed or are planned:[30]

There is one major air rights property that the MTA does not own and that is the Prudential Center Complex constructed beginning in 1965. This property includes a Shaw's Supermarket, the Prudential Tower office and residential buildings, the Shops at Prudential Center mall, the Hynes Convention Center, and the Back Bay MBTA station.

In 2001, the Turnpike Authority and the City of Boston agreed on guidelines for air rights development for the remaining parcels over the highway in Boston from the I-93 interchange to Commonwealth Avenue (with the exception of a parcel adjacent to the historic Fenway Studios).[33] While development is not presently planned for all of this corridor, the agreement provides de facto zoning rules should it take place.

Controversies

The Massachusetts Turnpike, as it nears the Prudential Center, at sunset

MTA Board firings

Since 2001, the Turnpike Authority had come under fire from state politicians in a fight for control of the quasi-state agency. Beginning in 2001, former Massachusetts acting Governor Jane Swift (Republican) attempted to fire Christy Mihos, a former Turnpike board member and Jordan Levy, the current Vice Chairman of the board.

Mihos and Levy had cast votes on the board to postpone a toll hike. Swift objected, saying such a delay was "fiscally irresponsible" and saying the two men "interfered with the effective daily management of the Authority."[34] Mihos and Levy refused to step down and sued Swift to retain their positions. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that the Turnpike was "not part of the machinery of the government" and therefore not subject to Swift's decisions.[35]

Proposed MTA/MassHighway merger

Governor Mitt Romney, elected in 2002 during a fiscal crisis, ran on a political platform of streamlining state government and eliminating waste. Part of this was the elimination of the Turnpike Authority. Romney wanted to fold the Turnpike into MassHighway, the state highway department, operated under the Executive Office of Transportation. A first step to this was to replace the Chairman of the Board, Matthew J. Amorello with someone loyal to the Governor. The Governor has the power to appoint members to the board, but the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) advised in an advisory opinion that "nothing in G. L. c. 81A explicitly provides for the removal and reassignment of the chairperson to the position of "member."[36][37]

Romney put pressure on Amorello to step down. Amorello announced he would do so in 2007, after Romney would have left office. Romney continued to press the legislature to give him the power to remove members from the board, specifically the chairman, pointing to a series of financial and construction mishaps over the last several years. However, the legislature instead sought to keep Amorello on board by extending the terms of various board members to prevent Romney from removing Amorello.[38]

I-90 connector ceiling collapse

Wikinews has related news: Portion of ceiling collapses in Boston tunnel

In response to a fatality caused by the collapse of the ceiling of the eastbound I-90 connector tunnel approaching the Ted Williams Tunnel on July 10, 2006, and in response to Amorello's refusal (at the time) to resign, Romney took legal steps to have Amorello forcibly removed as head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority,[39] culminating in Amorello's resignation on August 15, 2006. The next day, John Cogliano was sworn in as the new Chairman of the Turnpike Authority by Romney.[40]

On November 27, 2006, departing Attorney General Tom Reilly (Democrat) announced the state will launch a civil suit over the collapse of the ceiling in the Ted Williams Tunnel. The Commonwealth will be seeking over $150 million from project manager Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, builder Modern Continental Construction Co. and the manufacturer of the epoxy used to hold the ceiling bolts.[41][42][43][44]

Toll removal controversy

On October 18, 2006, the Turnpike board voted to remove all tolls west of the Route 128 Toll Plaza in response to a recommendation made by Eric Kriss,[45] a former fiscal adviser to Romney, in which he had been asked to review the Turnpike situation following the July 2006 tunnel ceiling collapse.[46]

On October 19, 2006, members of the Massachusetts Legislature Transportation Committee were quoted in The Boston Globe as saying that the Governor's actions may require state law to be amended for the toll removal to happen. In addition, questions have been raised in regard to how the State would fund the maintenance of the Turnpike after the removal of the tolls.[47]

The issue of the removal of the tolls is highly charged politically. Several members of the state Democratic Party declared this as a political maneuver to bolster the gubernatorial campaign of Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, a Republican, who was behind in the polls at the time of the announcement. Also, because the MTA Board is composed of Romney appointees, Kriss's former association with the Romney administration and the ongoing election at the time, the issue was clouded by accusations of partiality and political agendas from both sides of the aisle.

In the November 9, 2006, edition of The Boston Globe, Romney announced his intention to try to remove the tolls before Governor-elect Deval Patrick, a Democrat, was inaugurated in January 2007, but this did not occur. As of November 2008, Patrick's plan was to remove all tolls west of Interstate 95, except at the West Stockbridge and Sturbridge tolls,[48] but this also did not occur before the end of his term in January 2015. State law requires tolls to be removed west of Route 128 when its debt is paid and the road is in "good condition", but MassDOT plans to continue tolls after the bonds are paid off in January 2017, because the road will still need $135 million per year for repairs and maintenance.[49]

Toll booth removal

Governor Charlie Baker has continued the initiative begun in the Patrick Administration to convert the Pike to all-electronic tolling. Installation of gantries began in January 2016, and the system is expected to go live in October 2016.[49] This will allow elimination of toll booths and toll booth operators.

Future

Future plans in the state call for the re-routing of the highway over the former Beacon Park Yard, in order to free up space and make the highway safer. Plans call for the beginning of construction in 2016, with completion scheduled for 2020.[50]

There have been proposals of adding exits in Becket, Blandford, Warren, and Oxford since the removal of the toll booths. There is a 30-mile (48 km) gap between exits 2 (Lee) and exit 3 (Westfield) and a 17-mile (27 km) gap between exit 8 (Palmer) and exit 9 (Sturbridge). If a car misses the exit, it is an hour to return. If those exits are built, the distance from Blandford to Westfield would be 11 miles (18 km) and the distance from Lee to Beckett would be 7 miles (11 km). The Warren exit would cut the distance in half.

Exit list

Like most closed-loop toll systems, the Mass Turnpike uses a system of sequentially numbered interchanges. All of the interchanges also have names, again a common practice among closed-loop toll systems. Every interaction with the highway is numbered and named, regardless of whether an exit is available or not. For example, Interchanges 14 and 15, labeled as the Weston Interchange, are the same interchange, but use different toll systems eastbound and westbound. Another example of this is Interchanges 18 and 20, the Allston/Brighton Interchange, which has the same situation (with Interchange 19 being the mainline toll booth). Interchanges 21, 22A, and 23 all do not have exits but are entrance-only interchanges.[51]

All interchanges will be renumbered to mileage-based numbers with a sign replacement project scheduled for 2016.[52]

CountyLocation[53]mi[53]kmExit[54]Destinations[54]Notes
BerkshireWest Stockbridge0.0000.000– I-90 west / Berkshire Connector (New York Thruway) – AlbanyContinuation from New York
2.7364.4031 Route 41 to Route 102 – West StockbridgeWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
2.94.7West Stockbridge Toll Plaza (western end of ticket system)
Lee8.513.7Lee Service Plaza
10.59217.0462 US 20 – Lee, Pittsfield
HampdenBlandford29.046.7Blandford Service Plaza
Westfield40.43465.0723 US 202 / Route 10 – Westfield, Northampton
West Springfield45.74073.6114 I‑91 / US 5 – Springfield, HolyokeExit 14 on I-91
 46.29374.501Connecticut River
Chicopee49.04178.9245 Route 33 – Chicopee, HolyokeAlso serves Westover ARB and Westover Airport[55]
51.15482.3246 I‑291 west / Burnett Road – Springfield, Hartford, CTExit 7 on I-291
Ludlow54.78088.1607 Route 21 – Ludlow, Belchertown
55.689.5Ludlow Service Plaza
Palmer62.641100.8118 Route 32 to US 20 – Palmer, Ware, Amherst
WorcesterSturbridge78.300126.0129 I‑84 west to US 20 – Sturbridge, Hartford, New York CityEastern terminus of I-84
Charlton80.2129.1Charlton Service Plaza
86.2138.7Weigh Station (eastbound only)
Auburn90.049144.92010 I‑395 south / Route 12 (US 20) / I‑290 east – Auburn, WorcesterAlso serves Oxford, Webster, Charlton, and Sturbridge;[56] Exit 7 on I-290
Millbury93.642150.70210A Route 146 (Route 122A) / US 20 – Worcester, ProvidenceAlso serves Westborough;[57] Exit 10 on Route 146
96.343155.04911 Route 122 – Millbury, Worcester
Westborough104.6168.3Westborough Service Plaza (westbound only)
MiddlesexHopkinton106.236170.97011A I‑495 – New Hampshire, Maine, Cape CodExit 22 on I-495
Framingham111.181178.92812 Route 9 – Framingham, Marlborough
114.4184.1Framingham Service Plaza (westbound only)
116.600187.65013 Route 30 – Natick, Framingham
Natick117.6189.3Natick Service Plaza / Fast Lane Service Center (eastbound only)
Weston122.600197.30614 I‑95 / Route 128 – New Hampshire, Maine, South ShoreEastbound exit and westbound entrance; Exit 25 on I-95
123.456198.683Weston Toll Plaza (eastern end of ticket system)
123.458198.68615 I‑95 / Route 128 – Waltham, Providence RI
Route 30 – Weston		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; Exit 25 on I-95
Newton125.207201.50116 Route 16 – West Newton, WellesleyWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
127.553205.27717Washington Street / Galen Street / Centre Street – Newton, Watertown
SuffolkBoston130.991210.81018Cambridge Street / Storrow Drive – Brighton, CambridgeEastbound left exit and westbound entrance
19Allston/Brighton Toll BarrierFlat-rate toll (no tickets)
20Cambridge Street / Storrow Drive – Brighton, CambridgeWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
132.863213.82221 Route 2A (Massachusetts Avenue)Westbound entrance only
West end of Prudential Tunnel
133.344214.59622Dartmouth Street – Prudential Center, Copley SquareEastbound exit and westbound entrance
133.586214.98622AClarendon StreetWestbound entrance only
East end of Prudential Tunnel
133.876215.45323Arlington StreetWestbound entrance only
134.315216.15924ASouth StationEastbound left exit only
24B I‑93 north – Concord NHLeft exit eastbound; no eastbound entrance from I-93 south; Exit 20 on I-93 north; Exit 20B on I-93 south
Signed as Exit 24 westbound
24C I‑93 south – Quincy
Fort Point Tunnel under the Fort Point Channel
134.773216.89625South BostonVia Summer Street
Ted Williams Tunnel under Boston Harbor
East Boston Toll Barrier (westbound flat-rate toll)
137.239220.86526 Logan Airport
138.15222.33– Route 1A northEastern terminus of I-90
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Service plazas

Interstate 90 eastbound approaching the West Stockbridge toll plaza, the western limit for the toll ticket system.

There are 11 service areas (plazas) on the Massachusetts Turnpike, named for the towns in which they are located. Each plaza offers Gulf gas stations and Gulf Express convenience stores. Most offer McDonald's restaurants, with some plazas having Boston Market and D'Angelo as the main food offerings. Some plazas also have secondary food such as Auntie Anne's pretzels, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Papa Gino's pizza, Original Pizza, and Fresh City restaurants. Some restaurants at some plazas also offer a drive thru.

The plazas are:[58]

All service areas except for the westbound Lee Plaza and the eastbound Blandford Plaza feature dog walk areas. All service areas except the westbound Lee, the Blanford, and the Ludlow Plazas offer special family restrooms. A weigh station is located on the eastbound side of the turnpike in Charlton between exits 9 and 10.

References

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  2. ↑ As an example: "Open Road Toll Structure Now on Mass Pike in Weston". Boston: WBZ-TV. January 4, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016. The first evidence of open road tolling on the Massachusetts Turnpike is now visible to drivers. The All-Electronic Tolling system isn't scheduled to begin on the Pike...
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  4. ↑ It has been reported variously that the sign was changed due to confusion among motorists who sometimes mistakenly turned in the direction the arrow pointed (right) when attempting to enter the turnpike,Montgomery, M. R. (February 28, 1991). "Redrawing the Native American Image". The Boston Globe. p. 69. Retrieved April 3, 2010. Too many tourists, non-English readers and reflexive drivers were always turning right, following the politically incorrect arrow to nowhere., or that it was the result of a letter campaign describing the signs as offensive to Native Americans.http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19891122&id=2XIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hYgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1152,5928057
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