Massachusetts Route 3A
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Route 3A is a state highway
in eastern Massachusetts
, which parallels Route 3
and U.S. Route 3
from Cedarville
in southern Plymouth to Tyngsborough
at the New Hampshire
state line.
Route 3A has two major posted segments, separated by a lengthy concurrency with Route 3 and US 3. Its southern portion parallels Route 3 from Cedarville
in southern Plymouth to Neponset
in the Dorchester
area of Boston. Towns and cities that Route 3A traverse along its path include Plymouth, Kingston
, Duxbury, Marshfield
, Scituate
, Cohasset
, Hingham
, Weymouth
and Quincy
.
North of Neponset, Route 3A runs, unsigned, concurrently with Route 3
and U.S. Route 3
to Burlington
, before separating again (MassHighway counts the mileage along MA 3 between the two sections as part of MA 3A mileage).
The northern portion of which parallels U.S. Route 3 in northwestern Middlesex County
. It stretches from Interstate 95 (Route 128) in Burlington
to the New Hampshire
state line, where it continues as Route 3A.
in southern Plymouth to Neponset
in the Dorchester area of Boston
. Towns and cities that Route 3A traverse along its path include Plymouth, Kingston
, Duxbury, Marshfield
, Scituate
, Cohasset
, Hingham
, Weymouth
and Quincy
.
) and then U.S. Route 3
(from Cambridge to Burlington
). As an 'A' route concurrent with its parents, this segment is not posted.
(Route 128) in Burlington
to the New Hampshire
state line, where it continues as New Hampshire Route 3A
. The part south of Route 113 in Tyngsborough is former US 3.
The section from Burlington to Billerica is currently being widened from 2 to 4 lanes.
From 1922 to 1926, Route 3A between Kingston and Quincy was New England Interstate Route 6A. In 1926, when New England Interstate Route 6 became Route 3, Route 6A became Route 3A.
In the 1930s Route 3A's route was shifted onto new alignments built to reduce traffic problems in several communities through which the highway traversed. This included a bypass of Hingham Square along Broad Cove Road and Otis Street along Hingham Harbor replacing the original route that took it down Lincoln Street to downtown Hingham then along North Street to Summer Street. Chief Justice Cushing
Highway was built around the same time and Route 3A was put on this highway from south of the Hingham Harbor rotary through Cohasset to Scituate. This replaced a routing along long-existing roadways such as Country Way in Scituate, South and North Main Streets in Cohasset and East Street to Summer Street in Hingham. Along East Street from Hull Street to Summer, Route 3A shared the highway with Route 128 in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
In the 1950s and early 1960s Route 3A was extended to take over the original path of Route 3 south of Kingston to Plymouth and north of downtown Quincy to Neponset when Route 3 assumed its current freeway route. In between those locations, old Route 3 was designated Route 53. The section of old Route 3 from Cedarville
south to the Sagamore Rotary
near the Cape Cod Canal
in Bourne is unnumbered.
Much of Route 3A is sometimes referred to as the "Cape Way" due to its history as the only major road to Cape Cod from Boston prior to the opening of Route 3. The "Cape Way" name is reflected in numerous business names along 3A's length.
The section of Route 3A south of the intersection with Route 113
in Tyngsborough (all but the northern few miles of the route) was formerly U.S. Route 3, prior to the construction of the Northwest Expressway, a freeway connection from I-95 in Burlington to the Everett Turnpike
in Nashua, New Hampshire
, which was given the U.S. Route 3 designation.
!County
!Location
!Mile
!Roads intersected
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=14|Plymouth
|rowspan=3|Plymouth
|0.0
|
|Southern terminus of southern portion of Route 3A at Route 3 Exit 2
|-
|11.4
|Plimoth Plantation Highway
|Access to Route 3 Exit 4
|-
|15.0
|
|Access to Route 3 Exit 6
|-
|rowspan=4|Kingston
|18.3
|
|Route 3 Exit 9
|-
|18.7
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 80
|-
|18.9
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 106; to
Signed access to Route 27/106 junction from Route 3A south is via Evergreen Street
in Kingston Center
|-
|20.3
|
|Southern terminus of Route 53
|-
|rowspan=3|Duxbury
|20.6
|
|Route 3 Exit 10
Southbound ramps straddle Kingston line
|-
|24.2
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 14
|-
|25.0
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|Marshfield
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|27.7
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 139
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|28.1
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 139
|-
|Scituate
|34.5
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 123
|-
|Hingham
|42.2
|
|
|-
|Norfolk
|Quincy
|49.0
|
|Northern terminus of Route 53
|-
|Suffolk
|Boston
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|53.6
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Beginning of unsigned concurrency with Route 3
|-
|colspan=5 align="center"|Unsigned concurrency with Route 3 and US 3
|-
|rowspan=13|Middlesex
|rowspan=3|Burlington
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|74.8
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of unsigned concurrency with US 3
I-95 Exit 33
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|77.2
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 62
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|77.8
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 62
|-
|rowspan=2|Billerica
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|82.4
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 129
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|83.6
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 129
|-
|rowspan=3|Lowell
|87.3
|Lowell Connector
|Access to I-495
Exit 35 A-B-C
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|87.7
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 110
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|87.9
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 110
|-
|rowspan=2|Chelmsford
|91.1
|
|Northern terminus of Route 4
|-
|91.8
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 40
|-
|rowspan=3|Tyngsborough
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|95.1
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 113
Tyngsborough Bridge crosses the Merrimack River
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|95.3
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 113
|-
|97.0
|
|Northern terminus of Route 3A
Continues as NH Route 3A into Hudson, New Hampshire
|-
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...
in eastern Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, which parallels Route 3
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3 is a north–south United States highway that runs from its southern terminus in Cambridge, Massachusetts through New Hampshire to its terminus near Third Connecticut Lake at the Canadian border, where the road continues north as Quebec Route 257.In New Hampshire parts of US 3 are...
from Cedarville
Cedarville, Massachusetts
Cedarville is the southeasternmost village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.Cedarville is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the Town of Bourne, to the west by Little Herring Pond and Great Herring Pond, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay.Residents enjoy...
in southern Plymouth to Tyngsborough
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Tyngsborough is a town located in the northwest section of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Composed of of land and surface water, Tyngsborough borders the towns of Dunstable, Groton, Westford, Chelmsford, Dracut, and the City of Lowell, as well as the New Hampshire communities of Hudson,...
at the New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
state line.
Route 3A has two major posted segments, separated by a lengthy concurrency with Route 3 and US 3. Its southern portion parallels Route 3 from Cedarville
Cedarville, Massachusetts
Cedarville is the southeasternmost village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.Cedarville is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the Town of Bourne, to the west by Little Herring Pond and Great Herring Pond, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay.Residents enjoy...
in southern Plymouth to Neponset
Neponset, Massachusetts
Neponset, Massachusetts is a district in the southeast corner of Dorchester, Massachusetts which is the most populous neighborhood of Boston....
in the Dorchester
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Dorchester is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed "Dot" by its residents. Dorchester, including a large...
area of Boston. Towns and cities that Route 3A traverse along its path include Plymouth, Kingston
Kingston, Massachusetts
Kingston is a coastal town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. According to the 2010 Census, it had a population of 12,629.-History:Before European settlers arrived in Kingston it was within the tribal home to the Wampanoag people...
, Duxbury, Marshfield
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,132 at the 2010 census.See also: Green Harbor, Marshfield , Rexhame, Marshfield Hills, and Ocean Bluff and Brant Rock....
, Scituate
Scituate, Massachusetts
Scituate is a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth. The population was 18,133 at the 2010 census....
, Cohasset
Cohasset, Massachusetts
Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, though it is not contiguous with the main body of the county. The population was 7,542 at the 2010 census.- History :...
, Hingham
Hingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
, Weymouth
Weymouth, Massachusetts
The Town of Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, Weymouth had a total population of 53,743. Despite its city status, it is formally known as the Town of Weymouth...
and Quincy
Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...
.
North of Neponset, Route 3A runs, unsigned, concurrently with Route 3
Route 3 (Massachusetts)
Route 3 is a southward continuation of U.S. Route 3, connecting Cambridge, Massachusetts with Cape Cod. All of it, except for the northernmost end in downtown Boston and Cambridge, is a freeway....
and U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3 is a north–south United States highway that runs from its southern terminus in Cambridge, Massachusetts through New Hampshire to its terminus near Third Connecticut Lake at the Canadian border, where the road continues north as Quebec Route 257.In New Hampshire parts of US 3 are...
to Burlington
Burlington, Massachusetts
Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,498 at the 2010 census.- History :It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, however this has never been confirmed....
, before separating again (MassHighway counts the mileage along MA 3 between the two sections as part of MA 3A mileage).
The northern portion of which parallels U.S. Route 3 in northwestern Middlesex County
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...
. It stretches from Interstate 95 (Route 128) in Burlington
Burlington, Massachusetts
Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,498 at the 2010 census.- History :It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, however this has never been confirmed....
to the New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
state line, where it continues as Route 3A.
Plymouth to Neponset
This segment parallels Route 3 from CedarvilleCedarville, Massachusetts
Cedarville is the southeasternmost village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.Cedarville is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the Town of Bourne, to the west by Little Herring Pond and Great Herring Pond, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay.Residents enjoy...
in southern Plymouth to Neponset
Neponset, Massachusetts
Neponset, Massachusetts is a district in the southeast corner of Dorchester, Massachusetts which is the most populous neighborhood of Boston....
in the Dorchester area of Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. Towns and cities that Route 3A traverse along its path include Plymouth, Kingston
Kingston, Massachusetts
Kingston is a coastal town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. According to the 2010 Census, it had a population of 12,629.-History:Before European settlers arrived in Kingston it was within the tribal home to the Wampanoag people...
, Duxbury, Marshfield
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,132 at the 2010 census.See also: Green Harbor, Marshfield , Rexhame, Marshfield Hills, and Ocean Bluff and Brant Rock....
, Scituate
Scituate, Massachusetts
Scituate is a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth. The population was 18,133 at the 2010 census....
, Cohasset
Cohasset, Massachusetts
Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, though it is not contiguous with the main body of the county. The population was 7,542 at the 2010 census.- History :...
, Hingham
Hingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
, Weymouth
Weymouth, Massachusetts
The Town of Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, Weymouth had a total population of 53,743. Despite its city status, it is formally known as the Town of Weymouth...
and Quincy
Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...
.
Neponset to Burlington
This segment is concurrent with Route 3 (to CambridgeCambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
) and then U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3 is a north–south United States highway that runs from its southern terminus in Cambridge, Massachusetts through New Hampshire to its terminus near Third Connecticut Lake at the Canadian border, where the road continues north as Quebec Route 257.In New Hampshire parts of US 3 are...
(from Cambridge to Burlington
Burlington, Massachusetts
Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,498 at the 2010 census.- History :It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, however this has never been confirmed....
). As an 'A' route concurrent with its parents, this segment is not posted.
Burlington to Tyngsborough
This segment parallels US 3 from Interstate 95Interstate 95 in Massachusetts
Interstate 95 is the main highway on the East Coast of the United States, paralleling the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Maine. The Massachusetts portion of the highway enters from the state of Rhode Island in Attleboro and travels in a northeasterly direction to the junction with Route 128 in...
(Route 128) in Burlington
Burlington, Massachusetts
Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,498 at the 2010 census.- History :It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, however this has never been confirmed....
to the New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
state line, where it continues as New Hampshire Route 3A
New Hampshire Route 3A
New Hampshire Route 3A is a designation held by two separate state highways in New Hampshire. The two segments, although not directly connected, are linked by U.S. Route 3, from which they derive their route number.-Southern segment:...
. The part south of Route 113 in Tyngsborough is former US 3.
The section from Burlington to Billerica is currently being widened from 2 to 4 lanes.
History
In the 1930s Route 3A's route was shifted onto new alignments built to reduce traffic problems in several communities through which the highway traversed. This included a bypass of Hingham Square along Broad Cove Road and Otis Street along Hingham Harbor replacing the original route that took it down Lincoln Street to downtown Hingham then along North Street to Summer Street. Chief Justice Cushing
William Cushing
William Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, from its inception to his death. He was the longest-serving of the Court's original members, sitting on the bench for 21 years...
Highway was built around the same time and Route 3A was put on this highway from south of the Hingham Harbor rotary through Cohasset to Scituate. This replaced a routing along long-existing roadways such as Country Way in Scituate, South and North Main Streets in Cohasset and East Street to Summer Street in Hingham. Along East Street from Hull Street to Summer, Route 3A shared the highway with Route 128 in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
In the 1950s and early 1960s Route 3A was extended to take over the original path of Route 3 south of Kingston to Plymouth and north of downtown Quincy to Neponset when Route 3 assumed its current freeway route. In between those locations, old Route 3 was designated Route 53. The section of old Route 3 from Cedarville
Cedarville, Massachusetts
Cedarville is the southeasternmost village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.Cedarville is bounded to the north by Ellisville Road and Hedges Pond, to the south by the Town of Bourne, to the west by Little Herring Pond and Great Herring Pond, and to the east by Cape Cod Bay.Residents enjoy...
south to the Sagamore Rotary
Sagamore Bridge
The Sagamore Bridge in Sagamore, Massachusetts carries U.S. Route 6 across the Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod with the rest of Massachusetts, USA....
near the Cape Cod Canal
Cape Cod Canal
The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway traversing the narrow neck of land that joins Cape Cod to mainland Massachusetts.Part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the canal is roughly 17.4 miles long and connects Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south...
in Bourne is unnumbered.
Much of Route 3A is sometimes referred to as the "Cape Way" due to its history as the only major road to Cape Cod from Boston prior to the opening of Route 3. The "Cape Way" name is reflected in numerous business names along 3A's length.
Route 113 (Massachusetts)
Route 113 is a west–east Massachusetts state route that connects towns in the Merrimack River valley in northeastern Massachusetts. Its western terminus is at Route 119 in Pepperell, and its eastern end is at U.S. Route 1 and Route 1A in Newburyport....
in Tyngsborough (all but the northern few miles of the route) was formerly U.S. Route 3, prior to the construction of the Northwest Expressway, a freeway connection from I-95 in Burlington to the Everett Turnpike
Everett Turnpike
The Frederick E. Everett Turnpike, also called the Central New Hampshire Turnpike, is a toll road in New Hampshire, USA, running from the Massachusetts border at Nashua north to Concord...
in Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...
, which was given the U.S. Route 3 designation.
Junction list
{|class=wikitable!County
!Location
!Mile
!Roads intersected
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=14|Plymouth
Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Plymouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2010, the population was 494,919. Its county seats are Plymouth and Brockton...
|rowspan=3|Plymouth
|0.0
|
|Southern terminus of southern portion of Route 3A at Route 3 Exit 2
|-
|11.4
|Plimoth Plantation Highway
Plimoth Plantation Highway
Plimoth Plantation Highway is a short unnumbered two-lane freeway with plastic stanchions posted on a rumbled asphalt median in Plymouth, Massachusetts.-Route description:...
|Access to Route 3 Exit 4
|-
|15.0
|
|Access to Route 3 Exit 6
|-
|rowspan=4|Kingston
Kingston, Massachusetts
Kingston is a coastal town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. According to the 2010 Census, it had a population of 12,629.-History:Before European settlers arrived in Kingston it was within the tribal home to the Wampanoag people...
|18.3
|
|Route 3 Exit 9
|-
|18.7
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 80
|-
|18.9
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 106; to
Signed access to Route 27/106 junction from Route 3A south is via Evergreen Street
Evergreen Street
Evergreen Street is a main east-west street in Kingston, Massachusetts.-Description:Evergreen Street begins at the junction of Route 27 and Route 106. The street ends at Route 3A in Kingston Center, just south of the crossing of Route 3A and the MBTA Commuter Rail's Plymouth/Kingston Line....
in Kingston Center
|-
|20.3
|
|Southern terminus of Route 53
|-
|rowspan=3|Duxbury
|20.6
|
|Route 3 Exit 10
Southbound ramps straddle Kingston line
|-
|24.2
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 14
|-
|25.0
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|Marshfield
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,132 at the 2010 census.See also: Green Harbor, Marshfield , Rexhame, Marshfield Hills, and Ocean Bluff and Brant Rock....
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|27.7
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 139
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|28.1
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 139
|-
|Scituate
Scituate, Massachusetts
Scituate is a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth. The population was 18,133 at the 2010 census....
|34.5
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 123
|-
|Hingham
Hingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
|42.2
|
|
|-
|Norfolk
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
-National protected areas:* Adams National Historical Park* Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area * Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site* John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site-Demographics:...
|Quincy
Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...
|49.0
|
|Northern terminus of Route 53
|-
|Suffolk
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Suffolk County has no land border with Plymouth County to its southeast, but the two counties share a water boundary in the middle of Massachusetts Bay.-National protected areas:*Boston African American National Historic Site...
|Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|53.6
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Beginning of unsigned concurrency with Route 3
|-
|colspan=5 align="center"|Unsigned concurrency with Route 3 and US 3
|-
|rowspan=13|Middlesex
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...
|rowspan=3|Burlington
Burlington, Massachusetts
Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,498 at the 2010 census.- History :It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, however this has never been confirmed....
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|74.8
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of unsigned concurrency with US 3
I-95 Exit 33
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|77.2
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 62
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|77.8
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 62
|-
|rowspan=2|Billerica
Billerica, Massachusetts
Billerica is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,243 at the 2010 census. It is the only town named Billerica in the United States and borrows its name from the town of Billericay in Essex, England.- History :...
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|82.4
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 129
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|83.6
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 129
|-
|rowspan=3|Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...
|87.3
|Lowell Connector
Lowell Connector
The Lowell Connector, officially the American Legion Connector Highway, is a small freeway connector in the Massachusetts state highway system that links nearby U.S. Highway 3 and Interstate 495 to downtown Lowell, Massachusetts...
|Access to I-495
Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)
Interstate 495 is the designation of an Interstate Highway half-beltway in Massachusetts. It was the longest auxiliary Interstate Highway of its kind—measuring 120.74 miles —until 1996, when the PA Route 9 section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was redesignated as Interstate 476, making it about ...
Exit 35 A-B-C
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|87.7
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Southern end of concurrency with Route 110
|-
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|87.9
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|
|bgcolor=#ddffdd|Northern end of concurrency with Route 110
|-
|rowspan=2|Chelmsford
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Chelmsford is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in the Greater Boston area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 33,802. The Census Bureau's 2008 population estimate for the town was 34,409, ranking it 14th in population among the 54 municipalities in...
|91.1
|
|Northern terminus of Route 4
|-
|91.8
|
|Eastern terminus of Route 40
|-
|rowspan=3|Tyngsborough
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Tyngsborough is a town located in the northwest section of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Composed of of land and surface water, Tyngsborough borders the towns of Dunstable, Groton, Westford, Chelmsford, Dracut, and the City of Lowell, as well as the New Hampshire communities of Hudson,...
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Tyngsborough Bridge crosses the Merrimack River
Merrimack River
The Merrimack River is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport...
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Continues as NH Route 3A into Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 24,467 at the 2010 census.The primary settlement in town, where 7,336 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Hudson census-designated place and is located at the junctions of New Hampshire...
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