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Route 138 is a north-south state highway
State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state government in a country that is divided into states :...
 in Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. From Milton
Milton, Massachusetts

Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States and part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,062 at the 2000 census....
, Route 138 runs south through the following towns/cities:






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Route 138 is a north-south state highway
State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state government in a country that is divided into states :...
 in Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. From Milton
Milton, Massachusetts

Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States and part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,062 at the 2000 census....
, Route 138 runs south through the following towns/cities:
  • Canton
    Canton, Massachusetts

    Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,775 at the 2000 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Boston....
     (crossing Interstate 93
    Interstate 93

    Interstate 93 is an Interstate Highway in the New England section of the United States. Its southern terminus is in Canton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area, at Interstate 95 in Massachusetts ; its northern terminus is near St....
    /U.S. 1
    U.S. Route 1 in Massachusetts

    In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, U.S. Route 1 is a major north-south state highway through Boston, MA. The portion of US 1 south of Boston is also known as the Boston-Providence Turnpike, and portions north of the city are known as the Northeast Expressway and the Newburyport Turnpike....
    )
  • Stoughton
    Stoughton, Massachusetts

    Stoughton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 27,149 at the 2000 census....
     (crossing Route 27
    Route 27 (Massachusetts)

    Route 27 is a south-north highway in eastern Massachusetts....
     and Route 139)
  • Easton
    Easton, Massachusetts

    Easton is a New England town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,299 at the 2000 census.Easton is governed by an elected committee of selectmen and a town administrator....
     (crossing Route 123 and Route 106)
  • Raynham
    Raynham, Massachusetts

    Raynham is a New England town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,739 at the 2000 census. It has one village, Raynham Center, Massachusetts....
     (crossing Interstate 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 in at 120.74 miles – until 1996, when the Pennsylvania Route 9 section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was redesignated as Interstate 476 , making it about longer than I-...
    )
  • Taunton
    Taunton, Massachusetts

    Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. It is the county seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area....
     (crossing Route 140
    Route 140 (Massachusetts)

    Route 140 is a long state highway which passes through parts of southeastern and central Massachusetts. The highway follows a southeast-northwest trajectory, running from US 6 in New Bedford, Massachusetts just north of Buzzards Bay northwest to an intersection with Massachusetts Route 12 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, a few miles south of...
     and U.S. Route 44
    U.S. Route 44

    U.S. Route 44 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 237 miles through four states in the Northeastern United States region of the United States....
    )
  • Dighton
    Dighton, Massachusetts

    Dighton is a New England town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,175 at the 2000 census....
  • Somerset
    Somerset, Massachusetts

    Somerset is a New England town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,234 at the 2000 census. It is the birthplace and hometown of Clifford Milburn Holland , the chief engineer and namesake of the Holland Tunnel in New York City....
     (crossing U.S. Route 6
    U.S. Route 6

    U.S. Route 6, also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts....
     and Route 103)
  • Fall River
    Fall River, Massachusetts

    Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, Massachusetts, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island and west of New Bedford, Massachusetts....
     (crossing Route 79
    Route 79 (Massachusetts)

    Route 79 is a semi-rural highway in southeastern Massachusetts.The highway starts at Interstate 195 in Fall River, Massachusetts and travels north, merging with Massachusetts Route 24 at Exit 7....
     and Interstate 195)
finally ending at the state line with Tiverton, Rhode Island, where it becomes Route 138 (Rhode Island)
Route 138 (Rhode Island)

Route 138 is a numbered State Highway running in Rhode Island. It runs from the Connecticut state line to the Massachusetts state line and is the only state-numbered route that traverses the entire state....
.

During the infamous Blizzard of 1978
Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978

The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 was a severe nor'easter that brought blizzard conditions to the New England region of the United States and the New York metropolitan area....
, Route 138's intersection with Interstate 93
Interstate 93

Interstate 93 is an Interstate Highway in the New England section of the United States. Its southern terminus is in Canton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area, at Interstate 95 in Massachusetts ; its northern terminus is near St....
 (which at the time still had Route 128
Route 128 (Massachusetts)

Route 128, also known as the Yankee Division Highway , and originally the Circumferential Highway, is a partial beltway around Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
 concurrent with it) gained some notoriety as the location shot of photos taken featuring cars trapped in the snow along the underpassing freeway
Freeway

A freeway is a type of road designed for Road safety#Motorway high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections....
.