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Route 140 (Massachusetts)
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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 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.
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.
New Bedford Expressway has 12 numbered interchanges.
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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 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.
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.
Route description
Exit list (New Bedford Expressway)
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.
| County | Location | Exit # | Mile | Intersecting road | Notes |
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| Bristol | New Bedford | (1) | 0.0 | U.S. Route 6 | Southbound exit/northbound entrance only.At-grade intersection. | | 2A-B | 1 | Interstate 195 | | | 3 | | Hathaway Road | | | 4 | | Kings HighwayNew Plainville RoadMount Pleasant Street | | 5 | | Church StreetPhillips Road | | | 6 | | Route 18 (Ashley Boulevard) | Southbound exit/northbound entrance only | | 7 | | Braley Road | To Route 18. | | East Freetown | 8 | | Chace Road | | | Plymouth | Lakeville | 9 | | County Street | | | Bristol | Taunton | 10 | | Route 79 | | | REST AREA | | REST AREA | | | 11 | | Stevens Connector | To the Silver City Galleria Mall.Split into 11B-A southbound. | | 12A-B | 19.0 | 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 surface road. |
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Junction list (north of freeway)
| County | Location | Mile | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| 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. | | |
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 12/140 concurrency. | | |
Route 31 South | Northern terminus of Route 12/140 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. | |
Major intersections
Route 140 crosses the following Interstate highways:
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.
Cities and towns along the route
From New Bedford, Route 140 runs northwest through the following cities and towns:
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).
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