List of numbered routes in Massachusetts

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Template:Infobox state highway system In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway) assigns and marks a system of state-numbered routes. U.S. Highways and Interstate Highways are included in the system; the only overlaps are with the end-to-end U.S. Route 3 and Route 3 and the far-apart Interstate 295 and Route 295. A state highway in Massachusetts is a road maintained by the state, which may or may not have a number.

1 History
2 List of Routes
3 Major unnumbered highways
4 References
5 External links

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History

Image:I-93 frontage road NB at Haul Rd.jpg The Massachusetts Highway Commission (MHC) was the first highway commission in the U.S., formed in 1893 in response to a commission of inquiry finding that over 90% of the public roads in the state were in poor condition.<ref>Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, History of the Massachusetts License Plate</ref><ref>Pilgrim Hall Museum - Getting There</ref> The first state highway in Massachusetts was a 5305.17-foot (1617.02 m) section of Fitchburg Road (now Main Street, part of Route 119) in Ashby. The MHC laid it out as a state highway on August 15, 1894 from a point west of South Road to a point west of Route 31. The road was paved with 15-20 foot (4.5-6 m) macadam, with work beginning August 21, 1894 and ending July 15, 1895. The 50-66 foot (15-20 m) right-of-way is still owned by MassHighway under the original layout.<ref>MassHighway state highway layout plan 1 (August 15, 1894)</ref><ref>MassHighway state highway layout plans: About page</ref>

Image:Strange MA 27 shield.jpg Massachusetts first gained numbered routes in 1922, with the formation of the New England Interstate Highways. Three-digit numbers were reserved for shorter routes. Route 138 and Route 140 were designated by 1925, and by 1926 the numbers from Route 101 to Route 142 (except Route 136) had been assigned.

The U.S. Highway System replaced the New England Interstate Highways in 1926. Remaining New England Interstate Highways whose numbers did not conflict with new U.S. Highway numbers kept their numbers as state routes, while those that conflicted were assigned newly-freed single-digit numbers. That same year, some other local routes were assigned new two-digit numbers. With the exception of Route 143, which was renumbered from Route 109A ca. 1933, new routes were given two-digit numbers for a while. Larger three-digit numbers were eventually assigned.

All routes that end at a state border and continue as a numbered route on the other side have been renumbered on one side of the border to match. Except for Route 295, far from Interstate 295, numbers that were duplicated with Interstate Highways were renumbered, mostly in 1959 when the Interstate numbers were assigned.

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List of Routes

1-99

100-999

Current Routes	Former Routes
U.S. Route 1; Route 1A	Route 1; Route C1
Route 2; Route 2A
U.S. Route 3; Route 3; Route 3A	Route 3B
Route 4
U.S. Route 5	Route 5; Route 5A
U.S. Route 6; Route 6A	Route 6; Route 6B
U.S. Route 7; Route 7A	Route 7
Route 8; Route 8A
Route 9	Route 9A; Route C9
Route 10
	Route 11
Route 12
Route 13
Route 14
	Route 15
Route 16
	Route 17
Route 18
Route 19
U.S. Route 20; Route 20A
Route 21
Route 22
Route 23
Route 24
Route 25
	Route 26
Route 27
Route 28; Route 28A	Route C28

Route 30
Route 31
Route 32; Route 32A
Route 33

Route 35
Route 36
Route 37	Route C37
Route 38
Route 39
Route 40
Route 41

Route 43
U.S. Route 44
	Route 45

Route 47

Route 49


	Route 52
Route 53


Route 56
Route 57
Route 58

Route 60

Route 62
Route 63
	Route 64

Route 66
Route 67
Route 68
	Route 69
Route 70
Route 71



Route 75


Route 78
Route 79
Route 80
Route 81

Route 83
Interstate 84
Route 85
	Interstate 86; Route 86

Route 88

Interstate 90
Interstate 91

Interstate 93	Route 93

Interstate 95
Route 96
Route 97
Route 98
Route 99

Current Routes	Former Routes

Route 101
Route 102
Route 103
Route 104
Route 105
Route 106
Route 107
Route 108
Route 109	Route 109A
Route 110	Route 110A
Route 111
Route 112
Route 113
Route 114; Route 114A
Route 115	Route 115A
Route 116
Route 117
Route 118
Route 119
Route 120
Route 121; Route 121A
Route 122; Route 122A
Route 123
Route 124
Route 125
Route 126
Route 127; Route 127A
Route 128	Route 128A
Route 129; Route 129A
Route 130
Route 131
Route 132
Route 133
Route 134
Route 135
Route 136
Route 137
Route 138
Route 139
Route 140
Route 141
Route 142
Route 143

Route 145
Route 146; Route 146A
Route 147
Route 148
Route 149
Route 150
Route 151
Route 152

Route 159

Route 168
Route 169

Route 177

Route 181

Route 183

Route 186
Route 187

Route 189
Interstate 190	Route 190

Route 192
Route 193

Interstate 195

Route 197
Route 198

U.S. Route 202
Route 203
	Route 204

	Route 209

Route 213

Route 220

Route 225

Route 228

Route 240

Route 286

Interstate 290
Interstate 291

Interstate 295; Route 295

Interstate 391

Interstate 395

Interstate 495

	Interstate 695

	Interstate 895