Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)
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Image:Interstate 495.svg Interstate 495 (abbreviated I-495) is the designation of an Interstate highway beltway in Massachusetts. It was the longest interstate highway of its kind – measuring in at 121.56 miles (194.49 kilometers) – until its title was taken by Interstate 476 in 1996.
I-495 has its northern terminus at Interstate 95 in Amesbury. The highway, forming an arc approximately 30 miles from Boston, intersects eight major radial expressways along its route: Interstate 93, U.S. Highway 3, Route 2, Interstate 290, Interstate 90 (The Massachusetts Turnpike), Route 24 and Interstate 95 (twice). It has its southern terminus in Wareham, where Interstate 195 and Route 25 meet.
I-495 is often regarded as the outermost boundary of the Greater Boston region (see the quote below): its northern extremity is close to the New Hampshire border; its southern end is just north of Cape Cod; west of 495 is the Worcester area and Central Massachusetts. In a more restricted sense, The Yankee Division Highway (Route 128 and the first 6.5 miles of Interstate 93), which is parallel to I-495 but closer to the city, is sometimes regarded as the outer boundary of Boston's immediate suburbs.
The stretch of 495 north and east of Route 2 until its terminus at Interstate 95 in Amesbury is also the main limited access highway connecting the communities of the urbanized region along the Merrimack River. The cities of Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, and their respective suburbs utilize this route for intraregional travel, separate from its purpose as a beltway for Boston.
Exit List
1 I-195 West
Wareham, New Bedford
2 MA-58
Carver, W. Wareham
3 MA-28
Rock Village, S. Middleboro
4 MA-105
Middleboro Center, Lakeville
5 MA-18
Lakeville, New Bedford
6 US-44
Middleboro, Plymouth
7 MA-24
Fall River, Boston
8 MA-138
Raynham, Taunton
9 Bay Street
Taunton, Easton
10 MA-123
Norton, Easton
11 South MA-140
Norton
12 North MA-140
Mansfield
13AB I-95
Providence, Boston
14AB US-1
N. Attleboro, Wrentham
15 MA-1A
Wrentham, Plainville
16 King Street
Franklin, Woonsocket RI
17 MA-140
Franklin, Bellingham
18 MA-126
Medway, Bellingham
19 MA-109
Milford, Medway
20 MA-16, MA-85
Milford, Holliston
21AB West Main Street
Upton, Hopkinton
Boston, Albany
23AB MA-9
Shrewsbury, Framingham
24AB US-20
Northboro, Marlboro
24C Crane Meadow Road
Marlboro
25A MA-85
Hudson
25B I-290
Worcester, Albany
26 MA-62
Berlin, Hudson
27 MA-117
Bolton, Stow
28 MA-111
Boxboro, Harvard
29AB MA-2
Leominster, Boston
30 MA-2A, MA-110
Littleton, Ayer
31 MA-119
Groton, Acton
32 Boston Road
Westford
33 (northbound only) MA-4, North Road
Chelmsford
34 MA-4, MA-110
Chelmsford
35AB US-3
Nashua, NH, Burlington
35C Lowell Connector
37 Woburn Street
S. Lowell, N. Billerica
38 MA-38
Lowell, Tewksbury
39 MA-133
Dracut, Andover
40AB I-93
Concord, NH, Boston
41 MA-28
Lawrence, Andover
42AB MA-114
Lawrence, Middleton
43 Massachusetts Avenue
Andover
44 Merrimac Street, Sutton Street
45 Marston Street
Lawrence
46 MA-110 Merrimac Street
Pleasant Valley
47 MA-213
Methuen, Salem, NH
48 MA-125
Ward Hill, Bradford
49 MA-110, MA-113
River Street
50 MA-97
Haverhill; Salem, NH
51AB MA-125
Haverhill; Plaistow, NH
52 MA-110
Haverhill, Merrimac
53 Broad Street
Merrimac, Merrimacport
54 MA-150
Amesbury
55 (northbound only) East MA-110 to South I-95
Macy Street, Boston
Quotes
"I think a Bostonian would rather go north or south than east to west. There is a sense that anything west of Route 495 needs a passport and currency control." --John Mullin, director of the University of Massachusetts' Center for Economic Development in 1998 [1]
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References
- Boston Globe article quoted in Kurumi.com