Massachusetts Route 107
Route information | ||
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Maintained by MassDOT | ||
Length | 11.9 mi[1] (19.2 km) | |
Existed | 1930–present | |
Major junctions | ||
South end | Route 16 at Revere-Chelsea border | |
North end | Route 1A at Salem-Beverly border | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Massachusetts | |
Counties | Suffolk, Essex | |
Highway system | ||
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Route 107 is a 11.9-mile-long (19.2 km) north–south
state route located along the North Shore of Massachusetts. Route 107 runs from Route 16 in Revere to Route 1A at the Essex Bridge in Salem
.
Route description
Route 107 begins in
Rumney Marsh Reservation as the Salem Turnpike, entering Saugus over the Pines River. It continues as an expressway for roughly 2.2 miles until just before the Saugus River, where the road enters Lynn via the Belden Bly Bridge
.
In Lynn, Route 107 becomes Western Avenue, immediately passing the
Route 129A, running concurrently for approximately half a mile eastward until Route 129A turns southward. The concurrency with Route 129A was the original alignment of Route 129 prior to the creation of Route 129A in 1996. The route crosses Floating Bridge Pond, so named because the original roadway was an actual floating bridge, before entering the city of Salem
.
Route 107 in Salem travels as Highland Avenue, heading uphill and passing the area of
Salem MBTA station, and becomes a limited access route once again as the Bridge Street Bypass. Completed in 2008, this super two section of Route 107 keeps traffic from the MBTA station and other areas of Salem off the busy city streets, following just west of the MBTA commuter tracks before ending at Route 1A at the Salem end of the Veterans Memorial Bridge
over the Danvers River.
Prior to the completion of the Bridge Street Bypass, Route 107's northern end was at the intersection of Bridge Street and Winter Street, north of Salem Commons, where Route 1A turns from Winter Street to Bridge Street northbound. Because of the moving of the northern end, the route was lengthened from 11.29 miles (18.17 km) to 11.9 miles (19.2 km).[2]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Suffolk | Revere | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 16 (Revere Beach Parkway) – Everett, Somerville, Winthrop | Southern terminus |
1.5 | 2.4 | Bates Circle – Rotary intersection | |||
Essex | Lynn | 5.7 | 9.2 | Route 129 | |
6.4 | 10.3 | Beginning of concurrency with Route 129A | |||
7.0 | 11.3 | Route 129A east – Swampscott, Marblehead | End of concurrency with Route 129A | ||
Salem | 10.9 | 17.5 | Route 114 – Marblehead, Danvers | ||
11.9 | 19.2 | Route 1A – Swampscott, Lynn | Northern terminus; southern end of Essex Bridge | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- 19th-century turnpikes in Massachusetts
References
- ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2007 Road Inventory
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
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