Massachusetts Route 128
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Route 128, known as the Yankee Division Highway, is an expressway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts maintained by the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning 57 miles (92 km), it is one of two beltways (the other being Interstate 495) around Boston, and is known as the "inner" beltway, especially around areas where it is 15 miles (25 km) or less outside of Boston. The route's current southern terminus is at the junction of I-95 and I-93 in Canton, and it is concurrent with I-95 around Boston for 37.5 miles (60.4 km) before it leaves the interstate and continues on its own in a northeasterly direction towards Cape Ann. The northern terminus lies in Gloucester a few hundred feet from the Atlantic Ocean. All but the northernmost 3 miles are a freeway, with the remainder being an expressway. Its concurrency with I-95 makes up most of its length.
Originally designated in 1927 along a series of surface streets, Route 128 provided a circumferential route around the city of Boston. The original route extended from the seaport of
Over time, the southern terminus was truncated twice.
- Circa 1965, a policy of limiting each road to one route number led to a decision to drop the designation of Route 128 from the Southeast Expressway and to redesignate the orphaned segment from Exit 35 (old exit 14) of the Southeast Expressway to the terminus in Hull as Route 228 - but with its designated directions reversed to reflect the actual geographical direction of the new route. This shifted the southern terminus of Route 128 to the Braintree Split.[citation needed]
- Circa 1997, the same policy led to removal of the designation of Route 128 from the segment of the Yankee Division Highway between the Braintree Split and the junction with the southern segment of I-95 in Canton, which had been designated as I-93. (This plan also would have removed the designation of Route 128 from the segment between the junction with the southern segment of I-95 in Canton and the junction with the northern segment of I-95 in Peabody; however, this was rescinded because it would have orphaned the Route 128 railroad station, on the border of Westwood and Dedham, and adjacent to the portion of the highway just to the northwest of the Canton interchange.) However, that segment retains the "Yankee Division Highway" name.[citation needed]
However, twenty years later, the entire segment of the highway is still called "Route 128" even in traffic reports on radio and television in local parlance, often causing considerable confusion for uninitiated visitors to the area.
In local culture, "Route 128" is generally recognized as the demarcation between the more-urban inner suburbs and the less-densely-developed suburbs surrounding the city of Boston. It also approximately delimits the region served by the
Route description
Concurrency with Interstate 95 (Canton – Peabody)
Route 128 begins in the south in Norfolk County, at the interchange with I-93, I-95, and US 1 in Canton. It immediately begins as a freeway. Until the 1990s, its southern terminus was located at the junction of I-93, US 1, and Route 3 (the Braintree Split) in Braintree. At this present-day terminus, 128 is concurrent with I-95, and follows the mileage-based exit numbering scheme used by I-95 as it enters Massachusetts from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It also begins a wrong-way concurrency with US 1; as 128 and I-95 are signed traveling north, US 1 is signed traveling south, and vice versa. US 1 splits onto its own roadbed at exit 29 (old exit 15) in Dedham.
The decision to route Interstate 95 through Route 128
In response to the outcome of the 1970 Boston Transportation Planning Review, Massachusetts focused federal highway funding on public mass transportation rather than building new highways through Boston and the inner suburbs ("inside of Highway 128"), cancelling plans for completion of a northeast Expressway and construction of a southwest Expressway to carry I-95 through downtown Boston. This policy cascaded into designation of the segment of the Yankee Division Highway between the existing I-95 junction in Canton and the new I-95 junction in Peabody as I-95 rather than building a new highway to complete the connection, coupled with a decision to extend I-93 southward along the Central Artery and John Fitzgerald Expressway and onto the southern end of the Yankee Division Highway to the I-95 junction in Canton. After completion of the I-95/Highway 128 interchange in Peabody in 1988, the State Highway Department changed the numbers of all exits south of the newly completed junction to those of the respective interstate highway designations. Since then, the highway has had three sets of exit numbers: I-93 exits 7 through 1 from the southern terminus to the I-95 junction in Canton, I-95 exits 26 through 64 (old exits 12 through 45) from the I-95 junction in Canton to the I-95 junction in Peabody, and the original Route 128 exits 37 through 55 (old exits 29 through 12) from the I-95 junction in Peabody to the northern terminus. The interchange with I-93 in Woburn, which was Route 128 Exit 37 before the renumbering, became I-93 Exit 37 (now exit 28) in the renumbering and thus coincidentally retained its number until the switchover with the mileage-based system in 2021. Along with other highways in the Commonwealth, exits were renumbered with a mileage-based system in 2021.[3]
As a result of this political decision, about two thirds of Route 128 runs in tandem with I-95 from Canton north to Peabody, and after I-95 splits off and continues north from Peabody toward New Hampshire, 128 runs eastward on its own right of way from Peabody to Gloucester. The I-95 and I-93 signage were added in the mid-1970s when plans to construct I-95 through Boston, directly connecting the two I-95/Highway 128 interchanges, were cancelled leaving a gap filled using 128. An unused cloverleaf in Canton, partially removed circa 1977, was one of the leftover structures from this plan as well as the existing expressway (part of US 1 since 1989).
The decision to reroute I-95 onto Highway 128 rather than building a new highway inside of 128 has contributed to three significant problems.
- At the junction in Canton, I-95 northbound uses the original cloverleaf, which is fairly tight, to transition from the southern segment to the Yankee Division Highway. More than a few unsuspecting truckers have entered the cloverleaf at full highway speed and thus managed to flip over their rigs. As a result, the cloverleaf has been referred to as "Dead Man's Curve" to locals.
- The I-95 overhead traffic also has become a major contributor to congestion on the segment of the highway known as I-95.
- The Southeast Expressway, as the only highway coming into Boston from the south, carries more than double its capacity on a daily basis. The highway is prone to some of the worst traffic in the region, as all traffic from south of the city (coming from three different highways) must merge onto this one route.
The political decision not to build new highways inside of Route 128 also led to abandonment of plans to extend the U.S. Route 3 freeway from its current interchange with the Yankee Division Highway in Burlington to a junction with Route 2 in Lexington as originally planned. This decision caused a temporary reroute of U.S. Route 3 onto the Yankee Division Highway, but in the opposite direction, to connect with its original route, one interchange to the north of the current junction, to become permanent.
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The area along the western part of Highway 128 is home to a number of high-technology firms and corporations. This part of 128 was dubbed "America's Technology Highway", and signs marking it that way were put in place beginning in October 1982. Two years later, those blue signs were changed to read "America's Technology Region" after complaints from veterans groups that noted the highway already had a name: the Yankee Division Highway,[4] a name bestowed in 1941 in honor of the U.S. Army unit first formed in Boston in 1917.[5]
Northern end (Peabody – Gloucester)
The segment of the highway that still carries the sole designation as Route 128, which is four lanes of freeway for most of its length, was not originally built as a freeway. Many junctions in this segment were constructed as
History
Surface roads and south Circumferential Highway
As designated in 1927, the original Route 128, called the "Circumferential Highway," followed existing roadways from Gloucester to Hull through Boston's suburbs. The first (northernmost) segment of the present controlled-access highway, which is still just four lanes wide, opened in 1951.[7] Construction progressed southward. The final (southernmost) segment, originally built as the present eight-lane highway that spliced into the John Fitzgerald Expressway (then Route 3 for its entire length, and popularly also known as the Southeast Expressway) at a wye junction now[when?] known as the Braintree Split in Braintree. This segment, which opened in 1960, replaced a two-lane undivided road to complete the first circumferential highway around any major city.
Upon completion of the final segment of the Yankee Division Highway, the agency then known as the
In 1965, the Massachusetts Highway Department truncated Route 128 at the Braintree Split and redesignated the non-freeway section of Route 128 from Route 3 through Hingham and Hull as Route 228, with its direction reversed to reflect the actual geographical direction of that segment of the route. This action ended the concurrent route designation on the John Fitzgerald Expressway.
In the wake of a political decision not to complete the Northeast Expressway and to construct a Southwest Expressway to connect
Despite no longer officially carrying the designation, the section of the Yankee Division Highway between Braintree and Canton is popularly called Route 128 within Massachusetts.[8] However, signage for Route 128 has gradually disappeared from the segment designated as I-95 as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation has replaced signage along that segment of the road and on the intersecting roads.
At its current southern terminus, Route 128 begins running
Route 128 was assigned by 1927[9] along local roads, running from Route 138 in Milton around the west side of Boston to Route 107 (Essex Street or Bridge Street) in Salem. Its route was as follows:
Town/City | Streets |
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Milton | Milton Street |
Boston | Neponset Valley Parkway, Milton Street |
Dedham | Milton Street, High Street, Common Street, West Street |
Needham | Dedham Avenue, Highland Avenue |
Newton | Needham Street, Winchester Street, Centre Street, Walnut Street, Crafts Street, Waltham Street |
Waltham | High Street, Newton Street, Main Street ( U.S. Route 20 ), Lexington Street
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Lexington | Waltham Street, Route 225 ), Woburn Street
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Woburn | Lexington Street, Pleasant Street, Montvale Avenue |
Stoneham | Montvale Avenue, Main Street ( Route 28 ), Elm Street
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Wakefield | Albion Street, North Avenue, Water Street, Vernon Street, New Salem Street, Salem Street |
Lynnfield | Salem Street |
Peabody | Lynnfield Street, Washington Street, Main Street |
Salem | Boston Street |
By 1928, it had been extended east to
Town | Streets |
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Quincy | Washington Street, Hancock Street, Adams Street |
Milton | Adams Street, Centre Street, Canton Avenue, Dollar Lane |
The first section of the new Circumferential Highway, in no way the
- Royall Street from west of Route 138 to east of Green Street (Canton)
- Green Lodge Street from Royall Street (cut off by Route 128) to Route 128 Station(Canton and Westwood)
- Greendale Avenue from Lyons Street and Common Street just south of the Charles River to Hunting Avenue (Dedham and Needham)
- Fremont Street north from Highland Avenue (Needham)
- Reservoir Street from Central Avenue to Route 9 (Needham and Wellesley)[11]
From Route 138 in Canton east through the Blue Hills Reservation in Canton, Milton, Quincy and Braintree, Norfolk County acquired a right-of-way in 1927[12] and built the Blue Hill River Road. This tied into West Street in northwest Braintree, which itself had been taken over by the county in 1923.[13]
West Street led to
The rest of the new highway, from Route 37 east to
By 1933,
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Hingham | Derby Street (realigned during construction of Massachusetts Route 3, with two segments of original alignment becoming Old
Derby Street)) |
Weymouth | Ralph Talbot Street, Park Avenue, Columbian Street |
Braintree | Columbian Street, Grove Street, Washington Street ( Route 37), Franklin Street (Route 37), West Street, ] closed) (see Quincy)
Blue Hill River Road (now[when? |
Quincy | Blue Hill River Road (now[when?] closed; current highway uses its right-of-way) |
Milton | Blue Hill River Road, Hillside Street |
Canton | Blue Hill River Road, Royall Street, Green Lodge Street (cut by the Route 128/ Interstate 95 interchange )
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Westwood | Blue Hill Drive (cut by Route 128 Station , and later upgraded on the spot as northbound Route 128)
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Dedham and Westwood | upgraded on the spot as northbound Route 128 (under median
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Needham | Greendale Avenue, Hunting Road, southbound Route 128 under Highland Avenue, Reservoir Street |
Wellesley | inside the present Route 9 interchange
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At the same time as Route 128 was extended along the new Circumferential Highway, it was extended further into
"America's Technology Highway"
In 1955, Business Week ran an article titled "New England Highway Upsets Old Way of Life" and referred to Route 128 as "the Magic Semicircle". By 1958, it needed to be widened from four to six lanes, and business growth continued, often driven by technology out of
Future and improvements
Add-A-Lane project
The $315 million MassDOT Highway Division project has widened the existing 14.3-mile (23.0 km) six-lane section of highway to eight lanes from north of Route 9 in Wellesley to Route 24 in Randolph. The project consists of adding a lane on the inside of each carriageway, complete with a 10-foot inside shoulder. The existing 1950s bridges, 22 in total, also were replaced. The project also included construction of a new two-lane ramp from Route 128 to I-95 in Canton and installation of a new interchange at Kendrick Street in Needham, designated as Exit 35 A (old exit 19A) with the ramps to Highland Avenue become Exits 35 B and 35 C (old exits 19B and 19C).
During the initial construction of Route 128, a provision had already been made for a fourth lane within the widely spaced median along the 1.5-mile (2.5 km) length of Route 128 running from just north of the U.S. Route 1 interchange in Dedham, Massachusetts, north-westwards to the Route 109 interchange, and this will finally be used for the Add-A-Lane project.
Construction on phase 1 was officially completed in October 2009. Construction of phase 2 of the project began in summer 2006. This phase of the project consisted of the replacement of the Route 1 and Route 1A bridges over Route 128 in Dedham along with the road widening between Exits 27 and 29 (old exits 13 and 15) (US 1). Construction of four sound barriers between the US 1 and I-95 interchanges were also included. This phase was completed in the Spring of 2011.
Construction on phase 3, begun in April 2009, widened I-93/US 1 to 4 lanes in each direction from Route 24 to the I-95 interchange. Phase 4 of the Project, which began in March 2011, is replacing seven bridges and widens Route 128 (I-95) to four lanes in each direction from Route 109 to south of Highland Avenue in Needham. The southeastern freeway (Pilgrims Highway) that extends from Braintree to Cape Cod, MA Route 3, is also in the process of undergoing a similar "add-a-lane" project for much of its own 42 mile length.
Construction on the sixth and final[23] segment in Needham and Wellesley began in January 2015, and included wider bridges and more auxiliary lanes and a new collector road.[24] Major road construction ended in October 2018, and the project wrapped up with painting and landscaping in the spring of 2019.[25]
Sign upgrade projects on Route 128
Over the last fifteen or so years, the state has funded a number of highway sign resigning projects on Route 128 that are replacing the 25-year-old signs with new exit, regulatory and route signs. Starting in 1998 and continuing through 2002, signs were replaced through a $1.1 million project between Reading and Lynnfield. Progress continued in 2005 and 2006 during a $2.2 million project which replaced the signs on from Peabody to Gloucester, and continued with a $1.4 million project in 2008 and 2009 that replaced signs in Peabody and the remaining ones in Lynnfield. A $2.9 million federal stimulus project helped replace exit and highway signs in 2010 and 2011 along Route 128/I-95 from US-3 in Lexington to I-93 in Reading.
A project begun in the Fall of 2012 and completed in the Fall of 2015, replaced exit & guide signs on Route 128/I-95 from Route 9 (Exit 36, old exit 20) in Wellesley to Routes 4/225 (Exit 49, old exit 31) in Lexington and, as part of the Add-A-Lane project discussed above, new signs were put up along a section of the I-95/Route 128 project completed in 2015 from Great Plain Avenue in Needham to Route 109 in Dedham.[26] New signage was put up between I-95 and US 1 in 2010 and most of the signage between I-95 and Route 24 (on I-93/US 1) has been replaced by the end of 2011. Future projects will replace the signs on I-95 (south of Route 128) between the Rhode Island Border and the interchange with I-93, US 1, and Route 128 in Canton in 2018 and (along I-95/Route 128) between I-93 in Reading and US 1 in Peabody in 2019. New mileage markers were placed every 2/10 of a mile along the highway in 2010 (except for the area covered by the widening project) for I-93 between Braintree and Canton and I-95/Route 128 from Canton to Peabody. New markers put along Route 128 (north of I-95) from Peabody to Gloucester reflect the state highway's total mileage from Canton, indicating MassDOT's change of heart in decommissioning the route where it shares the road with I-95. The previous mile markers (reflected in the exit list below) had mile 0 in Peabody.
Monorail proposal
In 2015, the mayor of the City of Waltham, Jeannette McCarthy, noted that traffic is exceeding the capacity of Route 128 and proposed that communities located along the highway jointly consider a plan of establishing a form of monorail to add further mass transit options to businesses along the Route 128 corridor.[27][28]
Exit list
The exit numbers along the I-93 portion of the Yankee Division Highway (indicated by an asterisk in the table below because that segment of the highway is no longer officially part of Route 128) are in accordance with Interstate 93's exit numbering scheme in Massachusetts. Exit numbers along the I-95/Route 128 overlap portion are in accordance to the I-95 exit numbering scheme in Massachusetts. The stretch north of I-95, as well as the rest of the length before I-95 exit numbering was applied, previously had decreasing exit numbers traveling northbound, contrary to almost all highways in the US with numbered exits. Route 128 currently has 18 numbered interchanges, which previously started at 37 (old exit 29) (southbound) and continued downwards to old exit 9 (former Exit 27, an at-grade intersection, was removed, and the last two exits are at-grade intersections). However, upon Massachusetts switching to mileage-based exit numbers, the exit numbers now abide by standard numbering rules.[29][30] The new numbers along the stretch of highway north of I-95 increase from 37 in Peabody to 55 in Gloucester, with the traffic circles and at-grade intersections no longer receiving numbers.[31] On January 27, 2021, MassDOT announced that renumbering the exits along Route 128 will start on February 3 and will go on for two weeks, but it was delayed until February 11 due to weather and a delay on renumbering the exits along US Route 3.[32]
County | Location | mi | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Providence, RI | Southern terminus of I-95 / US 1 concurrency I-95 Southbound "Exit 26 (old exit 12)" is continuation of Yankee Division Highway as I-93 / US 1 North rather than I-95 ramp; Exit numbers follow I-95 | ||||||
Dedham | 0.6 | 0.97 | 13 | 27 | University Avenue – MBTA / Amtrak Station | ||
Westwood | 1.9 | 3.1 | 14 | 28 | East Street / Canton Street | ||
Dedham | 2.6 | 4.2 | 15 | 29 | US 1 south to Route 1A – Norwood, Dedham | Northern terminus of US 1 concurrency; signed as exits 29A (Route 1A) and 29B (US 1) | |
4.1 | 6.6 | 16 | 31 | Route 109 – Dedham, Westwood | Signed as exits 31A (east) and 31B (west) | ||
5.6 | 9.0 | 17 | 32 | Route 135 west – Needham, Natick | Norfolk County Correctional Center is in the median of Route 128; eastern terminus of Route 135 | ||
West Roxbury | |||||||
8.8 | 14.2 | 19 | 35 | Kendrick Street / Highland Avenue – Newton Highlands, Needham | Signed as exits 35A (Kendrick), 35B (Newton Highlands) and 35C (Needham) | ||
Boston, Framingham, Worcester | Split into exits 36A (east) and 36B (west) | ||||||
Middlesex | Newton | 11.2 | 18.0 | 21 | 37 | Route 16 – Newton, Wellesley | Signed as exits 37A (east) and 37B (west) southbound |
11.6 | 18.7 | 22 | 38 | Grove Street – MBTA Station | |||
Weston | 12.0 | 19.3 | 23 | – | Recreation Road | Northbound exit and entrance; planned to be closed within the next two years as part of a proposed development project | |
12.3– 12.5 | 19.8– 20.1 | 24-25 | 39 | Signed as exits 39A (Route 30) and 39B (I-90); exit 123A on I-90 / Mass Pike | |||
Waltham | 14.5 | 23.3 | 26 | 41 | US 20 – Waltham, Weston | To Route 117 | |
16.3 | 26.2 | 27 | 43 | Third Avenue / Totten Pond Road / Winter Street | Northbound signage - exits 43A (Third) and 43B (Totten Pond/Winter) Southbound signage - exits 43A (Totten Pond/Third) and 43B (Winter) | ||
17.6 | 28.3 | 28 | 44 | Trapelo Road – Belmont, Lincoln | Signed as exits 44A (Belmont) and 44B (Lincoln) northbound | ||
Signed as exits 45A (east) and 45B (west); exits 127A-B on Route 2 | |||||||
19.6 | 31.5 | 30 | 46 | East Lexington, Concord | Signed as exits 46A (east) and 46B (west); to Hanscom Field via exit 46B | ||
21.8 | 35.1 | 31 | 49 | Route 4 / Route 225 – Lexington, Bedford | Signed as exits 49A (south/east) and 49B (north/west) | ||
Southern terminus of US 3 wrong-way concurrency; signed as exits 50A (US 3) and 50B (Middlesex); exits 72A-B on US 3 | |||||||
24.8 | 39.9 | 33 | 51 | Northern terminus of US 3 concurrency; signed as exits 51A (south) and 51B (north) | |||
25.7 | 41.4 | 34 | 52 | Winn Street – Woburn, Burlington | |||
Woburn | 26.8 | 43.1 | 35 | 53 | Route 38 – Woburn, Wilmington | ||
28.4 | 45.7 | 36 | 54 | Washington Street – Woburn, Reading | |||
Boston, Concord, NH | Signed as exits 55A (south) and 55B (north); exits 28A-B on I-93 | ||||||
29.6 | 47.6 | 38 | 56 | Route 28 – Stoneham, Reading | Signed as exits 56A (south) and 56B (north) | ||
Wakefield | 30.8 | 49.6 | 39 | 57 | North Avenue – Reading, Wakefield | ||
31.6 | 50.9 | 40 | 58 | Wakefield Center, Wilmington | |||
Lynnfield Center, Wakefield | |||||||
Middlesex | Wakefield | 33.9 | 54.6 | 42 | 60 | Salem Street – Wakefield | |
Essex | Lynnfield | 34.5 | 55.5 | 43 | 61 | Walnut Street – Saugus, Lynnfield | |
35.9 | 57.8 | 44 | 63 | Boston, Danvers | Signed as exits 63A (south/west) and 63B (north/east) northbound; Route 129 not signed southbound | ||
I-95 north – Portsmouth, NH | Northern terminus of I-95 concurrency | ||||||
38.4 | 61.8 | 28 | 38 | Forest Street / Centennial Drive | |||
39.0 | 62.8 | 26 | 39 | Lowell Street – Peabody Square, Salem | |||
39.7 | 63.9 | 25 | 40 | West Peabody | Signed as exits 40A (east) and 40B (west) | ||
Danvers | 40.4 | 65.0 | 24 | 41 | Endicott Street | ||
41.2 | 66.3 | 23 | 42 | Route 35 – Salem, Danvers | |||
41.8 | 67.3 | 22 | 43 | Route 62 – Beverly, Middleton | |||
42.5 | 68.4 | 21 | 44 | Trask Lane – Folly Hill | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
21 | 44 | Conant Street – Industrial Park | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
Beverly | 43.5 | 70.0 | 20 | 45 | Route 1A – Beverly, Hamilton | Signed as exits 45A (south) and 45B (north) | |
44.2 | 71.1 | 19 | 46 | Sohier Road / Brimbal Avenue – Montserrat, North Beverly | No direct access from Route 128 south to Sohier Road | ||
45.3 | 72.9 | 18 | 47 | Route 22 – Essex, Beverly | Exit ramps are known as Old Essex Street, which are two-way residential streets that were once Route 22 before Route 128 was completed | ||
Wenham | 47.4 | 76.3 | 17 | 48 | Grapevine Road – Beverly Farms, Wenham | ||
Manchester, Magnolia | |||||||
50.4 | 81.1 | 15 | 50 | School Street – Manchester | |||
Gloucester | 53.5 | 86.1 | 14 | 53 | Route 133 – West Gloucester, Essex | ||
54.2 | 87.2 | 13 | 54 | Concord Street – Wingaersheek Beach | |||
54.8 | 88.2 | 12 | 55 | Crafts Road – Rust Island | |||
56.0 | 90.1 | Northern end of freeway section | |||||
11 | – | Route 127 south (Washington Street) – Gloucester, Annisquam | Grant Circle; northern terminus of Route 127 | ||||
56.8 | 91.4 | – | – | Dory Road / Gloucester School Road | Blackburn Circle | ||
57.6 | 92.7 | 10 | – | At-grade intersection | |||
57.8 | 93.0 | 9 | – | At-grade intersection | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Notes
- ^ In practice, however, the MBTA's heavy-/light-rail network approaches or reaches Route 128 in only two places, with most of its lines terminating far within the beltway; former plans to extend more rapid-transit lines outwards to the vicinity of Route 128 were scuttled by local NIMBYs or lack of funding.
References
- Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
- ^ "MassMoments: Route 128 Opens Boston's High-Tech Age." Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Accessed 05-18-2010.
- ^ "New MassDOT Exit Renumbering".
- ^ Voorhis, Scott Van. "How 'bout a sign for the times?". Boston.com. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- ^ "1941 Senate Bill 0387. An Act Designating A Certain Highway As The Yankee Division Highway". Massachusetts. General Court. Senate. 1941.
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- ^ Herwick III, Edgar (August 28, 2015). "Route 128, Once Known As 'Road To Nowhere,' Had A Traffic Jam The Day It Opened". WGBH. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Chesto, John (August 13, 2012). "Despite federal and state agencies' efforts, a road by any other name is still Route 128". Wicked Local. GateHouse Media. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ 1927 Rand McNally Boston and vicinity map
- Massachusetts Department of Public Worksfor the New England Affairs Bureau, Boston Chamber of Commerce
- MassHighwaystate highway layout plans:
- Canton: 2807 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (July 14, 1931)
- Westwood: 2808 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (July 14, 1931); 2831 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (October 13, 1931)
- Dedham: 2806 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (July 14, 1931); 2833 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (October 13, 1931)
- Needham: 1832 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (October 13, 1931); 2858 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (December 22, 1931)
- Wellesley: 2857 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (December 22, 1931)
- (June 24, 1919)
- (September 4, 1917)
- MassHighwaystate highway layout plans:
- Hingham: 2604 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (September 3, 1929)
- Weymouth: plan 2603 is missing
- Braintree: 2602 Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (September 3, 1929)
- ^ 1933 General Drafting Boston and vicinity map
- ^ 1937 Massachusetts Department of Public Works map of Hull
- ^ "Technically, It's Still Route 128" Archived 2013-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, route128history.org
- ^ Bryan Marquard (6 July 2021). "Gerald W. Blakeley Jr., visionary developer of Boston's 'high-tech highway,' dies at 100". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "BOSTON'S ROUTE 128: COMPLEMENTING SILICON VALLEY", August 1997, Businessweek
- ^ "Route 128: Birthplace of the Digital Age" Archived 2013-06-28 at archive.today, July 6, 2010, http://bizcloudnetwork.com Archived 2013-05-09 at archive.today
- MassDOT. "Needham-Wellesley I-95 Add-A-Lane". Archived from the originalon 2019-08-27.
- ^ MassDOT's Add-A-Lane Project in Needham Will Improve Traffic Flow
- ^ Adam Vaccaro (October 26, 2018). "The long and grueling Add-a-Lane project on Route 128 is almost over". The Boston Globe.
- ^ See photos of the new signage on the I-95 in Mass. Photo Page
- ^ Acitelli, Tom (March 22, 2016). "Five Boston Transportation Projects That Need to Hurry Up and Arrive". Curbed. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ Rosenberg, Steven A. (January 4, 2015). "Brockton, Lawrence, Waltham have development wish list for Charlie Baker". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2015). "COMMBUYS - Bid Solicitation FAP# HSIP-002S(874) Exit Signage Conversion to Milepost-Based Numbering System along Various Interstates, Routes and the Lowell Connector". Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ "Massachusetts Highways Exit Lists". Robert H. Malme. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ Robert H. Malme (2015). "MA 128 Exit List". Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Exit renumbering project moves to part of Route 128 in February". January 27, 2021.
Bibliography
- Susan Rosegrant, David R. Lampe, Route 128: Lessons from Boston's High-Tech Community, Basic Books, 1992, ISBN 0465046398. The story of the Boston high-tech industry, starting from its 19th-century roots.
- Alan R. Earls, Route 128 and the Birth of the Age of High Tech, Arcadia Publishing, 2002, ISBN 9780738510767
- ISBN 9780674753396
- Yanni Tsipis, David Kruh, Building Route 128, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9780738511634
External links
- www
.128bc .org the Route 128 Business Council - bostonroads.com a historical overview
- route128history.org links about the region's tech history
- techcrunch.com The Valley of My Dreams: Why Silicon Valley Left Boston's Route 128 In The Dust
- bambinomusical.com/128 includes a "virtual tour" of the highway's early days and construction, as well as movies of the 1951 opening ceremony