Massachusetts Route 129
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MassDOT | ||||
Length | 34.08 mi[1] (54.85 km) | |||
Existed | 1920s–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Route 4 / Route 110 in Chelmsford | |||
East end | Route 114 in Marblehead | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Massachusetts | |||
Counties | Middlesex, Essex | |||
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Route 129 is a 34.08-mile-long (54.85 km) east–west
Route description
Route 129 begins at
After crossing I-93, Route 129 heads into
In Lynnfield, Route 129 leaves Route 1 at the Lynnfield Tunnel, a traffic landmark just south of I-95 and Route 128. Just east of this point, Route 129 enters Goodwin Circle, which provides access to all three highways via a connector road. Immediately after leaving the circle, Route 129 enters the city of
In Swampscott, Route 129 follows along King's Beach, above Black Will's Cliff and then along Fisherman's Beach before turning more inland, bypassing the Phillips Point neighborhood before coming close to the ocean once again in the Beach Bluff neighborhood as it enters Marblehead. Once in Marblehead, Route 129 continues along Atlantic Avenue before finally terminating at the corner of Atlantic and Ocean, where it meets the eastern end of Route 114. Atlantic Avenue continues into downtown Marblehead from this point, while Ocean Avenue heads across a short isthmus onto Marblehead Neck.
History
Route 129 (which was likely formed sometime in the 1920s) was originally a shorter route that only existed between Wilmington and Lynn, expanding to Marblehead by 1933 and to Chelmsford sometime in 1939.[2]
Prior to the construction of the Yankee Division Highway, Route 128 shared a short concurrency with Route 129 in Wakefield, joining the route at the intersection of Water Street and Main Street and leaving at the junction of Vernon Street and Water Street.
In 1996, Route 129 had a realignment in Lynn, with the old route re-designated as
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Middlesex | Chelmsford | 0.00 | 0.00 | Route 4 / Route 110 – Lowell, Lawrence, Bedford, North Chelmsford, Littleton | Western terminus; to I-495 via Route 4 north / Route 110 east; Route 27 via Route 4 south |
2.3 | 3.7 | Exit 79 on US 3; partial cloverleaf interchange | |||
Billerica | 3.5 | 5.6 | Route 3A north | Northern end of Route 3A concurrency | |
4.7 | 7.6 | Route 3A south – Billerica | Southern end of Route 3A concurrency | ||
Wilmington | 10.2 | 16.4 | Route 38 north – Tewksbury | Northern end of Route 38 concurrency | |
11.1 | 17.9 | Route 62 – Burlington, Bedford, North Reading | |||
11.5 | 18.5 | Route 38 south – Woburn | Southern end of Route 38 concurrency | ||
13.2 | 21.2 | Boston, Lawrence, Concord NH | Exit 31 on I-93; partial cloverleaf interchange | ||
Reading | 15.1 | 24.3 | Route 28 | ||
Exit 58 on I-95 / Route 128; rotary interchange | |||||
Boston | Southern end of US 1 concurrency | ||||
Lynnfield | 23.3 | 37.5 | US 1 north – Danvers | Northern end of US 1 concurrency; to I-95 / Route 128 via US 1 north | |
23.9 | 38.5 | To | Goodwin Circle; connector route to I-95 / Route 128 and US 1 | ||
Lynn | 27.0 | 43.5 | Route 129A east – Swampscott, Salem | Western terminus of Route 129A | |
27.9 | 44.9 | Route 107 | |||
28.7 | 46.2 | Route 1A south – Revere | Western end of Route 1A concurrency | ||
29.9 | 48.1 | Route 1A north / Route 129A west – Salem | Eastern end of Route 1A concurrency; eastern terminus of Route 129A | ||
Marblehead | 34.08 | 54.85 | Route 114 west to Route 1A – Salem | Eastern terminus; eastern terminus of Route 114 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Suffixed routes
Location | Lynn |
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Length | 2.48 mi[1] (3.99 km) |
Existed | 1996–present |
Route 129A is an east–west
The route starts where Route 129 leaves its old routing when it enters Lynn, heading southeast. It soon enters into a concurrency with Route 107 and goes northeast, but returns to going southeast when the concurrency ends. Route 129A ends at the end of a concurrency between Routes 1A and 129, when 129 returns to its older route.
References
- ^ a b Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2007 Road Inventory
- ^ "Twenty Changes in Numbered Highway Routes in This State". The North Adams Transcript. April 25, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- Kelley, Neil. "MA 129" (route log entry). Massachusetts Route Log. neilbert.com. Retrieved 2006-06-25.
- Moraseski, Dan. "MA routes 120-129". MA route log. web.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 2004-10-25. Retrieved 2006-06-28. (Wayback Machine archive, original site down)