Interstate 95 (Massachusetts)

This article is about the route of I-95 in the US state of Massachusetts. The entire route is described in article Interstate 95 .

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Basic data
Overall length:	92  mi (148.1  km )
Opening:	1957
Starting point:	I-95 in Pawtucket , Rhode Island
End point:	I-95 in Seabrook , New Hampshire
Counties:	Bristol County Essex County Middlesex County Norfolk County

The Interstate 95 (abbreviated I-95 ) is an Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States , of the Atlantic along by several states from Florida to Maine leads. In Massachusetts , the route begins in Attleboro on the border with Rhode Island and runs in a north or northeast direction first to Canton , where it joins with Route 128 . It continues along the outskirts of the Greater Boston metropolitan area to Peabody , where it separates from Route 128 and branches north towards the Merrimack River . The route eventually goes north of Salisbury into the state of New Hampshire .

Route

From Attleboro to Canton

The I-95 crosses the state line from Pawtucket as a six-lane highway. The first two exits 2A and 2B connect to Massachusetts Route 1A and US Highway 1 . Exit 1 is a southbound exit to US Highway 1 towards Rhode Island . Exits 3 through 5 are into the Attleboro area , with Exit 4 leading to the north end of Interstate 295 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts) .

Exits 6A and 6B at Mansfield connect to Interstate 495 , which curves around Boston and provides access to Worcester , the Massachusetts Turnpike and western Massachusetts and south to Cape Cod . Mansfield is home to the Comcast Center amphitheater owned by Live Nation .

From there, I-95 continues north to Foxborough , where Gillette Stadium can be reached via Exit 9. The interstate then runs through Sharon , Walpole and Norwood before meeting the southern end of Interstate 93 in Canton (exit 12).

From Canton to Peabody (Route 128)

The route identical to Massachusetts Route 128 also begins at the intersection with I-93 . The highway continues through Westwood , Dedham , Needham and Wellesley , where it branches off to Massachusetts Route 9 at exit 20 and expands to 8 lanes. This is followed by the cities of Newton and Weston and a connection to the Massachusetts Turnpike at exit 25.

From there, I-95 turns northeast to Waltham and Lexington, and at Exit 29 connects to the 'oncord Turnpike and Massachusetts Route 2 . At Burlington, I-95 crosses US Highway 3 at Exit 32A and then continues northeast through Woburn and Reading .

There is again a connection to I-93, after which the I-95 again reduced to 6 lanes and in the further course by Wakefield , Lynnfield and Peabody results where the six-lane route 128 at the exit 45 with the aim of Gloucester again from the now only four-lane I-95.

From Peabody to Salisbury

After I-95 exits Route 128, it widens to 8 lanes and continues north through less populated areas of the state. The road leads to the towns of Danvers , Boxford , Georgetown , Rowley , Danvers , Newbury , West Newbury , Newburyport , Amesbury and Salisbury . Traffic density is usually quite low on this approximately 25  mi (40.2  km ) stretch. As part of the renewal of the John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge over the Merrimack River , the distance between exit no. 57 to the junction with I-495 was expanded from 6 to a width of 8 lanes.

The north end of I-495 is a Y-shaped connection to I-95 at exit 59 just before the New Hampshire border . Driving south at this point is via Exit 58 toward Massachusetts Route 110 West, which leads to Exit 55 on I-495. The northernmost exit of I-95 in Massachusetts is number 60 and provides a connection to Amesbury and Massachusetts Route 286 towards Salisbury Beach and Hampton Beach . After an underpass, I-95 crosses the state line to Seabrook (New Hampshire) .

history

This original map from the Yellow Book of 1955 shows the original route from I-95 to I-695 , the then Inner Belt. Today's I-95, on the other hand, leads over what was then the Outer Belt and what is now the Inner Belt (the I-495 leads further outside around the city), which is also shown on the map.

The original plans were to run I-95 through downtown Boston through Readville and along the Southwest Corridor to Roxbury . From there, the plan was to continue east along the Southeast Expressway in South Bay , then north to the Central Artery at the intersection of the Massachusetts Turnpike . From there the connection to the Northeast Expressway in Charlestown along the banks of the Charles River was planned.

However, in 1972, then Governor Francis W. Sargent abandoned all plans for interstate highways within the Massachusetts Route 128 route due to local protests (with the exception of I-93 ). The only sections completed by the predecessor organizations of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation were the Northeast Expressway from Charlestown to Saugus (now part of US Highway 1 ) and the Central Artery , which separates Boston's North End from downtown.

From 1972 to 1974 the new plans provided for the I-95 to run along a northern extension of the Northeast Expressway to Route 128 in the north-west of Danvers . At that time the I-95 officially ran from Canton to Braintree and north along the Southeast Expressway from Braintree to Boston, then followed the Central Artery and continued along the Northeast Expressway in Boston, Chelsea and Revere .

However, when the expansion of the Northeast Expressway between Saugus and Danvers was abandoned in 1974, the route of the I-95 was given its current form. I-93 was extended to meet I-95 in Canton . On the way from the end of the Northeast Expressway to the Saugus River in Saugus , traces of these plans can still be seen today - along the undeveloped route from Saugus to Route 128 there are unused bridges, ramps into nowhere and already straightened, but unpaved roads, which should pick up I-95.

List of exits

county	place	distance	Exit no.	Connection connections	Remarks
Border with Rhode Iceland The I-95 continues to Pawtucket .
Bristol County	Attleboro	0.47  mi (0.8  km )	1	US 1 South ( Broadway ) - Pawtucket	Exit only in south and access only in north direction
		1.21  mi (1.9  km )	2	MA 1A ( Newport Avenue ) and US 1 - South Attleboro , Pawtucket	Designated as exits 2A (south direction) and 2B (north direction)
		4.20  mi (6.8  km )	3	MA 123 - South Attleboro , Attleboro , Norton	Designated as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west) in the south direction
		5.86  mi (9.4  km )	4th	I-295 South - Woonsocket , Warwick	Exit only in the southern direction of travel
	North Attleborough	6.92  mi (11.1  km )	5	MA 152 - North Attleborough , Attleboro	The street is designated as Robert F. Toner Boulevard
	Mansfield	11.59  mi (18.7  km )	6th	I-495 - Worcester , Cape Cod	Designated as exits 6A (south direction) and 6B (north direction)
Norfolk County	Foxborough	12.95  mi (20.8  km )	7th	MA 140 - Foxborough , Mansfield	Designated as exits 7A (south direction) and 7B (north direction)
	Sharon	16.63  mi (26.8  km )	8th	South Main Street and Mechanic Street - Sharon , Foxborough	Designated as South Main Street to the north and both Mechanic Street and South Main Street to the south .
		19.22  mi (30.9  km )	9	US 1 and MA 27 - Walpole , Wrentham and Foxborough
	Walpole	21.05  mi (33.9  km )	10	Coney Street - Sharon , Walpole	Exit only in south and access only in north direction
	Norwood	23.28  mi (37.5  km )	11	Neponset Street - Norwood , Canton	Designated as exits 11A (east direction of travel) and 11B (west direction of travel)
	Canton			Dedham Street	Access only in the south direction
		26.34  mi (42.4  km )	12	I-93 North and US 1 North - Braintree , Boston	South end of the identical course of US 1 / Route 128 / I-95
	Westwood	27.44  mi (44.2  km )	13	University Avenue - MBTA / Amtrak train station	Exit only in the northern direction of travel, there is an additional lane in the southern direction
		28.65  mi (46.1  km )	14th	Canton Street and East Street	Roundabout
		29.32  mi (47.2  km )	15th	US 1 South and MA 1A - Norwood , Dedham	Northern end of the course identical to US 1; designated as exits 15A (to route 1A) and 15B (to US 1)
	Dedham	30.83  mi (49.6  km )	16	MA 109 - Westwood , Dedham	Designated as exits 16A (east driving direction) and 16B (west driving direction)
		32.31  mi (52  km )	17th	MA 135 - Natick , Needham
	Natick , Needham	32.77  mi (52.7  km )	18th	Great Plain Avenue - West Roxbury
		35.54  mi (57.2  km )	19th	Highland Avenue - Needham , Newton Highlands	Designated as exits 19A (east direction of travel) and 19B (west direction of travel)
	Wellesley	36.61  mi (58.9  km )	20th	MA 9 - Framingham , Worcester , Brookline , Boston	Designated as exits 20A (east direction of travel) and 20B (west direction of travel)
Middlesex County	Newton	37.98  mi (61.1  km )	21st	MA 16 - Wellesley , Newton , West Newton , Waban	Designated as exits 21A (east driving direction) and 21B (west driving direction)
		38.32  mi (61.7  km )	22nd	Grove Street - MBTA -Station Riverside
	Weston	38.78  mi (62.4  km )	23	Recreation Road	Exit and access only in a northerly direction of travel
		39.05  mi (62.8  km )	25th	I-90 - Massachusetts Turnpike	In fact, exit 25 is before exit 24 in the north direction
		39.21  mi (63.1  km )	24	MA 30 - Wayland , Newton
	Waltham	41.21  mi (66.3  km )	26th	US 20 - Weston , Waltham	Roundabout
		43.08  mi (69.3  km )	27	Wyman Street , Winter Street , Totten Pond Road - Waltham	Designated as exits 27A (east direction of travel) and 27B (west direction of travel)
		44.34  mi (71.4  km )	28	Trapelo Road - Lincoln , Belmont	Designated as exits 28A (east direction) and 28B (west direction)
	Lexington	45.23  mi (72.8  km )	29	MA 2 - Acton , Fitchburg , Arlington , Cambridge	Designated as exits 29A (east driving direction) and 29B (west driving direction)
		46.29  mi (74.5  km )	30th	MA 2A - Concord , Hanscom Field , East Lexington	Designated as exits 30A (east driving direction) and 30B (west driving direction)
		48.50  mi (78.1  km )	31	MA 4 and MA 225 - Bedford , Lexington	Designated as exits 31A (south / east direction) and 31B (north / west direction)
	Burlington	49.86  mi (80.2  km )	32A	US 3 North - Lowell	Southern end of the same course as US 3
		49.86  mi (80.2  km )	32B	Middlesex Turnpike - Burlington , Arlington
		51.56  mi (83  km )	33	US 3 South and MA 3A - Burlington , Winchester	Northern end of the course identical to US 3; designated as exits 33A (south direction) and 33B (north direction)
		52.43  mi (84.4  km )	34	Winn Street - Burlington , Woburn
	Woburn	53.53  mi (86.1  km )	35	MA 38 - Wilmington , Woburn	Roundabout
		54.92  mi (88.4  km )	36	Washington Street - Reading , Woburn
	Reading	55.51  mi (89.3  km )	37	I-93 - Concord, New Hampshire , Boston	Designated as exits 37A (south travel direction) and 37B (north travel direction)
		56.36  mi (90.7  km )	38	MA 28 - Reading , Stoneham	Designated as exits 38A (south direction) and 38B (north direction)
	Wakefield	57.57  mi (92.6  km )	39	North Avenue - Reading , Wakefield
		58.32  mi (93.9  km )	40	MA 129 - Wilmington , Wakefield	Roundabout
Essex County	Lynnfield	59.09  mi (95.1  km )	41	Main Street - Lynnfield , Wakefield
Middlesex County	Wakefield	60.65  mi (97.6  km )	42	Salem Street - Wakefield
Essex County	Lynnfield	61.30  mi (98.7  km )	43	Walnut Street - Lynnfield , Saugus
		62.69  mi (100.9  km )	44	US 1 and MA 129 - Danvers , Boston	Designated as exits 44A (south / west direction) and 44B (north / east direction)
	Peabody
		64.42  mi (103.7  km )	45	MA 128 North - Gloucester	Northern end of the same course as Route 128
		66.13  mi (106.4  km )	46	US 1 South - Boston	Exit only in south and access only in north direction
	Danvers	67.11  mi (108  km )	47	MA 114 - Middleton , Peabody	Exit in the southern direction of travel via exit 50; designated as exits 47A (east direction of travel) and 47B (west direction of travel)
		67.74  mi (109  km )	48	Center Street - Danvers	Exit and access only in southern driving direction
		68.76  mi (110.7  km )	49	MA 62 - Middleton , Danvers	Exit in the southerly direction of travel via exit 50
		69.65  mi (112.1  km )	50	US 1 - Topsfield
	Boxford	72.06  mi (116  km )	51	Endicott Road - Middleton , Topsfield
		73.76  mi (118.7  km )	52	Topsfield Road - Boxford , Topsfield
		75.98  mi (122.3  km )	53	MA 97 - Georgetown , Topsfield	Designated as exits 53A (south direction) and 53B (north direction)
	Georgetown , Rowley	77.83  mi (125.3  km )	54	MA 133 - Georgetown , Rowley	Designated as exits 54A (east driving direction) and 54B (west driving direction)
	Newbury	81.32  mi (130.9  km )	55	Central Street - Byfield , Newbury
	West Newbury	83.14  mi (133.8  km )	56	Scotland Road - West Newbury , Newbury
	Newburyport	85.82  mi (138.1  km )	57	MA 113 - West Newbury , Newburyport
	Amesbury	87.91  mi (141.5  km )	58	MA 110 - Amesbury , Salisbury	Designated as exits 58A (east driving direction) and 58B (west driving direction)
	Salisbury	88.76  mi (142.8  km )	59	I-495 - Worcester	Exit north via exit 58B
		90.03  mi (144.9  km )	60	MA 286 - Salisbury
State border with New Hampshire , the I-95 continues to Seabrook .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Road Inventory. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, archived from the original on June 20, 2012 ; accessed on October 6, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation, 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Interstate 95 north of Boston
• Interstate 95 just south of Boston