US Highway 1 (Massachusetts)
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Basic data | |
Overall length: | 85.6 mi (137.8 km ) |
Opening: | 1930s |
Starting point: |
US 1 in Pawtucket , Rhode Island |
End point: |
US 1 in Seabrook , New Hampshire |
Important city: | Boston |
The US Highway 1 (short US 1 ) is a Highway , the north-south direction over a total length of 3846 km along the American US east coast by several states from Florida to Maine runs. In Massachusetts , the route begins in the south on the border with Rhode Island in the city of Attleboro and continues north via Boston to the city of Salisbury on the state border with New Hampshire .
The route south of Boston is also known as the Boston-Providence Turnpike , while some sections north of the city are known as the Northeast Expressway and Newburyport Turnpike .
Route
The US 1 crosses the state border from Rhode Island at Attleboro and then runs largely parallel to I-95 through the cities of North Attleborough , Plainville , Wrentham , Foxborough , Walpole , Sharon , Norwood and Westwood .
From there, the route is identical to I-95 to the intersection with I-93 , with which it is identical from Canton to downtown Boston . Directly after crossing the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge , US 1 separates from Interstate 93 and runs over the Tobin Bridge as the Northeast Expressway through the cities of Chelsea , Revere , Malden , Melrose , Saugus and Lynnfield .
From Lynnfield, US 1 again runs parallel to I-95 through Peabody , Danvers , Topsfield , Ipswich , Rowley , Newbury , Newburyport and Salisbury , before crossing the state line into New Hampshire .
history
The US 1 was built in Massachusetts during the 1930s in several sections, with both new routes being built and existing ones being expanded. A large part of the highway was initially two or three lanes in each direction and was only expanded to its current dimensions in the course of the following years. The route leads partially over the former components of the Lower Post Road .
Turnpikes
Most of US 1 consists of the two former toll roads Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike and Newburyport Turnpike . The older roads, to which the turnpikes were designed as bypass roads, now largely form the Massachusetts Route 1A .
Massachusetts Route C1
In the early 1930s, which was Route C1 shown as an alternative route to US 1 through the center of Boston, where the letter "C" for city street (english City route stands) and almost exclusively was used in Boston's environment. The C1 ran along Brookline Avenue , Beacon Street , now Route 28 , Charles Street , Lowell Street , Merrimac Street and Cross Street to the west end of the Sumner Tunnel .
In East Boston , the route continued on Porter Street and Chelsea Street on today's Route 1A . With the opening of Storrow Drive and the Central Artery in the 1950s, the C1 was relocated so that it partly ran on these new streets. In 1971, the C1 was dissolved, with the part south of the Charles River essentially assigned to US 1 and the part north of the river was largely assigned to Route 1A. The route of the US 1 was later shifted to the Southeast Expressway , so that today the former route of the C1 south of the river no longer has any numbering.
Relocation of the route in Boston
US 1 was a replacement for the originally planned route of I-95 along the Northeast Expressway north of the city center in the city of Boston until the 1970s . In the late 1980s, US 1 was moved to I-93 in anticipation of the 1994 World Cup , leaving the old route over VFW Parkway , Jamaicaway , Riverway and Storrow Drive through Dedham , Brookline , West Roxbury and other Boston neighborhoods has not been numbered since then.
Northeast Expressway
The Northeast Expressway is located north of downtown Boston and runs from the intersection of I-93 and US 1 in Charlestown over the Mystic River through Chelsea and Revere . While it is elevated at the beginning, it runs at ground level from north Chelsea and ends at the border between Revere and Saugus .
Originally the plans were to extend the road north from Saugus via Lynn and Lynnfield to Peabody , to end at what is now the junction between I-95 and Route 128 in Peabody. From 1955 to 1973, the line was designated as I-95 in anticipation of the expansion that ultimately never took place.
List of exits
county | place | distance | Connection connections | Remarks |
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Border with Rhode Iceland The US 1 continues to Pawtucket . |
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Bristol County | Attleboro | 0.3 mi (0.5 km ) | I-95 | Exit only in south and access only in north direction |
1.8 mi (2.9 km ) | MA 123 | |||
2.0 mi (3.2 km ) | MA 1A South | Start of the (not signposted) identical course to route 1A | ||
North Attleborough | 4.0 mi (6.4 km ) | I-295 | ||
5.2 mi (8.4 km ) | MA 120 | East end of Route 120 | ||
7.4 mi (11.9 km ) | MA 1A North | End of the (not signposted) identical course with route 1A | ||
Norfolk County | Plainville | 8.4 mi (13.5 km ) | MA 106 | |
10.0 mi (16.1 km ) | MA 152 | North end of Route 152 | ||
10.6 mi (17.1 km ) | I-495 | |||
Foxborough | 13.6 mi (21.9 km ) | MA 140 | No direct connection to Route 140 | |
Sharon | 18.3 mi (29.5 km ) | I-95 | Exit only in south and access only in north direction | |
18.4 mi (29.6 km ) | I-95 | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
Walpole | 19.1 mi (30.7 km ) | MA 27 | ||
Westwood | 25.9 mi (41.7 km ) | I-95 / MA 128 | Start of the identical course with I-95 / Route 128 | |
26.6 mi (42.8 km ) | Canton Street , East Street | Roundabout | ||
Dedham | 27.8 mi (44.7 km ) | University Avenue / MBTA and Amtrak stations | ||
Canton | 28.2 mi (45.4 km ) | I-93 / I-95 / MA 128 | Beginning of the identical route with I-93 at its southern end. End of the identical course with I-95 and Route 128. |
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29.6 mi (47.6 km ) | MA 138 - Stoughton , Milton | |||
Milton | 30.8 mi (49.6 km ) | Ponkapoag Trail , Houghton's Pond | ||
Randolph | 31.7 mi (51 km ) | MA 24 South - Stoughton , Milton | Fall River Expressway / Amvets Highway | |
32.4 mi (52.1 km ) | MA 28 - Randolph , Milton | |||
Braintree | 34.6 mi (55.7 km ) | MA 37 - West Quincy , Braintree , Holbrook | ||
35.3 mi (56.8 km ) | MA 3 South - Braintree , Cape Cod | Access from Route 3 only in the north and exit onto Route 3 only in the south | ||
Quincy | 36.4 mi (58.6 km ) | Furnace Brook Parkway - Quincy | ||
Milton | 37.5 mi (60.4 km ) | Bryant Avenue - West Quincy | Exit only in south and access only in north direction | |
37.6 mi (60.5 km ) | Adams Street - Milton , North Quincy | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
37.8 mi (60.8 km ) | Squantum Street - Milton | Only exit in the southern direction of travel | ||
39.1 mi (62.9 km ) | Granite Avenue - East Milton | Exit only in south and access only in north direction | ||
39.1 mi (62.9 km ) | MA 203 / Granite Avenue - Ashmont | Designated as exit 11 in the north direction. No access to the north. |
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Suffolk County | Boston | 40.0 mi (64.4 km ) | MA 3A South - Neponset , Quincy | Exit only in south and access only in north direction |
40.8 mi (65.7 km ) | Freeport Street - Dorchester | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
41.1 mi (66.1 km ) | Morrissey Boulevard - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
42.6 mi (68.6 km ) | Columbia Road - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum | |||
43.3 mi (69.7 km ) | Southampton Street | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
43.7 mi (70.3 km ) | Frontage Road , Massachusetts Avenue - Roxbury | |||
44.5 mi (71.6 km ) | I-90 East - Logan International Airport , Worcester | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
44.5 mi (71.6 km ) | I-90 West / Albany Street - Boston South Station , Chinatown | Exit only in south and access only in north direction. At the same time access via I-90 onto I-93 North. |
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45.6 mi (73.4 km ) | Purchase Street | No exit in the north direction | ||
45.9 mi (73.9 km ) | Government Center | Designated as exit No. 23 in the north direction | ||
46.1 mi (74.2 km ) | MA 1A North - Logan International Airport | Exit only in south and access only in north direction | ||
46.3 mi (74.5 km ) | MA 3 North / MA 28 Storrow Drive - Cambridge , Boston North Station | Northern end of the identical course with route 3 | ||
46.5 mi (74.8 km ) | I-93 | End of the identical course with the I-93 | ||
Chelsea | 48.4 mi (77.9 km ) | Beacon Street , Everett Avenue | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | |
49.0 mi (78.9 km ) | Fourth Street | Only exit in a northerly direction | ||
49.3 mi (79.3 km ) | Fifth Street | Access only in the south direction | ||
49.7 mi (80 km ) | Sixth Street | Access only in a northerly direction | ||
49.9 mi (80.3 km ) | Carter Street | Exit and access only in southern driving direction | ||
50.1 mi (80.6 km ) | MA 16 West | Access from Route 16 to US 1 only in a southerly direction | ||
50.3 mi (81 km ) | Webster Street | Only exit in a northerly direction | ||
50.5 mi (81.3 km ) | MA 16 | Exit and access only in a northerly direction of travel | ||
Revere | 50.8 mi (81.8 km ) | MA 16 | Exit and access only in southern driving direction | |
51.8 mi (83.4 km ) | Sargent Street | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
52.4 mi (84.3 km ) | MA 60 | Only exit in a northerly direction | ||
52.8 mi (85 km ) | MA 60 | Only exit in the southern direction of travel | ||
53.1 mi (85.5 km ) | Salem Street | No access to the north | ||
Essex County | Saugus | 54.5 mi (87.7 km ) | MA 99 | North end of Route 99 |
54.8 mi (88.2 km ) | Essex Street | |||
55.3 mi (89 km ) | Main Street | |||
56.5 mi (90.9 km ) | Lynn Fells Parkway | |||
57.1 mi (91.9 km ) | MA 129 West | Beginning of the identical course with route 129 | ||
Lynnfield | 58.8 mi (94.6 km ) | MA 129 East | End of the identical course with route 129 | |
Peabody | 59.5 mi (95.8 km ) | I-95 / MA 128 | Only exit in a northerly direction | |
60.1 mi (96.7 km ) | I-95 / MA 128 | Exit only in south and access only in north direction | ||
61.0 mi (98.2 km ) | I-95 | Exit only in south and access only in north direction | ||
61.6 mi (99.1 km ) | Lowell Street | |||
Danvers | 62.5 mi (100.6 km ) | MA 114 | In an easterly direction connection to the I-95 | |
63.2 mi (101.7 km ) | Center Street | In an easterly direction connection to the I-95 | ||
64.2 mi (103.3 km ) | MA 62 | In an easterly direction connection to the I-95 | ||
65.0 mi (104.6 km ) | I-95 | Last direct link between US 1 and I-95 in Massachusetts | ||
Topsfield | 68.1 mi (109.6 km ) | MA 97 | ||
69.3 mi (111.5 km ) | Ipswich Road | |||
Ipswich | 71.8 mi (115.6 km ) | Linebrook Road | ||
Rowley | 73.1 mi (117.6 km ) | MA 133 | ||
Newburyport | 80.0 mi (128.7 km ) | Roundabout | ||
80.9 mi (130.2 km ) | Summer Street / Winter Street | Exit only in the north and access only in the south direction of travel | ||
81.1 mi (130.5 km ) | MA 1A / MA 113 West | Beginning of the undesignated identical course with route 1A | ||
Salisbury | 81.6 mi (131.3 km ) | Friedenfels Street | ||
83.0 mi (133.6 km ) | MA 110 | East end of Route 110 | ||
83.1 mi (133.7 km ) | MA 1A - Salisbury Beach State Reservation | End of the undesignated identical course with route 1A | ||
84.6 mi (136.2 km ) | Toll Road - Connection to I-95 Exit 60 | |||
85.3 mi (137.3 km ) | MA 286 - Hampton Beach | |||
State border with New Hampshire , the US 1 continues to Seabrook . |
Individual evidence
- ^ Road Inventory. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Department of Transportation, archived from the original on June 20, 2012 ; accessed on October 25, 2012 . 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.
- ^ A b Northeast Expressway. bostonroads.com, accessed October 26, 2012 .