List of Interstate Highways in Massachusetts

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Interstate Highways in Massachusetts

I-90.svg

I-495.svg

Highway marker for I-90 and I-495
System information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length565.63 mi [1]  (910.29 km)
FormedAugust 14, 1957 [2]
Highway names
Interstates Interstate nn (I-nn)
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The Interstate Highways in Massachusetts comprise five current primary Interstate Highways and eight auxiliary Interstates. In addition, two auxiliary Interstates were proposed and then cancelled.

Contents

The longest Interstate Highway in Massachusetts is I-90 with 136 miles, followed by I-495 with 121 miles.

Several freeway projects in the Boston area planned as part of the Interstate Highway System were cancelled in the 1970s following community opposition, including the Inner Belt (I-695) and Southwest Expressway (I-95). [3] The Big Dig megaproject in the 1990s and 2000s, which realigned several highways in Downtown Boston, included a new tunnel for I-93 to replace the Central Artery and an extension of I-90 via the Ted Williams Tunnel. [4]

Primary Interstate Highways

NumberLength (mi) [5] Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
I-84.svg I-84 8.1513.12 I-84 at Union, CT I-90 in Sturbridge 01958-01-01195801971-01-011971Replaced part of former Route 15; Replaced by I-86
I-84.svg I-84 8.1513.12 I-84 at Union, CT I-90 in Sturbridge 01984-01-011984currentRenumbered back from I-86
I-86.svg I-86 8.1513.12 I-84 at Union, CT I-90 in Sturbridge 01971-01-01197101984-01-011984Replaced I-84; was later reverted back to I-84
I-89.svg I-89 01956-01-01195601960-01-011960Proposed to replace US 7 in original 1956 plan; rerouted prior to construction
I-90.svg I-90 135.72218.42 I-90 at Canaan, NY Route 1A in Boston 01958-01-011958currentFollows the Massachusetts Turnpike
I-91.svg I-91 54.9988.50 I-91 at Enfield, CT I-91 at Brattleboro, VT 01958-01-011958current
I-93.svg I-93 47.0775.75 I-95/US 1/Route 128 in Canton I-93 at Salem, NH 01957-01-011957current
I-95.svg I-95 91.95147.98 I-95 at Pawtucket, RI I-95 at Seabrook, NH 01957-01-011957current
I-95E.svg I-95E 40.7365.55I-95E at E.Providence, RI 01957-01-01195701959-01-011959Replaced by I-195
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Auxiliary Interstate Highways

NumberLength (mi) [6] Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
I-190.svg I-190 19.2631.00 I-290 in Worcester Route 2 in Leominster 01983-01-011983current
I-195.svg I-195 40.7365.55I-195 at E.Providence, RI I-495 at Wareham 01959-01-011959currentReplaced I-95E
I-290.svg I-290 20.1632.44 I-395/I-90 in Auburn I-495 in Marlborough 01970-01-011970current
I-291.svg I-291 5.448.75 I-91/US 20 in Springfield I-90 in Chicopee 01972-01-011972currentalso known as the Springfield Expressway
I-295.svg I-295 4.236.81I-295 at Cumberland, RI I-95 in Attleborough 01969-01-011969current
I-391.svg I-391 4.467.18 I-91 in Chicopee High Street in Holyoke 01970-01-011970current
I-395.svg I-395 11.9119.17I-395 at Thompson, CT I-290 in Auburn 01983-01-011983current
I-495.svg I-495 121.56195.63 Route 25 in Wareham I-95 in Salisbury 01960-01-011960current
Business Spur 495.svg I-495 BS 2.884.63 US 3 in Chelmsford Gorham Street in Lowell 01962-01-011962current Unsigned; known as Lowell Connector; signs were posted at one time on local streets intersecting the Connector
I-695.svg I-695 I-95 in Boston I-93 in Charlestown 01957-01-01195701971-01-011971Cancelled before it was constructed
I-895.svg I-895 I-895 at Warren, RI I-95 and I-295 in Attleboro 01968-01-01196801982-01-011982Cancelled before it was constructed
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References

  1. Adderly, Kevin (January 15, 2014). "Table 3: Interstate Routes in Each of the 50 States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration . Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  2. Public Roads Administration (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as Adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials August 14, 1957 (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Public Roads Administration. Retrieved November 22, 2010 via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. McDonald, Danny (December 5, 2022). "Transformative decision a half-century ago to scrap I-95 extension still resonates in Boston today" . The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  4. "The Big Dig: tunnels and bridges". Massachusetts Department of Transportation . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  5. Adderly, Kevin (January 15, 2014). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2013". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  6. Adderly, Kevin (October 31, 2002). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2013". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 20, 2014.