Plimoth Patuxet Highway

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Plimoth Patuxet Highway

Plimoth Plantation Highway
Plimoth Patuxet Highway
Plimoth Patuxet Highway highlighted in purple
Route information
Length2.04 mi [1]  (3.28 km)
Existed1951–present
Major junctions
West endMA Route 3.svg Route 3 in Plymouth
East endMA Route 3A.svg Route 3A in Plymouth
Location
Country United States
State Massachusetts
Counties Plymouth
Highway system

The Plimoth Patuxet Highway, formerly the Plimoth Plantation Highway, is a two-lane divided freeway with plastic stanchions posted on a rumbled asphalt median in Plymouth in the US state of Massachusetts. The highway was created in 1951 as a segment of Route 3 between the modern highway and its previous alignment. The current name for the roadway was designated by the state in 2023.

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Route description

Looking eastward from the Sandwich Road Bridge Plimoth Plantation Highway2.JPG
Looking eastward from the Sandwich Road Bridge

The highway begins at exit 12 off Route 3, a partial interchange which is accessible only from the southbound side from which there is a left exit. Motorists on Plimoth Patuxet Highway headed toward Route 3 can enter that highway northbound only. However, motorists can use exit 13 to reverse direction and travel southbound on Route 3. The highway proceeds east, serving Plimoth Patuxet, Plymouth Beach and the village of Chiltonville. The highway ends at a special intersection in White Horse Beach and Manomet at Route 3A.

History

Looking westward from the Sandwich Road Bridge Plimoth Plantation Highway.JPG
Looking westward from the Sandwich Road Bridge

The first segment of Route 3 opened up in 1951 from what is now exit 18 to exit 12 and used the Plimoth Patuxet Highway temporarily to detour around the old Route 3 in Kingston and Plymouth, now renamed Route 3A, until 1957 when Route 3 south of exit 12 opened and assumed its current alignment. An act naming the two-mile (3.2 km) spur Plimoth Plantation Highway was approved on April 3, 1969, 18 years after the highway had opened. [2] That act references the highway as being exit 40, the old exit number before the Massachusetts Highway Department renumbered the exit in 1978.[ citation needed ] The highway was renamed again to Plimoth Patuxet Highway effective January 2, 2023. [3]

Exit list

The entire route is in Plymouth, Plymouth County. All exits are unnumbered.

mi [4] kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0North plate.svg
MA Route 3.svg
Route 3 north Brockton, Boston
Western terminus; exit 12 on Route 3
0.91.4Sandwich Road Chiltonville, Plymouth Beach
1.32.1 Plimoth Patuxet Eastbound exit and entrance via River Street
2.03.2MA Route 3A.svg Route 3A  Manomet, White Horse Beach Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. Office of Transportation Planning Roads (June 2008). "Datalayers/GIS Database". Executive Office of Transportation. Archived from the original on August 9, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  2. General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "Act Designating Plimoth Plantation Highway". Boston: General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  3. General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "An Act Designating a Certain Portion of State Highway in the Town of Plymouth as Plimoth Patuxet Highway". Boston: General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  4. Google (June 2, 2019). "Overview Map of Plimoth Patuxet Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
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