In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, the highway division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) assigns and marks a system of state-numbered routes.

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Unnumbered state roads

These are state roads which, for the most part, do not carry a numbered designation. They are generally short in length and serve important roles as main roads or connections between other main roads.

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! scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" | Length (mi)

! scope="col" | Length (km)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Southern or western terminus

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Northern or eastern terminus

! scope="col" | Formed

! scope="col" | Removed

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

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| George Washington Boulevard

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| colspan=2 | Hingham, Hull

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| George Washington Blvd connects Route 3A in Hingham to Hull Shore Drive and Nantasket Avenue in Hull

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| John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway

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| colspan=2 | New Bedford

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| The JFK Memorial Highway is a semi-limited-access highway running through the city of New Bedford, from Cove St. in the south to I-195 in the north at Exit 15. The section between U.S. Route 6 and I-195 carries the initial stretch of Route 18.

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| Leominster Connector

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| colspan=2 | Leominster

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| Leominster Connector is a short road connecting the I-190/Route 2 interchange in Leominster with Mechanic Street.

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| Leverett Connector

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| colspan=2 | Boston

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| The Leverett Connector is a bypass of the Zakim Bridge from Interstate 93 north of Boston to Storrow Drive.

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| Lowell Connector

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| colspan=2 | Chelmsford, Lowell

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| The Lowell Connector is a freeway connection between the Northwest Expressway (US-3), I-495, and downtown Lowell.<br>The Connector carries the unsigned designation of I-495 Business Spur.

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| Plimoth Patuxet Highway

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| colspan=2 | Plymouth

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| The Plimoth Patuxet Highway is a connector between Routes 3 and 3A in Plymouth, also servicing Plimoth Patuxet. Prior to 1957, this highway carried the southern portion of Route 3.

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| Boston–Providence Highway/VFW Parkway

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| colspan=2 | Dedham

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| This section starts at US 1's interchange with I-95/Route 128 (where US 1 switches to I-95/Route 128 to form a wrong-way concurrency) and continues north to the Boston line, at the intersection with Route 109. The road continues into West Roxbury as the VFW Parkway, a four-lane divided parkway carrying traffic as far as Centre Street.

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| Sandwich Road

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| colspan=2 | Bourne

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| Sandwich Road runs from the center of Bourne east to the Sandwich town line. East of the Sagamore Bridge, Sandwich Road carries Route 6A.

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| Soldiers Field Road

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| colspan=2 | Boston

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| Soldiers Field Road is a parkway, running from North Beacon Street (U.S. Route 20) in Brighton east to the Boston University Bridge (Route 2), where it continues as Storrow Drive.

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| Storrow Drive (James Jackson Storrow Memorial Drive)

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| colspan=2 | Boston

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| Storrow Drive is a parkway, running from Soldiers Field Road at the Boston University Bridge (Route 2) eastward to an intersection with Embankment Road (Route 28) in downtown Boston.<br>Originally portions of Routes C1 & C9 were routed along Storrow Drive through 1970. From 1970 through 1989, U.S. Route 1 was routed along Storrow Drive.

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See also

  • Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
  • (Includes a road inventory and maps.)
  • Neilbert.com Massachusetts Route Log
  • The Roads of Massachusetts
  • Road Signs of Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Roadtrips

Road jurisdiction maps:

  • Interactive road jurisdiction map
  • District 1 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Berkshires and western Pioneer Valley)
  • District 2 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (west-central)
  • District 3 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (east-central)
  • District 4 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Boston metro and northeastern )
  • District 5 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Cape Cod and southeastern)