MA Route Log at neilbert.com
Neil
I've been working on a route log for Massachusetts, similar to what Kurumi
did for Connecticut. It's still in it's early stages; I know there's a few
routes I missed in setting things up (3B, 20A) and there's a LOT more
detail to come, but I've gotten a good piece done and wanted to share.
http://www.neilbert.com | Roads | Massachusetts Route Log
or, more directly,
http://neilbert.com/roads/maroutes/
I've done the (basic) history of Routes 1-9 and have entries for the rest
of the routes.
Please, let me know what you think, either here or via e-mail.
-neil
www.neilbert.com
Arrow
For a lot of prehistoric maps, http://docs.unh.edu/ has some good ones
from the 30's or so with solid route numbering.
Not to be a buzzkill or anything, but
http://www.schlichtman.org/mahighways/ has a pretty good route log too,
though without any history on the routes.
Actually, now that you mention it, MA 10 goes through all four cardinal
directions in a row: Westfield, Southampton, Easthampton, and then
Northampton. How odd. :)
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Justin P.
Michael Moroney
I see you listed a couple of the unnumbered 'connectors'. Others are
the Ward Hill Connector, Leominster Connector, some connector from I-190
Exit 4 to MA 12 (it is posted as I-190 westbound, dunno if it has an
official name).
Before the US 3 freeway, US 3 followed the Middlesex Turnpike (now
unnumbered but still state-maintained) south to not quite sure. US 3 was
also NE-6.
MA 28 was NE-28. Maps are ambiguous about what you list as NE-17 west to
NY, some have it as NE-23, and the numbers MA/NY 23 support this I guess.
A small part of US 202 was part of NE-32. MA 225 you list as 25 and 2A
earlier. Before then it was 2 and NE-7.
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-Mike
Ron Newman
mor...@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) wrote:
> Before the US 3 freeway, US 3 followed the Middlesex Turnpike (now
> unnumbered but still state-maintained) south to not quite sure.
I thought it followed what is now 3A. The current gap in Middlesex
Turnpike, between Concord Road in Billerica and Mill Road in Chelmsford,
predates the automobile era.
Michael Moroney
Checking an old but not so detailed map US 3 followed the Middlesex
Turnpike south to where 3A now joins the Middlesex Turnpike (at MA 113),
then followed 3A first along the Middlesex Turnpike then into Lowell. It
never went as far south as the Middlesex Turnpike gap, nor did it ever
follow current 3A north of MA 113. Even NE 6 followed this portion of
the Middlesex Turnpike.
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-Mike