INTERSTATE 290 (MASSACHUSETTS)

'Interstate 290' (abbreviated 'I-290') runs for 20.16 miles from Auburn, Massachusetts to Marlborough, Massachusetts. It is a continuation of I-395 North of I-90 (the Mass Pike) and runs through downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, I-190 splits off, and I-290 runs across Lake Quinsigamond and east to I-495 in Marlborough. There are buildings very close to the highway, including a grand church which faces the road (referred to locally as "Our Lady of the Highway"). Massachusetts is currently building a freeway connector (Route 146) from I-290 in Worcester to the Mass Pike and then south to Providence, Rhode Island.
Originally, I-290 was to rejoin I-90 in Westborough, roughly where I-495 sits now. But this route would have run through the town centers of Shrewsbury and Northborough. A brief two-lane connector heads to Route 85, as a result of this aborted plan. The interchange was originally supposed to be a cloverleaf, but after the plan was cancelled, it was modifed with a flyover ramp onto 495-northbound.

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Exit list

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Exit list

Town	Exit #	Mile	Destinations	Notes
I-290 ends at the I-90/I-395 interchange Route and exit numbering continues on I-395
Auburn	7	0	Mass Pike (I-90), Route 12 north	Westbound exit only
	8	0	Route 12 south to Mass Pike (I-90) – Auburn, Webster
	9	1.2	Swanson Road (EB), Auburn Street (WB) – Auburn
Worcester	10	3.5	Route 12 North (Hope Avenue)	Westbound exit / Eastbound entrance only
	11	3.8	College Square, Federal Square, Southbridge Street
	12	4.5	Route 146 South – Brosnihan Square, Millbury	Westbound exit / Eastbound entrance only.
	13	5.3	Route 122A (Vernon Street) – Kelley Square
	14	5.7	Route 122 – Barre, Uxbridge	No westbound entrance.
	15	5.9	Shrewsbury Street	Eastbound exit / Westbound entrance only.
	16	6.1	Central Street – Downtown Worcester	Amtrak/Commuter Rail station
	17	6.6	Route 9 – Ware, Framingham	Worcester Regional Airport. Eastbound exit / Westbound entrance only.
	18	6.8	Route 70 To Route 9 – Ware, Framingham	Worcester Regional Airport. Westbound exit / Eastbound entrance only.
	19	7.5	I-190 – Holden, Fitchburg
	20	8.6	Route 70 (Lincoln Street), Burncoat Street
	21	9.6	Plantation Street – Worcester	Eastbound exit / Westbound entrance only.
Shrewsbury	22	10.4	Main Street – Shrewsbury, Worcester
	23AB	13.0	Route 140 – Shrewsbury, Boylston
Northborough	24	15	Church Street – Northborough, Boylston
	25AB	18	Hudson Street/Solomon Pond Mall Road – Northborough, Berlin
Marlborough	26AB	20	I-495 – Cape Cod, Lowell Route 85 Connector – To Route 85 – Hudson

External links

★ History of I-290 MA - BostonRoads.com