MASSACHUSETTS ROUTE 140

(Redirected from Route 140 (Massachusetts))

'Route 140' is a southeast-northwest state highway in Massachusetts.
The southern 19 miles (30km) of Route 140, runs as a freeway south from exit 12 off Route 24 to its southern terminus at U.S. Highway 6 in New Bedford.

Contents

Cities and towns

Major intersections

List of interchanges

References

Cities and towns

From New Bedford, Route 140 runs northwest through the following cities and towns:

★ East Freetown

★ Lakeville

★ Taunton

★ Norton

★ Mansfield

★ Foxborough

★ Wrentham

★ Franklin

★ Bellingham

★ Mendon

★ Milford

★ Upton

★ Grafton ("Upton St.", "Worcester St.", "N Main St.", "Shrewsbury St.")

★ Shrewsbury ("Memorial Dr.", "Grafton Cir.", "Grafton St.", "Boylston St.")

★ Boylston ("Shrewsbury St.", "W Boylston St.")

★ West Boylston (Sharing roadway with Route 12)

★ Sterling

★ Princeton

★ Westminster (concurrent with Route 2 for two miles)

★ Gardner

★ Ashburnham

★ Winchendon at Route 12

Major intersections

Route 140 crosses the following Interstate highways:

★ Interstate 195 in New Bedford (exit 2)

★ Route 24 in Taunton (exit 12)

★ Interstate 95 in Mansfield (exit 7)

★ Interstate 495 in Mansfield (concurrent with I-495 between exits 11 and 12), and again in Franklin (exit 17)

★ Interstate 90 (The Massachusetts Turnpike) in Grafton (no interchange)

★ Interstate 290 in Shrewsbury (Exit 23)

★ Interstate 190 in Sterling (Exit 6)

List of interchanges

Location	Exit	Mile	Intersecting Roads	Notes
New Bedford	1	0	US 6	southbound exit / northbound entrance only
New Bedford	2	?	I-195
New Bedford	3	?	Hathaway Road
New Bedford	4	?	Kings Highway / New Plainville Road / Mount Pleasant Street
New Bedford	5	?	Church Street / Phillips Road
New Bedford	6	?	Ashley Boulevard	southbound exit / northbound entrance only
New Bedford	7	?	Braley Road
Freetown	8	?	Chace Road
Lakeville	9	?	County Street
Taunton	10	?	Route 79
Taunton	REST AREA	??	REST AREA
Taunton	11	?	Stevens Connector	Silver City Galleria Mall
Taunton	12	?	Route 24 at exit 12	Controlled access highway ends here.

References

1. Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory


★ "Massachusetts Atlas and Gazetteer." Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. First Edition, 1998.

★ "Street Atlas of Metro Boston and Eastern Massachusetts." Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Arrow Map, Inc. 2003 Edition.

★ The Roads of Massachusetts