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'Route 28' is a nominally north-south route running from the New Hampshire state line, through Boston and the western reaches of Norfolk and Plymouth counties, and then west-to-east on Cape Cod, finally ending as a south-north section between Chatham and Orleans. Its original form was as a New England interstate route and it continues northward as New Hampshire Route 28. At a length of nearly 152 miles, Route 28 is the longest state numbered highway in Massachusetts.
Route 28 is supplanted by interstate highways throughout most of the state, and is used mainly as a secondary and local highway. Throughout Cape Cod, particularly in Hyannis and Yarmouth, it passes through heavy development and is the primary navigation route along the south side of the Cape. This causes congestion and gridlock, especially during the summer months, when traffic is at its heaviest. The dense development makes future plans to widen the highway difficult or impossible.
Route 28 is a 2 lane undivided highway, with some 4 lane sections in populated areas and one freeway segment. Route 28 enters the state from New Hampshire at its northern terminus (where it continues as NH Route 28) at the city of Methuen. It then progresses on a south-southeast corridor through Boston, before entering Cape Cod via the Bourne Bridge. It subsequently traverses the southern part of Cape Cod, terminating near the Orleans-Eastham town line where it connects to US 6 at the Orleans Rotary.
★ Methuen
★ Lawrence
★ Andover
★ North Reading
★ Reading
★ Stoneham
★ Medford
★ Somerville
★ Cambridge
★ Boston
★ Milton
★ Randolph
★ Avon
★ Brockton
★ West Bridgewater
★ Bridgewater
★ Middleborough
★ Rochester
★ Wareham
★ Bourne
★ Falmouth
★ Mashpee
★ Barnstable
★ Yarmouth
★ Dennis
★ Harwich
★ Chatham
★ Orleans
Driving the entire length from New Hampshire to Orleans, the highway layout and design has not changed much since its construction and designation in the early 20th century. The exceptions are in Boston, where some of the original routing was changed over the years, and on the Cape, where a freeway section between Falmouth and Bourne was completed in the mid 1960s. The old routing for that section of 28 was renamed Route 28A.
Several bypasses of Route 28 have been built over the years, with Interstate 93 serving that function north of Boston and the combination of Route 24, the southern reaches of Interstate 495, and Route 25 doing so south of Boston to Cape Cod.
★ Directional signs on Route 28 on Cape Cod are continuously marked as North-South, which is confusing for unfamiliar drivers. One travelling on Route 28 southbound is actually going northeast from Falmouth to Mashpee, east from Mashpee to Chatham, and north from Chatham to the Orleans-Eastham border. In fact, where Route 39 hits Route 28 in South Orleans, the directions on Route 28 are unsigned, since otherwise a driver heading north on 39 North and wishing to continue north into Orleans Center might inadvertently follow 28 North south to Chatham.
★ Route 28 passes through 100 feet of Brewster, but the signage on the road indicates a direct border between Harwich and Orleans.[2]
★ Route 28 (New England)
★ Route 28A - alternate route between West Falmouth and Pocasset (originally part of Route 28 before freeway bypass)
1. Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
2. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=41.72912&lon=-69.99319&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=25
★ Neilbert.com Massachusetts Route Log
'Route 28' is a nominally north-south route running from the New Hampshire state line, through Boston and the western reaches of Norfolk and Plymouth counties, and then west-to-east on Cape Cod, finally ending as a south-north section between Chatham and Orleans. Its original form was as a New England interstate route and it continues northward as New Hampshire Route 28. At a length of nearly 152 miles, Route 28 is the longest state numbered highway in Massachusetts.
Route 28 is supplanted by interstate highways throughout most of the state, and is used mainly as a secondary and local highway. Throughout Cape Cod, particularly in Hyannis and Yarmouth, it passes through heavy development and is the primary navigation route along the south side of the Cape. This causes congestion and gridlock, especially during the summer months, when traffic is at its heaviest. The dense development makes future plans to widen the highway difficult or impossible.
| Contents |
| Route description |
| Routing in Boston |
| Towns along the route |
| History |
| Miscellenea |
| Exit list |
| Embankment Road |
| Route 28 Expressway |
| See also |
| References |
Route description
Route 28 is a 2 lane undivided highway, with some 4 lane sections in populated areas and one freeway segment. Route 28 enters the state from New Hampshire at its northern terminus (where it continues as NH Route 28) at the city of Methuen. It then progresses on a south-southeast corridor through Boston, before entering Cape Cod via the Bourne Bridge. It subsequently traverses the southern part of Cape Cod, terminating near the Orleans-Eastham town line where it connects to US 6 at the Orleans Rotary.
Routing in Boston
Towns along the route
★ Methuen
★ Lawrence
★ Andover
★ North Reading
★ Reading
★ Stoneham
★ Medford
★ Somerville
★ Cambridge
★ Boston
★ Milton
★ Randolph
★ Avon
★ Brockton
★ West Bridgewater
★ Bridgewater
★ Middleborough
★ Rochester
★ Wareham
★ Bourne
★ Falmouth
★ Mashpee
★ Barnstable
★ Yarmouth
★ Dennis
★ Harwich
★ Chatham
★ Orleans
History
Driving the entire length from New Hampshire to Orleans, the highway layout and design has not changed much since its construction and designation in the early 20th century. The exceptions are in Boston, where some of the original routing was changed over the years, and on the Cape, where a freeway section between Falmouth and Bourne was completed in the mid 1960s. The old routing for that section of 28 was renamed Route 28A.
Several bypasses of Route 28 have been built over the years, with Interstate 93 serving that function north of Boston and the combination of Route 24, the southern reaches of Interstate 495, and Route 25 doing so south of Boston to Cape Cod.
Miscellenea
★ Directional signs on Route 28 on Cape Cod are continuously marked as North-South, which is confusing for unfamiliar drivers. One travelling on Route 28 southbound is actually going northeast from Falmouth to Mashpee, east from Mashpee to Chatham, and north from Chatham to the Orleans-Eastham border. In fact, where Route 39 hits Route 28 in South Orleans, the directions on Route 28 are unsigned, since otherwise a driver heading north on 39 North and wishing to continue north into Orleans Center might inadvertently follow 28 North south to Chatham.
★ Route 28 passes through 100 feet of Brewster, but the signage on the road indicates a direct border between Harwich and Orleans.[2]
Exit list
Embankment Road
Route 28 Expressway
See also
★ Route 28 (New England)
★ Route 28A - alternate route between West Falmouth and Pocasset (originally part of Route 28 before freeway bypass)
References
1. Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
2. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=41.72912&lon=-69.99319&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=25
★ Neilbert.com Massachusetts Route Log
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