| Interstate Highways in Massachusetts | |
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Highway marker for I-90 and I-495 | |
Interstate Highways highlighted in red | |
| System information | |
| Maintained byMassDOT | |
| Length | 565.63 mi[2] (910.29 km) |
| Formed | August 14, 1957[1] |
| Highway names | |
| Interstates | Interstate nn (I-nn) |
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TheInterstate Highways in Massachusetts comprise five current primaryInterstate Highways and eight auxiliary Interstates. In addition, two auxiliary Interstates were proposed and then cancelled.
The longest Interstate Highway in Massachusetts is I-90 with 136 miles, followed by I-495 with 121 miles.
Several freeway projects in theBoston area planned as part of the Interstate Highway System were cancelled in the 1970s followingcommunity opposition, including theInner Belt (I-695) andSouthwest Expressway (I-95).[3] TheBig Dig megaproject in the 1990s and 2000s, which realigned several highways in Downtown Boston, included a new tunnel for I-93 to replace theCentral Artery and an extension of I-90 via theTed Williams Tunnel.[4]
| Number | Length (mi)[5] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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| 8.15 | 13.12 | I-84 atUnion, CT | I-90 inSturbridge | 01958-01-011958 | 01971-01-011971 | Replaced part of formerRoute 15; Replaced byI-86 | ||
| 8.15 | 13.12 | I-84 atUnion, CT | I-90 inSturbridge | 01984-01-011984 | current | Renumbered back fromI-86 | ||
| 8.15 | 13.12 | I-84 atUnion, CT | I-90 inSturbridge | 01971-01-011971 | 01984-01-011984 | ReplacedI-84; was later reverted back toI-84 | ||
| — | — | — | — | 01956-01-011956 | 01960-01-011960 | Proposed to replaceUS 7 in original 1956 plan; rerouted prior to construction | ||
| 135.72 | 218.42 | I-90 atCanaan, NY | Route 1A inBoston | 01958-01-011958 | current | Follows the Massachusetts Turnpike | ||
| 54.99 | 88.50 | I-91 atEnfield, CT | I-91 atBrattleboro, VT | 01958-01-011958 | current | |||
| 47.07 | 75.75 | I-95/US 1/Route 128 inCanton | I-93 atSalem, NH | 01957-01-011957 | current | |||
| 91.95 | 147.98 | I-95 atPawtucket, RI | I-95 atSeabrook, NH | 01957-01-011957 | current | |||
| 40.73 | 65.55 | I-95E atE.Providence, RI | — | 01957-01-011957 | 01959-01-011959 | Replaced byI-195 | ||
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| Number | Length (mi)[6] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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| 19.26 | 31.00 | I-290 inWorcester | Route 2 inLeominster | 01983-01-011983 | current | |||
| 40.73 | 65.55 | I-195 atE.Providence, RI | I-495 atWareham | 01959-01-011959 | current | Replaced I-95E | ||
| 20.16 | 32.44 | I-395/I-90 inAuburn | I-495 inMarlborough | 01970-01-011970 | current | |||
| 5.44 | 8.75 | I-91/US 20 inSpringfield | I-90 inChicopee | 01972-01-011972 | current | also known as the Springfield Expressway | ||
| 4.23 | 6.81 | I-295 atCumberland, RI | I-95 inAttleborough | 01969-01-011969 | current | |||
| 4.46 | 7.18 | I-91 inChicopee | High Street inHolyoke | 01970-01-011970 | current | |||
| 11.91 | 19.17 | I-395 atThompson, CT | I-290 inAuburn | 01983-01-011983 | current | |||
| 121.56 | 195.63 | Route 25 inWareham | I-95 inSalisbury | 01960-01-011960 | current | Second longest auxiliary Interstate highway in the United States | ||
| 2.88 | 4.63 | US 3 inChelmsford | Gorham Street inLowell | 01962-01-011962 | current | Unsigned; known asLowell Connector; signs were posted at one time on local streets intersecting the Connector | ||
| — | — | I-95 inBoston | I-93 inCharlestown | 01957-01-011957 | 01971-01-011971 | Cancelled before it was constructed | ||
| — | — | I-895 atWarren, RI | I-95 andI-295 inAttleboro | 01968-01-011968 | 01982-01-011982 | Cancelled before it was constructed | ||
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