![]() ![]() With the exception of Route 143, which was renumbered from Route 109A ca. Beginning in 1929, local routes were assigned new two-digit numbers. Highway numbers were assigned newly freed single-digit numbers. The New England Interstate routes that conflicted with new U.S. Highway System in 1926 resulted in several of the New England Interstate routes having to be renumbered. Route 138 and Route 140 were designated by 1925, and by 1926 the numbers from Route 101 to Route 142 (except Route 136) had been assigned. ![]() Three-digit numbers were reserved for shorter routes. Massachusetts first gained numbered routes in 1922, with the formation of the New England Interstate Highways. The 50–66 foot (15–20 m) right-of-way is still owned by MassDOT under the original layout. The road was paved with 15–20 foot (4.5–6 m) macadam, with work beginning Augand ending July 15, 1895. The MHC laid it out as a state highway on Augfrom a point west of South Road to a point west of Route 31. The first state highway in Massachusetts was a 5305.17-foot (1617.02 m) section of Fitchburg Road (now Main Street, part of Route 119) in Ashby. The Massachusetts Highway Commission (MHC) was the first highway commission in the U.S., formed in 1893 in response to a commission of inquiry finding that over 90% of the public roads in the state were in poor condition. Not all numbered routes are maintained or owned by the state. A state highway in Massachusetts is a road maintained by the state, which may or may not have a number. Route 3 and Route 3 and the far-apart Interstate 295, shared with Rhode Island, and Route 295, shared with New York State. Highways and Interstate Highways are included in the system the only overlaps are with the end-to-end U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a system of state-numbered routes assigned and marked by the highway division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The Massachusetts State Highway System in the U.S. Routes are not always state-maintained, and not all state highways are Routes. ![]()
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