Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)
I-290 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Auxiliary route of I‑90 | ||||
Maintained by MassDOT | ||||
Length | 20.16 mi[1] (32.44 km) | |||
Existed | 1970 – present | |||
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Counties | Worcester, Middlesex | |||
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Interstate 290 (abbreviated I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning approximately 20 miles (32 km) along a west–east axis, it is a spur route of I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) in Central Massachusetts. In the west, it transitions into I-290 from I-395 at their shared interchange with the turnpike and Route 12 in Auburn. Among several state roads, it intersects with Route 146 (built as a direct connection to Millbury and Providence, Rhode Island) and I-190 in Worcester. Its interchange with I-495 and the Route 85 Connector in Marlborough serves as its eastern terminus.
Route description
I-290 begins as the continuation of I-395 in Auburn with exits to I-90, Route 12, and the Auburn Mall. 290 continues north through Worcester into Downtown, where Route 146 and I-190 split off. After 146, I-290 has exits for Route 122A, Route 122, downtown, and Route 9. After 190, 290 presumes east to a junction with Route 70, then continues over Quinsigamond Lake into Shrewsbury, where it goes northeast. 290 has a junction with Route 140 and starts east into Boylston and Northborough, where it travels northeast again. 290 enters Marlborough with an exit for Solomon Pond Mall and has its final junction with 495, where it terminates shortly after on the Route 85 Connector.
History
Originally, I-290 was to rejoin I-90 in Westborough, roughly where I-495 sits now. However, this route would have run through the town centers of Shrewsbury and Northborough. Additionally, I-290 was intended to be extended past I-495 to I-95/Route 128 in Waltham, but this was canceled under pressure from towns along the planned route. A brief two-lane connector heads to Route 85 as a result of this aborted plan. The interchange with I-495 was originally supposed to be a cloverleaf, but after the plan was canceled, it was modified with a flyover ramp onto 495-northbound. The former exit 12 (Millbury Street eastbound and 146 south westbound) was closed when the Route 146 freeway was completed between the Mass Pike and I-290 in 2007.
Exit list
All interchanges were to be renumbered to milepost-based numbers under a project scheduled to start in 2016.[2] However, this project has now been indefinitely postponed.[3]
County | Location[4] | mi[4] | km | Exit[5] | Destinations[5] | Notes |
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Worcester | Auburn | 0.000 | 0.000 | – | Western terminus; continuation from I-395 | |
0.347 | 0.558 | 7 | Eastbound exit to Route 12 south; Westbound exit to Route 12 north; Exit 10 on I-90 and Massachusetts Turnpike | |||
0.070 | 0.113 | 8 | Westbound exit only | |||
0.930 | 1.497 | 9 | Swanson Road – Auburn | Eastbound exit to Swanson Road; Westbound entrance from Vine Street | ||
1.700 | 2.736 | Auburn Street – Auburn | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
Worcester | 3.358 | 5.404 | 10 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
3.565 | 5.737 | 11 | College Square / Federal Square / Southbridge Street | |||
12 | Millbury Street | Replaced with current exit in 2007 | ||||
4.611 | 7.421 | 12 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
5.265 | 8.473 | 13 | Route 146 is accessible by 122A southbound | |||
5.638 | 9.073 | 14 | No westbound entrance | |||
5.810 | 9.350 | 15 | Shrewsbury Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
6.137 | 9.877 | 16 | MLK Jr. Boulevard (E. Central St) – Downtown Worcester | Union Station, Saint Vincent Hospital, DCU Center | ||
6.572 | 10.577 | 17 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
6.980 | 11.233 | 18 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
7.377 | 11.872 | 19 | Southern terminus of I-190; Eastbound exit is combined with exit 20 | |||
7.377 | 11.872 | 20 | Burncoat Street to | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; Eastbound exit is combined with exit 19 | ||
8.421 | 13.552 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
9.641 | 15.516 | 21 | Plantation Street – Worcester | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
Shrewsbury | 10.173 | 16.372 | 22 | Main Street – Shrewsbury, Worcester | ||
12.680 | 20.406 | 23A | ||||
12.690 | 20.423 | 23B | ||||
Northborough | 14.855 | 23.907 | 24 | Church Street – Northborough, Boylston | ||
17.913 | 28.828 | 25A | Hudson Street – Northborough | |||
17.925 | 28.847 | 25B | Solomon Pond Road – Berlin | Solomon Pond Mall Exit partially in Marlboro, signed as Solomon Pond Mall Road | ||
Middlesex | Marlborough | 20.000 | 32.187 | 26A | Exit 25A-B (I-495) | |
20.16 | 32.44 | 26B | Left exit eastbound; exit 25A-B (I-495) | |||
20.16 | 32.44 | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ "Route Log- Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2015). "COMMBUYS - Bid Solicitation FAP# HSIP-002S(874) Exit Signage Conversion to Milepost-Based Numbering System along Various Interstates, Routes and the Lowell Connector". Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ↑ Robert H. Malme (2017). "Massachusetts Interstate Highways Exit Lists". Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- 1 2 MassDOT Planning Division. "Massachusetts Route Log Application". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- 1 2 Massachusetts Department of Transportation. "Exit Numbers and Names: Route I-290 (Auburn to Worcester)". Retrieved August 21, 2014.
External links
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