Interstate 190 (Massachusetts)

I-190 interchange with Route 2 in Leominster, MA

I-190 begins at a southern terminus with I-290 in Worcester. Near the Greendale Mall, there is an interchange with Route 12 before the highway passes along the eastern shore of Indian Lake and continues through the city of Worcester. In West Boylston, I-190 has another interchange with Route 12 before turning northwest into Holden and then to the north and crossing the Quinapoxet River. The freeway curves to the northeast reentering West Boylston and enters a more rural area. I-190 intersects Route 140 and Route 12 another time in Sterling. In Lancaster, I-190 has an exit for Route 117. North of Johnny Appleseed State Park and Lancaster State Forest, I-190 merges and terminates at Route 2 and Mechanic Street in the city of Leominster.[2]

A portion of the highway was built with extra-wide shoulders, which are painted green, to prevent runoff from contaminating the nearby Wachusett Reservoir.[3]

All interchanges were to be renumbered to mileage-based numbers under a project scheduled to start in 2016.[4] However, this project was indefinitely postponed until November 18, 2019, when the MassDOT confirmed that beginning in late summer 2020 the exit renumbering project will begin.[5] The entire route is in Worcester County. [6]

Location[6]	mi[6]	km	Old exit	New exit[7]	Destinations[8]	Notes
Worcester	0.000	0.000	—	—	I‑290 – Shrewsbury, Marlboro, Auburn	Exit 19 on I-290 (scheduled to be exit 22[9]), southern terminus
	1.111	1.788	1	1	Route 12 (Gold Star Boulevard / West Boylston Street)
	2.346	3.776	2	2	(Frontage Road)  Ararat Street – Holden, Greendale
	3.542	5.700	3	3	West Mountain Street – Holden, Boylston	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
West Boylston	3.980	6.405	4	4	Route 12 – West Boylston	Exit connector enters Worcester before reaching Route 12
Sterling	9.272	14.922	5	9	Route 140 – West Boylston, Princeton	Southern portion of the exit is in W. Boylston
	14.123	22.729	6	14	Route 12 – Sterling, Clinton
Lancaster	16.894	27.188	7	17	Route 117 – Leominster, Lancaster	Exit is partially in Leominster
Leominster	19.122	30.774	8B	19A	Route 2 east / Mechanic Street – Boston, Leominster	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	19.950	32.106	8A	19B	Route 2 west – Fitchburg	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; northern terminus
	19.37	31.17	8	19	Mechanic Street (Nashua Street) – Leominster	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

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• History of I-190 MA at Boston Roads