Interstate 190 (Massachusetts)

Interstate 190
I-190 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-90
Maintained by MassDOT
Length	19.4 mi[1] (31.2 km)
Existed	1983–present
Major junctions
South end	I-290 in Worcester
Major intersections	Route 12 in Worcester Route 140 in Sterling Route 117 in Lancaster
North end	Route 2 in Leominster
Location
Counties	Worcester
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State
← Route 189 → Route 192

Interstate 190 (I-190) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning approximately 19 miles (31 km) along a south–north axis, it is a spur route of I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) in Central Massachusetts. However, its southern terminus exists at its split from I-290 in Worcester, which itself splits from the turnpike in Auburn. Its northern terminus lays at an interchange with Route 2 in Leominster.

Route description[]

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 northern points of Worcester. In West Boylston, I-190 has another interchange with Route 12 before turning northwest into Holden. The freeway later crosses the Quinapoxet River. The freeway curves to the northeast reentering West Boylston. 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]

Exit list[]

All interchanges were to be renumbered to mileage-based numbers under a project scheduled to start in 2016.^[4] However, this project was postponed until November 18, 2019 when MassDOT confirmed that beginning in late summer 2020 the exit renumbering project will begin.^[5] On March 12, 2021, MassDOT announced that the I-190 exit numbers will get renumbered for two days starting on March 21. The entire route is in Worcester County. ^[6]

Location[6]	mi[6]	km	Old exit	New exit[7]	Destinations[7]	Notes
Worcester	0.000	0.000	-	–	I-290 to I-395 south – Shrewsbury, Marlboro, Auburn, Norwich, CT	Exit 22 on I-290, southern terminus
	1.111	1.788	-	1	Route 12 (Gold Star Boulevard / West Boylston Street)
	2.346	3.776	-	2	(Frontage Road)  Ararat Street – Holden, Greendale
	3.542	5.700	-	3	West Mountain Street – Holden, Boylston	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
West Boylston	3.980	6.405	-	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	19B	Route 2 east / Mechanic Street – Boston, Leominster	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	19.4	31.2	8A	19A	Route 2 west – Fitchburg	Northbound exit and southbound entrance (northern terminus)
	19.37	31.17	8	19	Mechanic Street (Nashua Street) – Leominster	Exit combined with exit 19B
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 190.

Route map:

• History of I-190 MA at Boston Roads