Plimoth Plantation Highway
| Plimoth Plantation Highway | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 2.04 mi[1] (3.28 km) |
| Existed | 1951–present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Route 3 in Plymouth |
| East end |  Route 3A in Plymouth |
| Location | |
| Counties | Plymouth |
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Plimoth Plantation Highway is a short unnumbered two-lane freeway with plastic stanchions posted on a rumbled asphalt median in Plymouth in the US state of Massachusetts. The highway was created in 1951 as a segment of Massachusetts Route 3 between the modern highway and its previous alignment. The current name for the roadway was designated by the state in 1969.
Route description[]
The highway begins at exit 4 off Route 3, a partial interchange which is accessible only from the southbound side from which there is a left exit. Motorists on Plimoth Plantation Highway headed toward Route 3 can enter that highway northbound only. However, motorists may use exit 5 in order to reverse direction and ultimately travel southbound on Route 3. The highway proceeds east, serving Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth Beach and the village of Chiltonville. The highway ends at a special intersection in White Horse Beach and Manomet at Route 3A.
History[]
The first segment of Route 3 opened up in 1951 from what is now exit 9 to exit 4 and used Plimoth Plantation Highway temporarily to detour around the old Route 3 in Kingston and Plymouth, now renamed Route 3A, until 1957 when Route 3 south of exit 4 opened and assumed its current alignment. An act naming the two-mile (3.2 km) spur Plimoth Plantation Highway was approved on April 3, 1969, 18 years after the highway had opened.[2] The act references the highway as being exit 40, the old exit number before the Massachusetts Highway Department renumbered the exit in 1978.
Exit list[]
The entire route is in Plymouth, Plymouth County. All exits are unnumbered.
| mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 3 north – Brockton, Boston | Entrance from southbound Route 3 only; exit 4 on Route 3 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.4 | Sandwich Road – Chiltonville, Plymouth Beach | |||
| 1.3 | 2.1 | Plimoth Plantation | Eastbound exit and entrance via River Street | ||
| 2.0 | 3.2 | Route 3A – Manomet, White Horse Beach | High-speed merge onto southbound Route 3A with two center median u-turns | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References[]
- ^ "Executive Office of Transportation - Office of Transportation Planning Roads - June 2008". Archived from the original on August 9, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
- ^ "Act Designating Plimoth Plantation Highway". Retrieved November 23, 2011.
- ^ Google (June 2, 2019). "Plimoth Plantation Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
External links[]
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- Roads in Massachusetts
- Two-lane freeways in the United States
- Transportation in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
