Massachusetts Route 146

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Route 146
Length: 20.99[1] mi (33.78 km)
South end: Rhode Island 146.svg Route 146 in N. Smithfield, RI
Major
junctions:
US 20.svg I-90.svg US 20 / I-90 (Mass Pike) in Millbury
North end: I-290.svg Interstate 290 in Worcester
Massachusetts State Highway Routes
< Route 145 Route 146A >

Route 146 is a high-speed road, mostly freeway, linking Rhode Island Route 146 (the North Smithfield Expressway towards Providence, Rhode Island) to I-290 in Worcester, Massachusetts. South of the interchange with Route 122A, Route 146 is known as the Worcester-Providence Turnpike. Unlike most roads designated as turnpikes, the road has never had tolls, and was built on a brand new alignment in the 1930s. Similar never-tolled turnpikes are the Berlin Turnpike in Connecticut and the Boston-Providence Turnpike in Massachusetts.

The project upgrading the section linking Exit 10A on the Massachusetts Turnpike north into downtown Worcester at Brosnihan Square to Interstate status was completed in November 2007 according to the State Highway Administration. The final construction phase will upgrade the remaining Massachusetts section in Sutton and Millbury to freeway status and is scheduled for completion sometime after 2010. [2]

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Exit numbers were traditionally not signed, but are now being signed. Also, they have been assigned by MassHighway.

County Location Number Destinations Notes
Worcester Millville MA Route 146.svg enters Massachusetts from Rhode Island
Uxbridge 1 MA Route 146A.svg Route 146A - Uxbridge; North Smithfield, Rhode Island
2 TO MA Route 146A.svg Chockalog Road to Route 146A - Uxbridge
3 MA Route 16.svg Route 16 - Uxbridge; Douglas
4 Lackey Dam Road - East Douglas; Whitinsville; North Uxbridge
Sutton 5 Main Street - Whitinsville; Manchaug
6 Purgatory Road - Northbridge; Whitinsville (to Purgatory Chasm State Reservation)
7 Central Turnpike - Northbridge; Oxford
Boston Road - Wilkinsonville, Sutton Center At-grade intersection with traffic signal
Millbury 8 West Main Street - Millbury
9 MA Route 122A.svg Route 122A south - Millbury Center Route 122A joins northbound and leaves southbound
10 I-90.svgUS 20.svg I-90 - Mass Pike / US 20 - Boston; Springfield via Route 20 Connector
Worcester 11 Millbury Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance
12 MA Route 122A.svg Route 122A north - McKeon Road; Vernon Hill Route 122A joins southbound and leaves northbound
13 I-290.svg I-290 east - Shrewsbury; Marlboro Northbound exit and southbound entrance
MA Route 146.svg ends at I-290.svg

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