Massachusetts Route 122A

Route 122A
Route 122A
	Map of Worcester County in central Massachusetts with Route 122A highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MassDOT
Length	26.85 mi (43.21 km)
Major junctions
South end	Route 122 in Grafton
	I-90 / Mass Pike / US 20 / Route 146 in Millbury; I-290 / Route 9 / Route 12 / Route 122 in Worcester; Route 31 / Route 68 in Holden; Route 56 in Rutland;
North end	Route 122 in Rutland
Location
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
Counties	Worcester
Highway system
	Massachusetts State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

Route 122A is a southeast-northwest state highway in Massachusetts, in the United States. It is an alternate route of Massachusetts Route 122, with a mile-long concurrency with its parent route in downtown Worcester.

Route description

Route 122A begins in the Farnumsville section of Grafton at its parent route. Route 122A heads westward, crossing the Blackstone River and following it through the northwest corner of Sutton and into Millbury. In Millbury, Route 122A crosses the river again, passing through the center of town before meeting Route 146, near the Shoppes at Blackstone Valley shopping center. The two routes travel northward, with a combined exit to U.S. Route 20 and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) shortly after the merge, and just before the two routes enter Worcester.

In Worcester, Route 122A leaves Route 146 at Providence Street, following it and Winthrop Street until crossing I-290 at Exit 13. Just after this, Route 122A meets Route 122 at Kelly Square, running concurrently with its parent route westward until the two meet Route 9 and Route 12. Route 122A then turns northward concurrently with the two routes, with Route 9 leaving the concurrency a few blocks north, before Route 122A splits from Route 12, turning northwestward and following the shores of Indian Lake near Assumption College. Route 122A then enters the town of Holden.

Route 122A passes through Chaffinville and past Chaffin Pond before intersecting Route 31 at Holden Center. It continues northward, passing Eagle Lake and Stump Pond before meeting the southern end of Route 68. Route 122A bends westward into the town of Rutland, where it shares a short concurrency with Route 56 before finally ending at its parent route once more, in Rutland State Park.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Worcester County.

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Grafton	0.00	0.00		Route 122	Southern terminus of Route 122A.
Millbury	5.8	9.3	9	Route 146 south	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 146.
Millbury	6.5	10.5	10	I-90 / Mass Pike / US 20	Exit ramp to access road to both routes.
Worcester	7.4	11.9	11	Millbury Street	Northbound exit and Southboud entrance
	8.0	12.9	12	Route 146 north	Northern end of concurrency with Route 146.
	9.7	15.6		I-290	I-290 Exit 13
	9.8	15.8		Route 122 south	Eastern end of concurrency with Route 122.
	11.1	17.9		Route 122 north Route 9 west / Route 12 south	Western end of concurrency with Route 122. Southern end of concurrency with Routes 9 & 12.
	11.8	19.0		Route 9 east	Northern end of concurrency with Route 9. Routes 122A & 12 continue north.
	13.4	21.6		Route 12 north	Northern end of concurrency with Route 12.
Holden	19.0	30.6		Route 31
Holden	21.0	33.8		Route 68 north	Southern end of Route 68.
Rutland	24.4	39.3		Route 56 south	Eastern end of concurrency with Route 56.
	24.5	39.4		Route 56 north	Western end of concurrency with Route 56.
	26.85	43.21		Route 122	Northern end of Route 122A.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Tolled