Plimoth Patuxet Highway
Plimoth Plantation Highway | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Counties | Plymouth |
| Highway system | |
Plimoth Plantation Highway is a short unnumbered two-lane freeway with plastic stanchions posted on a rumbled asphalt median in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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 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
 | This section is missing mileposts for junctions. |
The entire route is in Plymouth, Plymouth County. All exits are unnumbered.
| mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00 |   Route 3 north – Brockton, Boston | Southbound exit and northbound entrance from Route 3; Exit 4 on Route 3 | ||
| Sandwich Road – Chiltonville, Plymouth Beach | |||||
| Plimoth Plantation | Westbound exit and entrance; opened seasonally | ||||
| Plimoth Plantation via River Street | Eastbound exit and entrance | ||||
| 2.04 | 3.28 |  Route 3A – Manomet, White Horse Beach | High-speed merge onto Route 3A south toward Manomet with two left-hand modified jughandles | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Gallery
-
Looking eastward from the Sandwich Road Bridge -
Looking westward from the Sandwich Road Bridge
