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Route 2A Route information Length: 98.46 mi[1] (158.46 km) Major junctions West end: I-91/Route 2 in Greenfield
Route 2 in Greenfield
Route 2 in Erving
US 202 in Phillipston
I-495 in Littleton
Route 2 in Concord
I-95/Route 128 in Lexington
US 3 in Arlington
US 3/Route 16 in Cambridge
US 3/Route 3 in Cambridge
East end: Route 2 in Boston
Highway system Massachusetts State Highway Routes
← Route 2
US 3 →
Route 2A exists in several sections of Massachusetts, mainly as parts of former Route 2 that have been moved or upgraded. Route 2A runs from Greenfield in the west to Boston in the east. Route 2A used to extend all the way to Shelburne Falls in Buckland in the west, but as of 2007, the route now terminates at Interstate 91 in Greenfield.
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Route description
Route 2A begins at the rotary intersection of Route 2 at Interstate 91 in Greenfield. It passes through downtown Greenfield before reconnecting to its parent route just west of the Greenfield-Gill town line. After a 12.6-mile silent concurrency, Route 2A leaves its parent road once more, passing through Orange and Athol. In Athol it passes the former northern terminus of Route 21, which was truncated to Belchertown after the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. From Phillipston through Westminster, Route 2A weaves around its parent route, crossing it a total of six times with five exits of access off of Route 2. In Fitchburg the road is shared with several other routes as it passes through the northern half of town. Once in Lunenburg it has another short concurrency with Route 13 just north of the former Whalom Park before crossing into Middlesex County at Shirley.
In Shirley, Route 2 passes north of Fort Devens into Ayer before heading into Littleton before crossing Interstate 495 at Exit 30. It then turns south through Acton and into Concord before Route 2A rejoins its parent route once more. As a silent concurrency it passes south of the historic center of town and north of Walden Pond before splitting again. Route 2A then passes through the Minuteman National Historical Park along the Great Road, the route taken by British troops between the Battles of Lexington and Concord. It then leaves the park, intersecting with I-95/Route 128 at Exits 30 A-B. The road passes south of Lexington's town center before winding into Arlington. In Arlington, the road begins a concurrency with U.S. Route 3 which eventually joins the route to Massachusetts Avenue. After US 3 leaves Mass Ave. at the Alewife Brook Parkway, Route 2A continues through the city of Cambridge, passing through Harvard Yard and by MIT. It intersects the junction of US 3 and Massachusetts Route 3 at Memorial Drive before crossing the Harvard Bridge (also known as the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge) before crossing into Boston, finally ending at Route 2 and U.S. Route 20 at Commonwealth Avenue.
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Eastbound at the Garden Theater in Greenfield
Junction list
County Location Mile Roads intersected Notes Franklin Greenfield 0.0 Interstate 91
Route 2
Western terminus of Route 2 at I-91 Exit 26 1.1 US 5/Route 10
Court Square 4.1 Route 2
Begin western silent concurrency with Route 2 Gill 8.0 Connecticut River French King Bridge Erving 9.1 Route 62
Silent junction 16.7 Route 2
End western silent concurrency with Route 2 Orange 18.9 Route 78
Southern terminus of Route 78 20.2 Route 122
Northern terminus of Route 122 Worcester Athol 25.2 Route 32
Western end of concurrency with Route 32 25.9 Route 21
Former northern terminus of Route 21 26.6 Route 32
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 32 27.7 Route 2/US 202
Exit 18, westbound entrance and exit only Phillipston 28.4 Route 2/US 202
Exit 18, eastbound entrance and exit only 30.7 Route 2/US 202
Route 2 Exit 19; begin concurrency with US 202 Templeton 31.5 US 202
Eastern end of concurrency with US 202 34.5 Route 101
Western end of concurrency with Route 101 35.5 Route 2
Route 2 Exit 21 36.2 Route 101
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 101 Gardner 38.6 Route 68
Access to Route 2 Exit 22 Westminster 43.8 Route 140
Route 2
Western end of concurrency with Route 140
Route 2 Exit 25 Eastbound exit and entrance only44.0 Route 140
Route 2
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 140
Route 2 Exit 25 Westbound exit and entrance only
Begin concurrency with Routes 2 & 140Fitchburg 47.7 Route 31
Western end of concurrency with Route 31 48.8 Route 12
Western end of triple concurrency 49.6 Route 12
Eastern end of triple concurrency; continue concurrency with Route 31 50.6 Route 31
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 31 Lunenburg 53.4 Route 13
Western end of concurrency with Route 13 53.7 Route 13
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 13 58.0 Route 225
Western terminus of Route 225 Middlesex Ayer 63.0 Route 111
Western end of concurrency with Route 111 64.7 Route 111
Route 110
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 111
Western end of concurrency with Route 110Littleton 69.2 I-495
Exit 30 69.8 Route 110
Route 119
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 110
Western end of concurrency with Route 119Acton 74.8 Route 27
Concord 77.6 Route 119
Route 2
Eastern end of concurrency with Route 119
Begin eastern silent concurrency with Route 278.9 Route 62
Silent intersection 81.1 Route 126
Silent intersection 82.2 Route 2
End eastern silent concurrency with Route 2 Lincoln 82.6 Bypass Road Minuteman National Historical Park entrance Lexington 85.3 Marrett Road Minutemen National Historical Park exit 85.6 I-95 / Route 128
Exit 30 88.3 Route 4/Route 225
Western end of concurrency with Routes 4/225 88.4 Route 4/Route 225
Eastern end of concurrency with Routes 4/225 Arlington 92.0 U.S. Route 3
Western end of concurrency with US 3 92.2 Route 60
Western end of triple concurrency 92.3 Route 60
Eastern end of triple concurrency
Route 2A & US 3 join Massachusetts AvenueCambridge 93.7 U.S. Route 3
Eastern end of concurrency with US 3 at Alewife Brook Parkway 95.9 Harvard Yard Route 2A passes through Harvard University 97.8 U.S. Route 3/Route 3
Memorial Drive intersection at Harvard Bridge
Northern terminus of Massachusetts Route 3
Southern terminus of U.S. Route 3Suffolk Boston 98.5 Route 2 / U.S. Route 20
Eastern terminus of Route 2A at Route 2 (Commonwealth Avenue) References
See also
Categories:- Numbered routes in Massachusetts
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