Massachusetts Route 295

Infobox MA Route
state=MA
type=MA
route=295
length_mi=1.67 Executive Office of Transportation, [http://www.eot.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=content/plan02&sid=about Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory] ]
length_km=2.69
formed=
dir1=West
dir2=East
from=
to=
previous_type=Interstate
previous_route=295
next_type=Interstate
next_route=391

Route 295 is a state highway in Richmond, Massachusetts of approximately 2 miles that serves as a connector between New York's State Route 295 and Massachusetts's Route 41. The highway gets its number from its corresponding New York route number, and is the highest numbered Massachusetts state highway.

This road is not to be confused with Interstate 295, which is approximately 120 miles away in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. After I-295's completion, the Massachusetts Highway Department chose not to renumber Route 295. The Massachusetts Highway Department felt that unless the New York State Department of Transportation were to renumber New York Route 295, the confusion between I-295 and Massachusetts Route 295 would be less than if the route would change numbers at the New York state line.

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