Massachusetts Route 80

Route 80
Route information
Length:	6.56 mi[1] (10.56 km)
Existed:	by 1953 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Carver Road in Plymouth
East end:	Route 3A in Kingston
Highway system
Massachusetts State Highway Routes ← Route 79 Route 81 →

Westbound in Kingston

Route 80 is a C-shaped state highway in southeastern Massachusetts. The highway is signed as west–east.

Route description

Route 80 starts at Carver Road (formerly U.S. Route 44) in the West Plymouth section of Plymouth. Due to the removal of Route 44, this is an unusual instance that a numbered route does not have its terminus with another numbered route. Though signed East, Route 80 heads west in the Plymouth section, and then generally north and northwest after crossing the town line into Kingston, all for the first 4.1 miles (6.6 km), and is a state highway, before finally turning east at Elm Street and becoming a town-maintained road.

The highway crosses over the new highway portion of U.S. Route 44 in Kingston, but there is no interchange; however, Commerce Way in Plymouth provides access between the two highways. Route 80 ends at Route 3A in Kingston along the Jones River between Routes 3 and 106.

Points of interest

Parting Ways Cemetery, a 94-acre (380,000 m²) site containing the burial grounds of four former slaves who fought in the American Revolutionary War and their families, is on this highway in Plymouth, near the Kingston town line.

Sacred Heart High School and Camp Mishannock, a summer camp for girls along Lake Providence, are on the Kingston portion of this highway.

Junction list

The entire highway is located in Plymouth County.

Location	Road Names	Milepost	Roads Intersected	Notes
Plymouth	Plympton Road	0.00	Carver Road	Western terminus of Route 80.
		0.6	Commerce Way	To U.S. Route 44.
Kingston	Bishops Highway Indian Pond Road Elm Street Brook Street		US 44	No access between Route 80 and US 44
		4.1	Elm Street	To Route 58.
		6.56	Route 3A	Eastern terminus of Route 80. To Route 3 Exit 9 via Route 3A South. To Routes 106/27/53 via Route 3A North.

References

1. ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory