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1450:terminus
1418: –
1395:Cape Cod
1389: –
1362:Rockland
1334:Weymouth
1320:Rockland
1316:Holbrook
1314: –
1288:Brockton
1286: –
1268:Abington
1259:Kingston
1255:Brockton
1253: –
1218:Brockton
1216: –
1188:Kingston
1109:Brockton
1101:Kingston
1095: –
1043:Marlboro
1035:Plymouth
1029: –
1021: /
964:Marlboro
960:Cape Cod
954: –
896: –
873:Plymouth
799:Plymouth
740:Cape Cod
734: –
677: –
545:Location
512:Route 3A
496:Route 28
484:Route 28
468:Route 53
464:Weymouth
460:Abington
436:Route 28
412:Freetown
353:Weymouth
248:Plymouth
240:Counties
215:Location
189:Weymouth
170: /
151: /
51:Route 18
1570:June 2,
1561:(Map).
1428:Hanover
1376:65.475–
1371:40.684–
1329:Norfolk
1292:Hanover
1198:Whitman
1184:Halifax
1097:Taunton
1065:42.120–
1060:26.172–
1039:Taunton
982:32.287–
977:20.062–
956:Wareham
924:31.728–
919:19.715–
902:Assonet
785:Taunton
567:Bristol
474:History
456:Whitman
387:freeway
252:Norfolk
244:Bristol
220:Country
72:MassDOT
1424:Quincy
1407:66.886
1404:41.561
1391:Boston
1378:65.887
1373:40.940
1341:59.683
1338:37.085
1303:58.207
1300:36.168
1275:55.593
1272:34.544
1242:52.783
1239:32.798
1222:Hanson
1205:51.605
1202:32.066
1163:45.379
1160:28.197
1126:45.213
1123:28.094
1067:42.339
1062:26.308
1048:Rotary
984:32.597
979:20.255
968:Boston
926:32.097
921:19.944
885:29.124
882:18.097
848:26.060
845:16.193
811:21.739
808:13.508
789:Boston
542:County
462:, and
440:rotary
422:along
78:Length
1471:Route
1027:I-495
948:I-495
764:7.743
761:4.811
753:2.213
750:1.375
745:Drive
732:I-195
723:1.997
720:1.241
709:1.418
706:0.881
695:0.673
692:0.418
666:0.050
663:0.031
655:0.000
652:0.000
641:0.000
636:0.000
561:Notes
399:I-195
393:, at
360:I-195
289:State
230:State
131:I-495
121:I-195
1608:2015
1572:2019
1542:2016
1502:help
1498:edit
626:east
593:0.64
434:and
950:to
639:2.4
634:1.5
607:2.3
604:1.4
590:0.4
579:0.0
576:0.0
426:),
343:in
187:in
174:in
133:in
102:in
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900:,
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681:,
554:km
549:mi
470:.
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316:→
301:←
284:US
250:,
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