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The Massachusetts Highway Department subsequently restored the designation of Route 128 and reinstalled signage on the segment of the Yankee Division Highway designated as I-95, partly in response to public protest and partly due to the fact that an Amtrak and MBTA commuter rail station adjacent to the highway at the University Avenue ...
Wikipedia: Map data/Wikipedia KML/Massachusetts Route 128
Formerly numbered Route 25 prior to 1957, where the freeway segment southeast of Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) was designated as Route 25: Route 228: 9.4: 15.1 Route 3 in Rockland: George Washington Boulevard in Hull: 1967: current Originally Part of Route 128 until that route was truncated back to Braintree in 1967 Route 240: 1.3: 2.1
The modern I-95 follows the outer belt shown on this map (now considered the "inner" Route 128 compared to the "outer" I-495 which is not shown, and which started construction two years after the study). Between 1972 and 1974, plans were to extend I-95 along a northerly extension of the Northeast Expressway to Route 128 in northwestern Danvers.
The Northwest Expressway (US 3) was the one freeway in Massachusetts that still used the "25 is 128" system, where exit 25 was at Route 128 and exit numbers increased leaving Boston. This was previously common on expressways around Boston. As such, its exit numbering scheme started at 25 (at Route 128/I-95) and went up to 36.
The Route 128/I-93/I-95 interchange was nearly completed, leaving unused ramps north of the interchange and two unused bridges which were later removed. [11] In 1973, the state planned to build a 300-space parking garage – to be served by express buses to Boston, Providence, and Logan Airport – on the stub end of I-95 just inside Route 128.
Massachusetts Route 128, with Boston at its center, quietly but powerfully influenced Topsfield's history and character. Originally known as the "Circumferential Highway", Route 128 was the first limited-access beltway in the United States. The Route 128 number dates from the origin of the Massachusetts highway system in the 1920s.
The intersection of the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 128 is located in southeastern Weston. Several local state highways – U.S. Route 20 (Boston Post Road), Massachusetts State Route 30 (South Avenue), and Massachusetts State Route 117 (North Avenue) – also travel east and west through the town in addition to the Massachusetts Turnpike.