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From the intersection, the route runs northward, closely parallel to the Interstate Highway. It continues into Oxford and through the town center, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of which it turns northeast towards North Oxford, where it intersects Route 56. Route 12 then proceeds northeast for 0.8 miles (1.3 km) and joins U.S. Route 20.
Present day Oxford and the areas surrounding it were inhabited for thousands of years before European colonization.Although archaeological sites exist in Central Massachusetts dating back to the Paleoindian period (12,000-9000 years before present) there are much more abundant archaeological remains starting in the period from 6500 to 3000 years before present, including an arrowhead ...
T. E. Lawrence (known as Lawrence of Arabia) grew up in Polstead Road, North Oxford. Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984), Poet Laureate, was an enthusiast about North Oxford and wrote poems mentioning the area, such as May-Day Song for North Oxford: Belbroughton Road is bonny, and pinkly bursts the spray Of prunus and forsythia across the public way,
Route 56 is a north–south state highway running 20.1 miles (32.3 km) through central Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.Its southern terminus is at Route 12 in Oxford and its northern terminus is at Route 68 in Rutland.
Route 181 north – Belchertown: Southern terminus of Route 181: 79.794: 128.416: Route 32 north to I-90 – Ware, Barre: Western end of Route 32 concurrency: 80.775: 129.995: Route 32 south – Monson, Stafford Springs, CT: Eastern end of Route 32 concurrency: 82.461: 132.708: Route 67 north – Warren, Brookfield: Southern terminus of Route ...
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is located in north-central and northeastern Massachusetts. The largest municipalities in the district are Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Billerica (partial), Fitchburg, and Marlborough. Democrat Lori Trahan has represented the district since 2019.
After passing through Webster and Oxford, it enters Auburn where it has an interchange with US 20, which provides access to the Route 146 expressway. The I-395 designation for the highway ends as it meets I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) at exits 11A and 11B and becomes I-290 as it heads toward Worcester, although the mileage for I-395 runs in parallel with its I-290 counterpart until it reaches ...
Map of Massachusetts's 2nd Congressional District, 2003–2013, via Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth; Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Massachusetts: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Second District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020