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Massachusetts Route 20
U.S. Route 20 (US 20) runs its easternmost in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The highway crosses the state border from New Lebanon, New York, into Hancock, Massachusetts, and runs eastward to Boston, where it ends at State Route 2 in Kenmore Square. It spends the vast majority of its journey paralleling I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike), which has largely superseded US-20 for through travel. Still, US-20 directly serves many towns and local business areas which the Turnpike bypasses. U.S. Route 20 is currently the longest numbered highway in the entire country, at an estimated length of 3,365 miles between Boston and Newport, Oregon. Parts of US 20 between the Worcester and Boston areas are part of an alignment of the Boston Post Road, an early colonial highway designated in 1673 for carrying mail between New York City and Boston. US 20 is still locally known as the "Boston Post Road" in the towns of Northborough, Marlborough, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston. Route descriptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MassDOT
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) oversees roads, public transit, aeronautics, and transportation licensing and registration in the US state of Massachusetts. It was created on November 1, 2009, by the 186th Session of the Massachusetts General Court upon enactment of the ''2009 Transportation Reform Act.'' History In 2009, Governor Deval Patrick proposed merging all Massachusetts transportation agencies into a single Department of Transportation. Legislation consolidating all of Massachusetts' transportation agencies into one organization was signed into law on June 26, 2009. The newly established Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MASSDOT) assumed operations from the existing conglomeration of state transportation agencies on November 1, 2009. This change included: * Creating the Highway Division from the former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and Massachusetts Highway Department, MassHighways. * Assuming responsibility for the planning and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
