Massachusetts Route 10 is a north–south
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
that runs from the
Connecticut state line at
Southwick to the
New Hampshire state line at
Northfield. Originally part of
New England Route 10 from 1922 to 1927, it continues to the south as
Connecticut Route 10, and to the north as
New Hampshire Route 10.
Route description
Route 10 crosses the border from
Granby, Connecticut into
Southwick, Massachusetts, overlapped with
U.S. 202
U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a spur route of US 2. It follows a northeasterly and southwesterly direction stretching from Delaware to Maine, also traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massa ...
. It runs north through the
Pioneer Valley towns of
Southwick,
Westfield,
Southampton,
Easthampton,
Northampton
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,
Hatfield,
Whately,
Deerfield,
Greenfield
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Engineering and Business
* Greenfield agreement, an employment agreement for a new organisation
* Greenfield investment, the investment in a structure in an area where no previous facilities exist
* Greenf ...
,
Bernardston
Bernardston () is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,102 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Falls Fight Township
Bernardston, ...
,
Gill, and
Northfield. Route 10 has a long concurrency with
U.S. 5
U.S. Route 5 (US 5) is a north–south United States highway running through the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Significant cities along the route include New Haven, Connecticut; Hartford, Connecticut; and Springf ...
for about from Northampton to Bernardston, where it was sometimes called the "5 & 10 Highway". During this concurrency, it closely parallels
Interstate 91, with five exits from Northampton to Deerfield, with close access at
Route 2
The following highways are numbered 2. For roads numbered A2, see list of A2 roads. For roads numbered B2, see list of B2 roads. For roads numbered M2, see list of M2 roads. For roads numbered N2, see list of N2 roads.
International
* AH2, As ...
in Greenfield and another exit, solely for Route 10, in Bernardston. It crosses the
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island ...
in Northfield before entering New Hampshire.
Route 10 is concurrent with seven other routes (US 5,
US 20, US 202, and Massachusetts Routes
57,
9,
116 116 (''one hundred and sixteen'') may refer to:
*116 (number)
*AD 116
* 116 BC
* 116 (Devon and Cornwall) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, a military unit
* 116 (MBTA bus)
* 116 (New Jersey bus)
* 116 (hip hop group), a Christian hip hop collect ...
, and
63) for of its nearly in the state with three points of triple concurrency, leaving less than a third of its length as the sole road designation.
History
An odd sight greeted motorists in Easthampton in July 2005: standard issue
Alabama state highway signs with the number 10 in a map of that state, instead of the standard Massachusetts square. This odd "
Alabama 10
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
" signage came about when a contractor mistakenly applied the sample from a federal manual. The signs have since been replaced with the correct shields.
Major intersections
See also
*
New England Interstate Route 10
References
External links
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Route 10 endpoint photos
010 010 may refer to:
* 10 (number)
* 8 (number) in octal numeral notation
* Motorola 68010, a microprocessor released by Motorola in 1982
* 010, the telephone area code of Beijing
* 010, the Rotterdam
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