Route 148 is a south–north
state highway
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in central
. The road travels between
U.S. Route 20
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(US 20) in
Sturbridge
Sturbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is home to Old Sturbridge Village living history museum and other sites of historical interest such as Tantiusques.
The population was 9,867 at the 2020 census, with more ...
and
Route 122 in
Oakham
Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, east of Leicester, south-east of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. It had a population of 10,922 in the 2011 census, estimated at 11,191 in 2019. Oakham is to the west o ...
. It travels entirely in
Worcester County.
Route description
Route 148 begins at US 20 in
Fiskdale, a village in Sturbridge. The highway runs north under
Interstate 90
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(the
Massachusetts Turnpike
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) without an interchange and past the
Tantasqua Regional High School
Tantasqua Regional High School is located in Fiskdale, Massachusetts. It serves the towns of Brimfield, Brookfield, Holland, Sturbridge, and Wales. The school colors are green and gold and the school song is "Hail, Tantasqua", set to the music ...
before entering
Brookfield, where there is a very brief
concurrency
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with
Route 9 in the center of the town. Route 148 then enters
North Brookfield and becomes concurrent with
Route 67 through the center of the town. After the two highways diverge, Route 148 passes through the southeastern corner of
New Braintree
New Braintree is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 996 at the 2020 census.
History
Before being settled by re-located residents of Braintree, Massachusetts, New Braintree was occupied by various Nat ...
for less than and then enters Oakham, where the highway ends at Route 122.
History
Route 148 was extended after 1986 from the southern intersection with Route 67 in North Brookfield to Route 122 in Oakham;
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Major intersections
References
External links
148 148 may refer to:
*148 (number), a natural number
*AD 148, a year in the 2nd century AD
*148 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*148 (album), an album by C418
*148 (Meiktila) Battery Royal Artillery
*148 (New Jersey bus) 148 may refer to:
*148 (numb ...
Transportation in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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