Route 80 is a C-shaped

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in southeastern Massachusetts. The highway is signed as west–east.

Route description

Route 80 starts at Carver Road (formerly

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) in the West Plymouth section of

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. Due to the removal of Route 44, this is an unusual instance that a numbered route does not have its terminus with another numbered route. Though signed East, Route 80 heads ''west'' in the Plymouth section, and then generally north and northwest after crossing the town line into

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, all for the first , and is a state highway, before finally turning east at Elm Street and becoming a town-maintained road. The highway crosses over the new highway portion of U.S. Route 44 in Kingston, but there is no interchange; however, Commerce Way in Plymouth provides access between the two highways. Route 80 ends at Route 3A in Kingston along the

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between Routes 3 and

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. The state highway portion of the road is also concurrent with the

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which runs for 135 miles between Boston and Cape Cod.

Points of interest

Parting Ways Cemetery, a site containing the burial grounds of four former

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who fought in the American Revolutionary War and their families, is on this highway in Plymouth, near the Kingston town line.

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and Camp Mishannock, a summer camp for girls along

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, are on the Kingston portion of this highway.

Major intersections

References

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