Route 114 is a
Massachusetts
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state route
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that, while essentially a northwest–southeast route, is signed west–east. It runs from
Route 28 in
Lawrence to its terminus at
Route 129 in
Marblehead. The route is entirely located in
Essex County.
Route 114 is not related to
Route 114A in
Seekonk, which is actually related to
Rhode Island Route 114 and is located about away from Massachusetts Route 114.
Route description
Route 114 begins in Lawrence at
Route 28, at the southern end of the O'Leary Bridge. It heads eastward along Merrimack Street before turning southward onto Parker Street, passing
Lawrence Station as it does. It then bends southeastward at Andover Street, intersecting
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at Exit 100 (formerly 42). It then crosses the
Shawsheen River
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into
North Andover, becoming the Salem Turnpike. In North Andover, Route 114 crosses
Route 133 before beginning a concurrency with
Route 125 which lasts for over half a mile, passing through the
Merrimack College
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campus in the process. It then continues through the town into
Middleton, where it has a short
wrong-way concurrency
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with
Route 62 in the center of town.
From Middleton, Route 114 heads into
Danvers. In Danvers, Route 114 has interchanges with
U.S. Route 1 and
I-95
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in quick succession before entering into
Peabody. In Peabody, Route 114 passes the
Northshore Mall just before meeting
Route 128 at Exit 40 (formerly 25). It continues through the northeastern part of town, meeting the southern end of
Route 35 before passing into
Salem.
In Salem, Route 114 crosses over
Route 107 adjacent to the
Salem Station. It then continues along North Street, which turns into Summer Street before the route turns eastward onto Norman Street. It then turns south onto Lafayette Street, becoming concurrent with
Route 1A southward, until the two split in front of
Salem State University, with Route 114 continuing southward, crossing the Forest River into
Marblehead. The route finally ends at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Ocean Avenue, where it meets the eastern end of
Route 129, at Marblehead's main fire station.
History
Route 114 was originally the
Essex Turnpike.
For about its first three decades as 114, Route 114 originally went only as far as Salem. The route was extended to Marblehead in the late 1950s.
Between 1997 and 2002, the terminations of Routes 114 and 129 in Marblehead were extended by slightly more than half a mile eastward, to meet at Essex and Pleasant Streets. After 2002, the roads reverted to their prior forms.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Massachusetts Route 114
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Transportation in Essex County, Massachusetts