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Hi there, I’m John Green, you’re watching Crash Course: World History, and today we’re gonna talk about the Silk Road, so called because it was not a road and not made of silk. So this is a t-shirt. It was designed in Belgium and contains cotton from both Brazil and the Texas, which was turned into cloth in China, stitched in Haiti, screen-printed in the Washington, sold to me in Indiana, and now that I am too fat to wear it, it will soon make its way to Cameroon or Honduras or possibly even back to Haiti. Can we just pause for a moment to consider the astonishing fact that most t-shirts see more of the World than most of us do— Mr. Green Mr. Green the t-shirt can’t see the world because they don’t have eyes— Look, me from the past, it’s difficult for me to isolate what I hate most about you because there is so much to hate. But very near the top is your relentless talent for ignoring everything that is interesting and beautiful about our species in favor of pedantic sniveling in which no one loses or gains anything of value. I’m gonna go put on a collared shirt because we’re here to tackle the big picture. [music intro] [music intro] [music intro] [music intro] [music intro] [music intro] So the silk road didn’t begin trade, but it did radically expand its scope, and the connections that were formed by mostly unknown merchants arguably changed the world more than any political or religious leaders. It was especially cool If you were rich, because you finally had something to spend your money on other than temples. But even if you weren’t rich, the Silk Road reshaped the lives of everyone living in Africa and Eurasia, as we will see today. Let’s go straight to the Thought Bubble. As previously mentioned, the silk road was not a road. It’s not like archaeologists working in Uzbekistan have uncovered a bunch of yield signs and baby on board stickers. It was an overland route where merchants carried goods for trade. But it was really two routes: One that connected the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and one that went from Central Asia to China. Further complicating things, the Silk Road involved sea routes: Many goods reached Rome via the Mediterranean, and goods from Central Asia found their way across the Pacific to Japan and even Java. So we shouldn’t think of the Silk Road as a road but rather as a network of trade routes. But just as now, the goods traveled more than the people who traded them: Very few traders traversed the entire silk road: Instead, they’d move back and forth between towns, selling to traders who’d take the goods further toward their destination, with everybody marking up prices along the way. So what’d they trade? Well silk, for starters. For millennia, silk was only produced in China. It is spun from the cocoons of mulberry tree-eating worms and the process of silk making as well as the techniques for raising the worms were closely guarded secrets, since the lion’s share of China’s wealth came from silk production. The Chinese used silk as fishing line, to buy off nomadic raiders to keep things peaceful, and to write before they invented paper. But as an export, silk was mostly used for clothes: Silk clothing feels light in the summer and warm in the winter, and until we invented $700 pre-distressed designer jeans, decking yourself out in silk was the #1 way to show people that you were wealthy. Thanks, Thought Bubble. But the silk road wasn’t all about silk. The Mediterranean exported such cliched goods as olives, olive oil, wine, and mustachioed plumbers. China exported raw materials like jade, silver, and iron. India exported fine cotton textiles; the ivory that originated in East Africa made its way across the Silk Road; And Arabia exported incense and spices and tortoise shells. Oh, god, it’s a red one, isn’t it? It’s just gonna chase me, I just--- Ow. Up until now on Crash Course we’ve been focused on city-dwelling civilizational types, but with the growth of the silk road, the nomadic people of Central Asia suddenly become much more important to world history. Much of Central Asia isn’t great for agriculture, but it’s difficult to conquer, unless you are, wait for it- The Mongols. It also lends itself fairly well to herding, and since nomads are definitionally good at moving around, they’re also good at moving stuff from Point A to Point B, which makes them good traders. Plus all their travel made them more resistant to diseases. One group of such nomads, the Yuezhi, were humiliated in battle in the 2nd century BCE by their bitter rivals the Xiongnu, who turned the Yuezhi king’s skull into a drinking cup, in fact. And in the wake of that the Yuezhi migrated to Bactria and started the Kushan Empire in what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although silk road trading began more than a century before the birth of Jesus, it really took off in the second and third centuries CE, and the Kushan Empire became a huge hub for that silk road trade. By then, nomads were being eclipsed by professional merchants who travelled the silk roads, often making huge profits, but those cities that had been founded by nomadic peoples became hugely important. They continued to grow, because most of the trade on the Silk Road was by caravan, and those caravans had to stop frequently, you know, for like food and water and prostitutes. These towns became fantastically wealthy: One, Palmyra, was particularly important because all of the incense and silk that travelled to Rome had to go through Palmyra. Silk was so popular among the Roman elite that the Roman senate repeatedly tried to ban it, complaining about trade imbalances caused by the silk trade and also that silk was inadequately modest. To quote Seneca the Younger, “I see clothes of silk, if materials that do not hide the body, nor even one's decency, can be called clothes,” he also said of the woman who wears silk, “her husband has no more acquaintance than any outsider or foreigner with his wife's body." And yet all attempts to ban silk failed, which speaks to how much, even in the ancient world, wealth shaped governance. And with trade, there was a way to become wealthy without being a king or lord who takes part of what your citizens produce. The merchant class that grew along with the Silk Road came to have a lot of political clout, and in some ways that began the tension that we still see today between wealth and politics. Whether it’s, you know, corporations making large donations or Vladimir Putin periodically jailing billionaires. Mr. Putin, I just want to state for the record that I did not mean that in any way, I was--- Stan wrote that joke. Oh, it’s time for the Open Letter. An Open Letter to Billionaires: But first, let’s see what’s in the Secret Compartment today. Oh, it’s some fake silk; the stuff that put real silk out of business. Dear Billionaires, I’ve wrapped myself in the finest of polyester so that you will take my message seriously. Here at Crash Course we’ve done a lot of research into our demographics and our show is watched primarily by Grammar Nazis, Muggle Quidditch Players, People Who Have a Test Tomorrow, and Billionaires. I have a message for you Billionaires: It will never be enough. You’re relentless yearning is going to kill us all. Best wishes, John Green Speaking of billionaires, the goods that travelled on the Silk Road really only changed the lives of rich people. Did the Silk Road affect the rest of us? Yes, for three reasons.Second, the Silk Road didn’t just trade luxury goods. In fact, arguably the most important thing traded along the Silk Road: ideas. First, wider economic impact. Relatively few people could afford silk, but a lot of people devoted their lives to making that silk. And as the market for silk grew, more and more people chose to go into silk production rather than doing something else with their lives. Second, the Silk Road didn’t just trade luxury goods. In fact, arguably the most important thing traded along the Silk Road: ideas. For example, the Silk Road was the primary route for the spread of Buddhism.When we last saw the Buddha’s Eight-Fold Path to escaping the cycle of suffering and desire that's inherent to humans, it was beginning to dwindle in India. But through contacts with other cultures and traditions, Buddhism grew and flourished and became one of the great religious traditions of the world. The variation of Buddhism that took root in China, Korea, Japan, and Central Asia is known as Mahayana Buddhism, and it differed from the original teachings of the Buddha in many ways, but one that was fundamental. For Mahayana Buddhists, the Buddha was divine. (I mean, we can—and religious historians do—fight over the exact definition of divine, but in Mahayanna Buddhism, there’s no question that the Buddha is venerated to a greater degree. The idea of Nirvana also transformed from a release from that cycle of suffering and desire to something much more heavenly and frankly more fun, and in some versions of Mahayana Buddhism, there are lots of different heavens, each more awesome than the last. Rather than focusing on the fundamental fact of suffering, Mahayana Buddhism offered the hope that through worship of the Buddha, or one of the many bodhisattvas – holy people who could have achieved nirvana but chose to hang out on Earth with us because they’re super nice– one could attain a good afterlife. Many merchants on the silk road became strong supporters of monasteries which in turn became convenient weigh stations for caravans. And by endowing the monasteries, rich merchants were buying a form of supernatural insurance; Monks who lived in the monasteries would pray for the success of trade missions and the health of their patrons. It was win-win, especially when you consider that one of the central materials used in Mahayana Buddhist rituals is … silk. And a third reason the silk road changed all our lives, worldwide interconnectedness of populations led to the spread of disease. Measles and Smallpox traveled along it, as did bubonic plague, which came from the East to the West in 534, 750, and—most devastatingly—in 1346. This last plague—known as the Black Death—resulted in the largest population decimation in human history, with nearly half of Europeans dying in a four-year period. A sizable majority of people living in Italy died as did two-thirds of Londoners. And it quite possibly wouldn’t have happened without the Silk Road. If you were living in London during the fourteenth century, you probably didn’t blame the Silk Road for your community’s devastation, but it played a role. If you look at it that way, the interconnectedness fostered by Silk Road affected way, way more people than just those rich enough to buy silk, just as today’s globalization offers both promise and threat to each of us. Next week we’ll talk about Julius Caesar and in what situation, if any, it’s okay to stab your friend in the gut. Until then, thanks for watching. Crash Course is produced and directed by Stan Muller, our script supervisor is Danica Johnson. Our graphics team is Thought Bubble and the show is written by my high school history teacher Raoul Meyer and myself. Last week's Phrase of the Week was "Kim Kardashian". If you didn't like it, SUGGEST BETTER PHRASES OF THE WEEK IN COMMENTS. Every week I take one of your suggestions and find a way to squeeze it into the new episode. If you liked today's episode of Crash Course, please click the "like" button and consider sharing the show with your friends. You can also follow us on Twitter @THECRASHCOURSE or on Facebook, links below. Raoul also has a Twitter where he tweets Crash Course pop quizzes. As do I. All of those links can be found below. Also, the beloved and not fictitious, Stan, has agreed to start tweeting. So that's exciting! Thanks for watching, and as we say in my hometown, don’t forget to be awesome. [scoots out of frame] [scoots out of frame] Oh, hey. Remember that Mongols shirt from the beginning of the episode? In addition to being a joke, it's a shirt! So many of you requested Mongols shirts that WE ARE GIVING THEM TO YOU! [ available for purchase, rather] They are now available for pre-order at DFTBA.com, link in the video info below, so you can show your love for Crash Course or Mongols or exceptions.
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Route 1A | 95.12 | 153.08 | US 1A in Pawtucket, RI | NH 1A in Seabrook, NH | 1927 | c.current | ||
Route 2 | 142.29 | 228.99 | NY 2 in Petersburgh, NY | Route 28 in Boston | 1927 | current | Mostly follows the old New England Route 7. | |
Route 2A | 98.5 | 158.5 | I-91 / Route 2 in Greenfield | Route 2 in Boston | — | — | Mostly follows the old alignment of Route 2. | |
Route 3 | 55.70 | 89.64 | US 6 in Bourne | US 3 / Route 2A in Cambridge | 1926 | current | Southward continuation of US 3 | |
Route 3A | 97.00 | 156.11 | Route 3 in Plymouth | NH 3A in Hudson, NH | 1926 | current | Southern section is 53.39 miles; Northern section is 22.50; 21.11 miles is unsigned concurrency with Route 3 & U.S. Route 3 | |
Route 3B | — | — | — | — | 1927 | 1933 | c.Was New England Route 6B; became Route 38 by 1933. | |
Route 4 | 18.26 | 29.39 | Route 2 / Route 225 in Lexington | Route 3A in North Chelmsford | 1930 | c.current | ||
Route 5A | — | — | Suffield, CT | Springfield | 1938 | 1968 | Replaced US Route 5A; Replaced by Route 159 | |
Route 6A | 62.46 | 100.52 | US 6 in Bourne | US 6 in Provincetown | 1950 | c.current | Former US 6 | |
Route 7A | 25.30 | 40.72 | Ashley Falls Road in North Cannan, CT | US 7 / US 20 in Lenox | 1961 | c.current | Southern section is 3 miles; Northern section is 2.3 miles; 22.7 miles is unsigned concurrency with US 7 | |
Route 8 | 66.64 | 107.25 | Route 8 in Colebrook, CT | VT 8 / VT 100 in Stamford, VT | — | — | Mostly follows the old New England Route 8 | |
Route 8A | 35.85 | 57.69 | Route 8 / Route 9 in Dalton | VT 8A in Whitingham, VT | 1950 | c.current | MassHighway denotes this highway as Route 8A-L | |
Route 8A | 3.17 | 5.10 | Route 8 in North Adams | Route 2 / Route 8 in North Adams | 1950 | c.current | MassHighway denotes this highway as Route 8A-U | |
Route 9 | 135.5 | 218.1 | US 20 in Pittsfield | Route 28 in Boston | 1933 | c.current | ||
Route 9A | — | — | Route 9 in Brookline | US 20 in Boston | — | — | ||
Route 10 | 60.69 | 97.67 | US 202 / Route 10 in Granby, CT | NH 10 in Winchester, NH | 1922 | current | Mostly follows the old New England Route 10 | |
Route 11 | 4.4 | 7.1 | Route 11 in Cumberland, RI (now Route 121) | US 1 in Dedham | 1933 | c.1960 | c.Renumbered to Route 121 in the mid 1960s, due to MA Route 1A section from Wrentham to Dedham. | |
Route 12 | 64.41 | 103.66 | Route 12 in Thompson, CT | NH 12 in Fitzwilliam, NH | 1922 | current | Mostly follows the old New England Route 12 | |
Route 13 | 14.14 | 22.76 | Route 12 in Leominster | NH 13 in Brookline, NH | 1933 | current | ||
Route 14 | 18.46 | 29.71 | Route 27 in Brockton | Route 3A in Duxbury | 1933 | current | ||
Route 15 | 0.23 | 0.37 | Route 15 in Pawtucket, RI | Route 152 in Seekonk | 1980 | current | unsigned extension of RI 15 | |
Route 15 | 7.7 | 12.4 | Route 15 in Tolland, CT (now Interstate 84) | I-90 in Sturbridge | 1933 | 1980 | Functionally replaced by Interstate 84 | |
Route 16 | 59.86 | 96.34 | Route 12 / Route 193 in Webster | Route 1A / Route 60 in Revere | 1933 | current | ||
Route 17 | — | — | — | — | 1933 | c.1939 | Now part of Route 23 | |
Route 17 | — | — | Danvers | Salisbury; short segment continued as NH 17 in Seabrook | 1953 | c.1959 | c.Section of US 1 when US 1 was temporarily rerouted onto future I-95 | |
Route 18 | 41.59 | 66.93 | US 6 in New Bedford | Route 53 in Weymouth | 1933 | current | ||
Route 19 | 16.54 | 26.62 | Route 19 in Stafford, CT | Route 9 / Route 67 in West Brookfield | 1932 | c.current | ||
Route 20A | 4.15 | 6.68 | I-91 / US 20 in Springfield | I-291 / US 20 in Springfield | — | — | ||
Route 20A | — | — | US 20 in Watertown | US 20 in Boston | — | — | ||
Route 21 | 13.73 | 22.10 | US 20 / Route 141 in Springfield | Route 9 in Belchertown | — | — | ||
Route 22 | 9.58 | 15.42 | Route 1A / Route 127 in Beverly | Route 133 in Essex | — | — | ||
Route 23 | 38.43 | 61.85 | NY 23 in Hillsdale, NY | US 20 in Russell | — | — | ||
Route 24 | 40.91 | 65.84 | Route 24 in Tiverton, RI | I-93 / US 1 in Randolph | 1951 | current | Amvets Memorial Highway / Fall River Expressway | |
Route 24 | — | — | — | — | 1933 | 1951 | c.Now Route 124 | |
Route 25 | 10.0 | 16.1 | I-195 / I-495 in Wareham | Route 28 in Bourne | 1957 | current | Freeway for its entire length | |
Route 25 | — | — | — | — | 1933 | 1936 | c.Now Route 137 | |
Route 25 | — | — | — | — | 1936 | c.1957 | Now Route 225 | |
Route 26 | — | — | Route 2 in Fitchburg | Route 119 in Ashby | 1933 | 1939 | Became part of Route 31 | |
Route 27 | 73.44 | 118.19 | Route 106 in Kingston | Route 4 in Chelmsford | 1933 | c.current | ||
Route 28 | 151.93 | 244.51 | US 6 / Route 6A in Eastham | NH 28 in Salem, NH | 1922 | current | Longest state route in Massachusetts | |
Route 28A | 7.98 | 12.84 | Route 28 in Falmouth | Route 28 in Bourne | — | — | ||
Route 30 | 36.4 | 58.6 | Route 122 / Route 140 in Grafton | US 20 in Boston | 1933 | c.current | ||
Route 31 | 58.8 | 94.6 | Route 197 in Thompson, CT (via Dresser Hill Road) | NH 31 in Mason, NH | — | — | ||
Route 32 | 60.66 | 97.62 | Route 32 in Stafford, CT | NH 32 in Richmond, NH | — | — | Mostly follows the old New England Route 32 | |
Route 32A | 12.79 | 20.58 | Route 32 in Hardwick | Route 32 in Petersham | — | — | ||
Route 33 | 5.54 | 8.92 | Route 141 in Chicopee | Route 116 in South Hadley | 1946 | c.current | ||
Route 35 | 5.8 | 9.3 | Route 114 in Peabody | Route 97 in Topsfield | — | — | ||
Route 36 | 5.44 | 8.75 | Route 106 in Halifax | Route 14 in Pembroke | — | — | ||
Route 37 | 9.54 | 15.35 | Route 28 in Brockton | I-93 / US 1 in Braintree | — | — | Prior to 1959, Route 37 continued to Boston & ended at former Route C37 | |
Route 38 | 27.3 | 43.9 | Route 99 in Boston | NH 38 in Pelham, NH | 1933 | c.current | Formerly numbered Route 3B | |
Route 39 | 8.15 | 13.12 | Route 28 / Route 124 in Harwich | Route 28 in Orleans | — | — | ||
Route 40 | 10.46 | 16.83 | Route 119 / Route 225 in Groton | Route 3A in Chelmsford | 1940 | c.current | Designated in late 1940s | |
Route 41 | 31.2 | 50.2 | Route 41 in Salisbury, CT | US 20 in Pittsfield | 1932 | c.current | ||
Route 43 | 15.67 | 25.22 | NY 43 in Stephentown, NY | Route 2 in Williamstown | 1932 | c.current | ||
Route 45 | 6.71 | 10.80 | Route 1A in Boston | Route 16 in Revere | 1954 | c.1958 | Renumbered to Route 145 in 1958 | |
Route 47 | 21.93 | 35.29 | Route 116 in South Hadley | Route 63 in Montague | — | — | ||
Route 49 | — | — | — | — | 1930 | 1946 | now Route 149 | |
Route 49 | 7.44 | 11.97 | US 20 in Sturbridge | Route 9 in Spencer | 1972 | current | ||
Route 52 | 11.91 | 19.17 | Route 52 in Thompson, CT | I-290 in Auburn | 1968 | 1983 | Became I-395 in 1983 | |
Route 53 | 22.14 | 35.63 | Route 3A in Kingston | Route 3A in Quincy | 1963 | current | Follows the old route of Route 3 after Route 3 was moved onto a freeway in 1963 | |
Route 56 | 20.1 | 32.3 | Route 12 in Oxford | Route 68 in Rutland | — | — | ||
Route 57 | 45.42 | 73.10 | Route 23 / Route 183 in Monterey | US 5 in Agawam | 1930 | c.current | Easternmost section of Route 57 is a freeway known as the Henry E. Bodurtha Highway | |
Route 58 | 29.86 | 48.06 | Route 28 in Rochester | Route 18 in Weymouth | — | — | ||
Route 60 | 14.33 | 23.06 | US 20 in Waltham | Route 1A / Route 16 in Revere | — | — | ||
Route 62 | 82.18 | 132.26 | Route 32 / Route 122 in Barre | Route 127 in Beverly | — | — | ||
Route 63 | 24.04 | 38.69 | Route 116 in Amherst | NH 63 in Winchester, NH | 1929 | current | ||
Route 64 | — | — | West Boylston | Gardner | 1933 | c.1939 | c.Became part of Route 140 in 1939 | |
Route 66 | 13.65 | 21.97 | Route 112 in Huntington | Route 9 in Northampton | — | — | ||
Route 67 | 24.81 | 39.93 | US 20 in Palmer | Route 32 in Barre | 1933 | current | ||
Route 68 | 36.14 | 58.16 | Route 122A in Holden | Route 32 in Royalston | — | — | ||
Route 69 | 5.62 | 9.04 | NY 71 in Hillsdale, NY | Route 23 / Route 41 in Great Barrington | 1932 | c.1939 | c.Renumbered to Route 71 in 1939 in order to match the New York route number | |
Route 70 | 20.78 | 33.44 | Route 9 in Worcester | Route 2 in Lancaster | — | — | ||
Route 71 | 5.62 | 9.04 | NY 71 in Hillsdale, NY | Route 23 / Route 41 in Great Barrington | 1939 | c.current | Originally numbered Route 69 until 1939 | |
Route 75 | 4.01 | 6.45 | Route 75 in Suffield, CT | Route 147 / Route 159 in Agawam | 1950 | current | ||
Route 78 | 9.73 | 15.66 | Route 2A in Orange | NH 78 in Winchester, NH | — | — | ||
Route 79 | 18.47 | 29.72 | I-195 / Route 138 in Fall River | Route 105 in Lakeville | — | — | ||
Route 80 | 6.56 | 10.56 | Carver Road (Former US 44) in Plymouth | Route 3A in Kingston | 1953 | c.current | Originally ended at US 44; until that route's relocation in 2005 | |
Route 81 | 2.61 | 4.20 | Route 81 in Tiverton, RI | I-195 in Fall River | — | — | ||
Route 83 | 8.09 | 13.02 | Route 83 in Somers, CT | I-91 / US 5 in Springfield | 1932 | current | ||
Route 85 | 21.01 | 33.81 | Route 16 in Milford | Route 117 in Bolton | — | — | ||
Route 86 | 1.40 | 2.25 | I-95 in Salisbury | NH 86 in Seabrook, NH (Now Route 286) | — | — | Renumbered to Route 286 after the designation of I-86 in the 1970s, which then renumbered to I-84 in 1984 | |
Route 88 | 11.30 | 18.19 | John Reed Road in Westport | I-195 in Westport | — | — | ||
Route 93 | 9.11 | 14.66 | Route 93 in Woodstock, CT | US 20 in Charlton | 1932 | 1959 | Former Route 124; Renumbered to Route 169 in 1959 after the designated of I-93 | |
Route 96 | 3.26 | 5.25 | Route 96 in Burrillville, RI | Route 16 in Douglas | — | — | ||
Route 97 | 24.96 | 40.17 | Route 1A in Beverly | NH 97 in Salem, NH | — | — | ||
Route 98 | 3.87 | 6.23 | Route 98 in Burrillville, RI | Route 146A in Uxbridge | — | — | ||
Route 99 | 6.40 | 10.30 | Chelsea Street & New Rutherford Avenue in Boston | US 1 in Saugus | 1970 | current | Everett-to-Saugus stretch part Former US 1 | |
Route 101 | 22.55 | 36.29 | Route 32 in Petersham | Route 119 in Ashburnham | 1939 | c.current | ||
Route 101 | — | — | Route 101 in Providence, RI | Route 3 in Plymouth | 1926 | 1935 | Transferred to US 44 in 1935 | |
Route 102 | 12.33 | 19.84 | NY 22 in Canaan, NY (via NY 980D) | I-90 / US 20 in Lee | 1933 | c.current | ||
Route 102 | — | — | Route 101 in Taunton | Route 53 in Weymouth | 1926 | 1933 | Renumbered to Route 18 and Route 104 | |
Route 103 | 4.92 | 7.92 | Route 103 in Warren, RI | US 6 / Route 138 in Somerset | 1926 | current | ||
Route 104 | 12.54 | 20.18 | US 44 in Taunton | Route 106 in East Bridgewater | 1933 | c.current | ||
Route 104 | — | — | Route 140 in Clifford | Route 101 in Middleborough | 1926 | 1933 | Became an extension of Route 105 and renumbered to Route 18 | |
Route 105 | 29.36 | 47.25 | US 6 in Marion | Route 106 in Halifax | 1926 | c.current | ||
Route 106 | 34.31 | 55.22 | Route 1A in Plainville | Route 3A in Kingston | 1926 | current | ||
Route 107 | 11.9 | 19.2 | Route 16 in Revere | Route 1A in Salem | 1926 | current | ||
Route 108 | 0.91 | 1.46 | Route 110 in Haverhill | NH 108 in Plaistow, NH | — | — | ||
Route 108 | — | — | Route 12 in Fitchburg | NH 31 in Mason, NH | 1926 | 1933 | Renumbered to Route 31 in 1933 to match New Hampshire | |
Route 109 | 20.97 | 33.75 | Route 16 in Milford | VFW Parkway in Boston | 1933 | current | Formerly numbered Route 137 until 1933 | |
Route 109 | — | — | US 7 in Pittsfield | Route 19 in West Brookfield | 1926 | 1933 | Renumbered to Route 9 in 1933 | |
Route 109A | 24.49 | 39.41 | Route 8 in Hinsdale | Route 109 in Williamsburg | 1926 | 1933 | c.Renumbered to Route 143 in 1933 | |
Route 110 | 69.24 | 111.43 | Route 12 in West Boylston | US 1 / Route 1A in Salisbury | 1926 | current | Mostly paralleled by I-495 for most of its length | |
Route 110A | — | — | Amesbury | Salisbury | — | — | ||
Route 111 | 27.28 | 43.90 | Route 2 / Route 2A / Route 119 in Concord | NH 111 in Hollis, NH | 1926 | current | ||
Route 112 | 54.11 | 87.08 | US 20 in Huntington | VT 112 in Halifax, VT | 1926 | c.current | ||
Route 113 | 50.53 | 81.32 | Route 119 in Pepperell | US 1 / Route 1A in Newburyport | 1926 | c.current | ||
Route 114 | 22.42 | 36.08 | Route 28 in Lawrence | Route 129 in Marblehead | 1926 | c.current | ||
Route 114A | 3.0 | 4.8 | Route 114A in East Providence, RI | Route 114A in East Providence, RI | 1960 | c.current | Alternate route of RI Route 114 and not MA Route 114 | |
Route 115 | 10.87 | 17.49 | Route 140 in Foxborough | Route 27 in Sherborn | — | — | ||
Route 115 | — | — | Route 122 in North Grafton | US 20 in Boston | 1926 | 1933 | c.Renumbered to Route 30 in 1933 | |
Route 115A | — | — | Newton | Boston | 1926 | 1933 | c.Beacon Street OR Commonwealth Avenue | |
Route 116 | 68.26 | 109.85 | Route 20A in Springfield | Route 8 in Adams | 1926 | current | ||
Route 117 | 31.07 | 50.00 | Route 12 in Leominster | US 20 in Waltham | 1926 | current | ||
Route 118 | 16.88 | 27.17 | US 6 in Swansea | Route 123 in Attleboro | — | — | ||
Route 118 | 31.2 | 50.2 | Route 41 in Sheffield | Route 23 in Egremont | 1926 | 1932 | renumbered to Route 41 in 1932 to match Connecticut | |
Route 119 | 35.6 | 57.3 | NH 119 in New Ipswich, NH | Route 2 / Route 111 in Concord | 1922 | current | ||
Route 120 | 2.32 | 3.73 | Route 120 in Cumberland, RI | US 1 in North Attleborough | — | — | ||
Route 120 | 50 | 80 | Route 197 in Dudley | Route 2 in Fitchburg | 1926 | 1939 | became part of Route 31 | |
Route 121 | 4.4 | 7.1 | Route 121 in Cumberland, RI | Route 1A in Wrentham | 1960 | c.current | Formerly numbered Route 11 until the mid 1960s | |
Route 121 | — | — | Route 1A in Ipswich | Route 127 in Gloucester | 1926 | 1960 | became an extension of Route 133 so it could be used to renumber Route 11 | |
NH 121A | 0.0497 | 0.0800 | NH 121A in Plaistow, NH | Route 125 in Haverhill | — | — | NH Route 121A's Southern terminus partially enters Massachusetts. | |
Route 122 | 67.15 | 108.07 | Route 122 in Woonsocket, RI | Route 2A in Orange | 1926 | current | ||
Route 122A | 26.8 | 43.1 | Route 122 in Grafton | Route 122 in Rutland | 1926 | current | ||
Route 123 | 41.91 | 67.45 | Route 123 in Cumberland, RI | Route 3A in Scituate | 1926 | current | ||
Route 124 | 6.80 | 10.94 | Route 28 / Route 39 in Harwich | Route 6A in Brewster | 1951 | current | Formerly numbered Route 24 until 1951 when the Fall River Expressway was designated as Route 24 | |
Route 124 | 6.80 | 10.94 | Route 93 in Southbridge | US 20 in Charlton | 1926 | 1932 | renumbered as Route 93 in 1932 to match Connecticut (it got renumbered to Route 169 upon designation of I-93) | |
Route 125 | 18.90 | 30.42 | I-93 in Wilmington | NH 125 in Plaistow, NH | 1926 | current | ||
Route 126 | 33.57 | 54.03 | Route 126 in Woonsocket, RI | Route 2 / Route 2A in Concord | 1926 | current | Northern terminus was originally in Chelmsford | |
Route 127 | 26.70 | 42.97 | Route 1A / Route 22 in Beverly | Route 128 in Gloucester | 1926 | c.current | ||
Route 127A | 5.69 | 9.16 | Route 127 in Gloucester | Route 127 in Rockport | 1950 | c.current | ||
Route 128 | 57.8 | 93.0 | I-93 / I-95 / US 1 in Canton | Route 127A in Gloucester | 1926 | c.current | Yankee Division Highway | |
Route 128A | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sections of old MA 128 when freeway was being built | |
Route 129 | 34.08 | 54.85 | Route 4 / Route 110 in Chelmsford | Route 114 in Marblehead | 1920 | c.current | ||
Route 129A | 2.48 | 3.99 | Route 129 in Lynn | Route 129 in Lynn | 1996 | current | ||
Route 130 | 11.90 | 19.15 | Route 28 in Barnstable | Route 6A in Sandwich | 1926 | current | ||
Route 131 | 9.77 | 15.72 | US 20 in Sturbridge | Route 131 in Thompson, CT | 1923 | current | ||
Route 132 | 3.69 | 5.94 | Route 28 in Hyannis | Route 6A in West Barnstable | 1926 | c.current | ||
Route 133 | 40.87 | 65.77 | Route 38 / Route 110 in Lowell | Route 127 in Gloucester | 1926 | current | ||
Route 134 | 5.30 | 8.53 | Route 28 in South Dennis | Route 6A in Dennis | 1926 | current | ||
Route 135 | 29.53 | 47.52 | US 20 in Northborough | I-95 / Route 128 in Dedham | 1927 | current | Originally ended at Quincy before the late 1950s | |
Route 136 | 1.85 | 2.98 | Route 136 in Warren, RI | Davis Street in Rehoboth | 1927 | current | ||
Route 137 | 6.99 | 11.25 | Route 28 in Chatham | Route 6A in Brewster | 1936 | current | ||
Route 137 | 6.99 | 11.25 | Route 16 in Milford | US 1 in Dedham | 1926 | 1933 | renumbered as Route 109 in 1933 | |
Route 138 | 43.58 | 70.14 | Route 138 in Tiverton, RI | Route 28 in Milton | 1926 | current | ||
Route 139 | 32.24 | 51.89 | Route 27 / Route 138 in Stoughton | Route 14 in Duxbury | — | — | ||
Route 139 | 32.24 | 51.89 | Route 10 in Southampton | Route 21 in Belchertown | 1926 | 1935 | transferred to US 202 in 1935 | |
Route 140 | 107.76 | 173.42 | US 6 in New Bedford | Route 12 in Winchendon | 1926 | current | Southernmost 19 miles of Route 140 is a freeway known as the Alfred M. Bessette Memorial Highway or the Taunton-New Bedford Expressway | |
Route 141 | 15.9 | 25.6 | Route 10 in Easthampton | US 20 in Springfield | 1926 | current | ||
Route 141 | 12.33 | 19.84 | NY 22 in West Stockbridge | US 20 in Lee | 1926 | 1933 | renumbered as Route 102 in 1933 | |
Route 142 | 3.99 | 6.42 | Route 10 in Bernardston | VT 142 in Vernon, VT | 1975 | c.current | ||
Route 142 | 15.9 | 25.6 | Route 142 in Cumberland, RI | US 1 in Dedham | 1927 | 1933 | renumbered as Route 11 in 1933 (later renumbered to Route 121, due to MA Route 1A section from Wrentham to Dedham) | |
Route 143 | 24.49 | 39.41 | Route 8 in Hinsdale | Route 9 in Williamsburg | 1933 | c.current | Formerly numbered Route 109A | |
Route 145 | 6.71 | 10.80 | Route 1A in Boston | Route 16 in Revere | 1958 | current | Originally numbered Route 45 before 1958 | |
Route 146 | 20.99 | 33.78 | Route 146 in North Smithfield, RI | Quinsigamond Avenue / Cambridge Street / Millbury Street in Worcester | — | — | Worcester-Providence Turnpike | |
Route 146A | 4.1 | 6.6 | Route 146A in North Smithfield, RI | Route 122 in Uxbridge | 1984 | current | ||
Route 147 | 4.39 | 7.07 | Mill Street & Springfield Street in Agawam | US 5 in West Springfield | 1966 | current | ||
Route 148 | 19.68 | 31.67 | US 20 in Sturbridge | Route 122 in Oakham | — | — | ||
Route 149 | 4.83 | 7.77 | Route 28 in Marstons Mills | Route 6A in West Barnstable | 1946 | current | ||
Route 150 | 3.67 | 5.91 | Beacon Street in Amesbury | NH 150 in South Hampton, NH | 1933 | c.current | ||
Route 151 | 7.0 | 11.3 | Route 28A in Falmouth | Route 28 in Mashpee | — | — | ||
Route 152 | 14.88 | 23.95 | Route 152 in East Providence, RI | US 1 in Plainville | — | — | ||
Route 159 | 4.32 | 6.95 | Route 159 in Suffield, CT | Route 75 / Route 147 in Agawam | 1968 | current | Originally designated as US 5A in 1932 before 1968 | |
Route 168 | 1.24 | 2.00 | US 202 / Route 10 in Southwick | Route 168 in Suffield, CT | 1975 | current | Originally designated as Route 190 before 1975 | |
Route 169 | 9.11 | 14.66 | Route 169 in Woodstock, CT | US 20 in Charlton | 1959 | current | Originally numbered Route 93 until 1959 after the designation of I-93; before that was Route 124 | |
Route 177 | 4.9 | 7.9 | Route 177 in Tiverton, RI | US 6 in Westport | — | — | ||
Route 181 | 9.43 | 15.18 | US 20 in Palmer | US 202 / Route 21 in Belchertown | — | — | ||
Route 183 | 31.94 | 51.40 | Route 183 in Colebrook, CT | US 7 / US 20 in Lenox | — | — | ||
Route 186 | 2.43 | 3.91 | Route 186 in Somers, CT | Route 83 / Route 220 in East Longmeadow | 1932 | current | ||
Route 187 | 7.49 | 12.05 | Route 187 in Suffield, CT | US 20 in Westfield | 1932 | current | ||
Route 189 | 2.11 | 3.40 | Route 189 in Granby, CT | Route 57 in Granville | 1932 | current | ||
Route 190 | 1.24 | 2.00 | US 202 / Route 10 in Southwick | Route 190 in Suffield, CT (Now Route 168) | 1932 | 1975 | Renumbered to Route 168 in 1975 | |
Route 192 | 2.22 | 3.57 | Route 192 in Enfield, CT | US 5 in Longmeadow | 1932 | current | ||
Route 193 | 2.77 | 4.46 | Route 193 in Thompson, CT | Route 12 / Route 16 in Webster | 1932 | current | ||
Route 197 | 3.20 | 5.15 | Route 197 in Thompson, CT | Route 12 in Dudley | — | — | ||
Route 198 | 3.96 | 6.37 | Route 198 in Woodstock, CT | Route 131 in Southbridge | — | — | ||
Route 203 | 5.18 | 8.34 | Centre Street in Jamaica Plain | I-93 / US 1 / Route 3 / Route 3A in Dorchester | 1970 | current | established in early 1970s, was previously part of Route 3 | |
Route 204 | 1.66 | 2.67 | NY 204 in Canaan, NY (Now State Route 295) | Route 41 in Richmond | 1930 | c.1938 | c.Became Route 295 in order to match the New York route number | |
Route 209 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Proposed MA 109 bypass from I-95 to I-495 that was never built | |
Route 213 | 3.56 | 5.73 | I-93 in Methuen | I-495 in Methuen | 1964 | current | Loop Connector | |
Route 220 | 2.17 | 3.49 | Route 220 in Enfield, CT | Route 83 / Route 186 in East Longmeadow | 1936 | current | ||
Route 225 | 31.1 | 50.1 | Route 2A in Lunenburg | Route 2 / Route 4 in Lexington | 1957 | current | Formerly numbered Route 25 prior to 1957, where the freeway segment southeast of Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) was designated as Route 25 | |
Route 228 | 9.4 | 15.1 | Route 3 in Rockland | George Washington Boulevard in Hull | 1967 | current | Originally Part of Route 128 until that route was truncated back to Braintree in 1967 | |
Route 240 | 1.3 | 2.1 | US 6 in Fairhaven | I-195 in Fairhaven | — | — | ||
Route 286 | 1.40 | 2.25 | I-95 in Salisbury | NH 286 in Seabrook, NH | 1971 | current | Formerly numbered Route 86 | |
Route 295 | 1.66 | 2.67 | NY 295 in Canaan, NY | Route 41 in Richmond | 1938 | c.current | Formerly numbered Route 204 | |
Route C1 | — | — | US 1/Route 138 in Fenway | US 1 in Saugus | 1933 | c.1970 | c.Revere-to-Saugus segment part of current US 1 | |
Route C9 | — | — | Route 9 in Boston | Route C1/Route C37 in Boston | 1933 | c.1970 | c.Huntington Avenue portion is part of current Route 9 | |
Route C28 | — | — | Route 3/Route 28/Route 138 in Dorchester | US 1/Route 28/Route 38 in Cambridge | 1933 | c.1970 | c.Current Route 28 in-and-through Boston | |
Route C37 | — | — | Route 3/Route 37 in Ashmont | Route C1/Route C9 in Boston | 1933 | c.1959 | c.||
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Unnumbered state roads
These are state roads which, for the most part, do not carry a numbered designation. They are generally short in length and serve important roles as main roads or connections between other main roads.
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George Washington Boulevard | 3.1 | 5.0 | Hingham, Hull | —
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George Washington Blvd connects Route 3A in Hingham to Hull Shore Drive and Nantasket Avenue in Hull | |
John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway | 1.5 | 2.4 | New Bedford | —
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The JFK Memorial Highway is a semi-limited-access highway running through the city of New Bedford, from Cove St. in the south to I-195 in the north at Exit 15. The section between U.S. Route 6 and I-195 carries the initial stretch of Route 18. | |
Leominster Connector | 0.6 | 0.97 | Leominster | —
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Leominster Connector is a short road connecting the I-190/Route 2 interchange in Leominster with Mechanic Street. | |
Leverett Connector | 1.6 | 2.6 | Boston | —
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The Leverett Connector is a bypass of the Zakim Bridge from Interstate 93 north of Boston to Storrow Drive. | |
Lowell Connector | 2.88 | 4.63 | Chelmsford, Lowell | —
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The Lowell Connector is a freeway connection between the Northwest Expressway (US-3), I-495, and downtown Lowell. The Connector carries the unsigned designation of I-495 Business Spur. | |
Plimoth Patuxet Highway | 2.04 | 3.28 | Plymouth | —
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The Plimoth Patuxet Highway is a connector between Routes 3 and 3A in Plymouth, also servicing Plimoth Patuxet. Prior to 1957, this highway carried the southern portion of Route 3. | |
Boston–Providence Highway | Dedham | —
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This section starts at US 1's interchange with I-95/Route 128 (where US 1 switches to I-95/Route 128 to form a wrong-way overlap) and continues north to the Boston line, at the intersection with Route 109. | |||
Sandwich Road | 5.1 | 8.2 | Bourne | —
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Sandwich Road runs from the center of Bourne east to the Sandwich town line. East of the Sagamore Bridge, Sandwich Road carries Route 6A. | |
Soldiers Field Road | 4.3 | 6.9 | Boston | —
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Soldiers Field Road is a parkway, running from North Beacon Street (U.S. Route 20) in Brighton east to the Boston University Bridge (Route 2), where it continues as Storrow Drive. | |
Storrow Drive (James Jackson Storrow Memorial Drive) | 1.98 | 3.19 | Boston | —
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Storrow Drive is a parkway, running from Soldiers Field Road at the Boston University Bridge (Route 2) eastward to an intersection with Embankment Road (Route 28) in downtown Boston. Originally portions of Routes C1 & C9 were routed along Storrow Drive through 1970. From 1970 through 1989, U.S. Route 1 was routed along Storrow Drive. | |
Wallum Lake Road | 3.4 | 5.5 | Douglas | —
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This would be the Massachusetts extension of Rhode Island Route 100, ending just west of the intersection between Routes 16 and 96. |
See also
External links
- Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
- Office of Transportation Planning. "Data Resources Section". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. (Includes a road inventory and maps.)
- Neilbert.com Massachusetts Route Log
- The Roads of Massachusetts
- Road Signs of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Roadtrips
Road jurisdiction maps:
- Interactive road jurisdiction map
- District 1 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Berkshires and western Pioneer Valley)
- District 2 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (west-central)
- District 3 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (east-central)
- District 4 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Boston metro and northeastern )
- District 5 Road Jurisdiction PDF map (Cape Cod and southeastern)