 Route 23 | ||||
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 Route 23 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MassDOT | ||||
| Length | 38.429 mi[1] (61.845 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 23 at the New York state line | |||
  US 7 / Route 183 in Great Barrington Route 57 in Monterey Route 8 in Otis | ||||
| East end |  US 20 in Russell | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Massachusetts | |||
| Counties | Berkshire, Hampden | |||
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Route 23 is an east–west route in the western Massachusetts counties of Berkshire and Hampden. The entire route is 38.43 miles (61.85 km). Most of the road, approximately 31.2 miles (50.2 km), follows the Knox Trail, the historic route of General Henry Knox took to bring cannon from Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in New York to aid in ending the Siege of Boston in the winter of 1775–76.[2] Prior to 1939, Route 23 was numbered as Route 17,[3] which extended from Great Barrington to the New York state line.[4]
- ^ Planning Division (2012). "Massachusetts Highway Route Log". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ^ The Knox Trail Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Twenty Changes In Numbered Highway Routes In This State". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. April 25, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved April 12, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Highway Flood Repair Work Planned". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. April 17, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved April 12, 2020 – via newspapers.com.