Massachusetts Route 140

Route 140 marker
Route 140
Alfred M. Bessette Memorial Highway
Map
Route 140 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length107.76 mi[1] (173.42 km)
Major junctions
South end US 6 in New Bedford
Major intersections I-195 in New Bedford
Route 24 in Taunton
US 44 in Taunton
I-495 in Mansfield and Franklin
I-95 in Foxborough
Route 9 in Shrewsbury
US 20 in Shrewsbury
I-290 in Shrewsbury
I-190 in Sterling
Route 2 in Westminster
North end Route 12 in Winchendon
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMassachusetts
CountiesBristol, Plymouth, Norfolk, Worcester
Highway system
Route 139 Route 141
Route 63 Route 66

Route 140 is a 107.76-mile-long (173.42 km) north—south state highway which passes through Bristol, Norfolk and Worcester counties in Massachusetts. The highway follows a southeast-northwest trajectory, running from U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in New Bedford just north of Buzzards Bay northwest to an intersection with Route 12 in Winchendon, a few miles south of the border with New Hampshire.[2]

The southern 19 miles (30 km) of Route 140 between New Bedford and Taunton is a freeway known as the Alfred M. Bessette Memorial Highway, or more commonly, the Taunton-New Bedford Expressway.

  1. ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Atlas and Gazetteer." Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. First Edition, 1998.