Massachusetts Route 140

Route 140
Alfred M. Bessette Memorial Highway
Route 140 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length	107.76 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
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
Counties	Bristol, Plymouth, Norfolk, Worcester
Highway system
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State
← 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.