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Massachusetts Route 128

File / Documentation
Name

140691_sv.jpg

Size

1.44 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

1747c9c1ecceff7e36c18c4414c2f222

Creator(s)
government agency: Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Works (American, 1919-1991)
Time period
creation date: assigned along local roads from Milton to Salem, 1927, other date: opened as a four lane highway, 1951
Location
Site: Massachusetts (United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Route 128, opened as a four lane highway 1951; first multi-lane circumferential highway in metropolitan area; located at a 10-mile radius from Boston.
general view, highway sign: Exit 15B - Route 1 South - Norwood, 1987
Work type
Highway
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Lois A. Craig
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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