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Massachusetts Route 128

File / Documentation
Name

140766_sv.jpg

Size

2.37 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

36953d014b5fca111dace37fbd98f73e

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, sign for Colonial Country Club on Route 128 in Lynnfield, 1987
Work type
Highway
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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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