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Massachusetts Route 128

File / Documentation
Name

140734_sv.jpg

Size

2.62 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

8edef081d04512c7643c24539ad07371

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 26 - Route 20 West - Wayland, Marlboro - Next Right, 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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