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1257:Abington
1248:Kingston
1244:Brockton
1242: –
1207:Brockton
1205: –
1177:Kingston
1098:Brockton
1090:Kingston
1084: –
1032:Marlboro
1024:Plymouth
1018: –
1010: /
953:Marlboro
949:Cape Cod
943: –
885: –
862:Plymouth
788:Plymouth
729:Cape Cod
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666: –
534:Location
501:Route 3A
485:Route 28
473:Route 28
457:Route 53
453:Weymouth
449:Abington
425:Route 28
401:Freetown
342:Weymouth
237:Plymouth
229:Counties
204:Location
178:Weymouth
159: /
140: /
40:Route 18
1559:June 2,
1550:(Map).
1417:Hanover
1365:65.475–
1360:40.684–
1318:Norfolk
1281:Hanover
1187:Whitman
1173:Halifax
1086:Taunton
1054:42.120–
1049:26.172–
1028:Taunton
971:32.287–
966:20.062–
945:Wareham
913:31.728–
908:19.715–
891:Assonet
774:Taunton
556:Bristol
463:History
445:Whitman
376:freeway
241:Norfolk
233:Bristol
209:Country
61:MassDOT
1413:Quincy
1396:66.886
1393:41.561
1380:Boston
1367:65.887
1362:40.940
1330:59.683
1327:37.085
1292:58.207
1289:36.168
1264:55.593
1261:34.544
1231:52.783
1228:32.798
1211:Hanson
1194:51.605
1191:32.066
1152:45.379
1149:28.197
1115:45.213
1112:28.094
1056:42.339
1051:26.308
1037:Rotary
973:32.597
968:20.255
957:Boston
915:32.097
910:19.944
874:29.124
871:18.097
837:26.060
834:16.193
800:21.739
797:13.508
778:Boston
531:County
451:, and
429:rotary
411:along
67:Length
1460:Route
1016:I-495
937:I-495
753:7.743
750:4.811
742:2.213
739:1.375
734:Drive
721:I-195
712:1.997
709:1.241
698:1.418
695:0.881
684:0.673
681:0.418
655:0.050
652:0.031
644:0.000
641:0.000
630:0.000
625:0.000
550:Notes
388:I-195
382:, at
349:I-195
278:State
219:State
120:I-495
110:I-195
1597:2015
1561:2019
1531:2016
1491:help
1487:edit
615:east
582:0.64
423:and
939:to
628:2.4
623:1.5
596:2.3
593:1.4
579:0.4
568:0.0
565:0.0
415:),
332:in
176:in
163:in
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543:km
538:mi
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273:US
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