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U.S. Route 7 in Massachusetts

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travels along Kemble and Main Streets via the original routing of the road. The three routes meet just north of the Lenox census-designated place boundary, with US 7/US 20 becoming a four-lane surface road until
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US 7 leaves downtown Pittsfield as a two-lane surface road and continues as a rural highway with occasional three-lane stretches for climbing the grades along the Berkshires. It passes west of
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US 7 enters Pittsfield along South Street. At a signalized intersection with Housatonic Street, US 20 makes a left turn to continue west toward
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near its western terminus, and the two routes share a two-block concurrency along East Street until US 7 makes a left turn to continue north.
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Northern terminus of Route 23 concurrency; southern terminus of Route 183 concurrency
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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 7 in Massachusetts. For the entire route, see
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is a 54-mile (87 km) section of the larger federal route extending from southern
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With a few exceptions, US 7 is mainly a two-lane rural road winding through the
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Like Connecticut, Massachusetts planned an Interstate-grade freeway (proposed
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Northern terminus of Route 7A (northern section); former routing of US 7
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Northern terminus of Route 7A (southern section); former routing of US 7
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At-grade intersection; southern terminus of US 20 concurrency
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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and crosses the Hoosic River one last time before entering
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on State Road. Further north, US 7 is concurrent with
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At-grade intersection; northern terminus of Route 183
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Section of U.S. Highway in Massachusetts, United States
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Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 7 in Massachusetts
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While on this bypass route, it meets 393:, US 7 is briefly concurrent with 1320:Access via US 7-Route 8 Connector Road 1113:Northern end of limited-access section 966:Southern end of limited-access section 27: 1562:"Massachusetts Route Log Application" 1456: 1450: 1443: 1437: 1399: 1361: 1335: 1329: 1300: 1294: 1252: 1199: 1166: 1117: 1112: 1106: 1071: 1065: 1006: 976: 970: 965: 961: 923: 890: 885: 879: 836: 830: 793: 734: 729: 723: 690: 633: 601: 595: 588: 582: 552: 546: 259:United States Numbered Highway System 7: 397:along Main Street, as well as with 529: 456:. At Park Square, the route meets 285:Massachusetts State Highway System 70:53.85 mi (86.66 km) 14: 1652: 1529: 1517: 1464: 1458: 1413: 1407: 1375: 1369: 1336: 1308: 1302: 1266: 1260: 1232: 1226: 1220: 1213: 1207: 1180: 1174: 1138: 1132: 1125: 1119: 1079: 1073: 1033: 1027: 1020: 1014: 984: 978: 937: 931: 904: 898: 850: 844: 838: 807: 801: 761: 755: 748: 742: 704: 698: 660: 654: 647: 641: 609: 603: 560: 554: 332: 317: 190: 168: 157: 139: 125: 111: 83: 33: 1591:"U.S. Route 7 in Massachusetts" 870:Access via Old Stockbridge Road 1705:U.S. Highways in Massachusetts 1: 1088:south (Walker Street) – 630:Community of Great Barrington 524: 428:, which travels southeast to 365:to the northernmost part of 48:US 7 highlighted in red 1560:MassDOT Planning Division. 416:, the route transitions to 1726: 385:, largely parallel to the 202:state line in Williamstown 18: 1677: 1672: 1663: 1651: 1486: 1478: 1453: 1440: 1432: 1402: 1396:Community of Williamstown 1394: 1364: 1357: 1332: 1324: 1319: 1297: 1289: 1255: 1202: 1169: 1161: 1156: 1109: 1101: 1068: 1060: 1009: 998: 973: 963: 956: 926: 893: 882: 874: 869: 833: 796: 788: 737: 726: 693: 636: 628: 623: 598: 585: 574: 549: 541: 536: 533: 528: 523: 520: 310: 254: 245: 206: 58: 46: 1524:United States portal 1493:     790:Town of Great Barrington 511:The entire route is in 467:before passing through 422:historic center of town 434:Massachusetts Turnpike 1536:U.S. Roads portal 1000:At-grade intersection 1664:Previous state: 1646:KML is from Wikidata 1434:Town of Williamstown 1326:Town of Williamstown 507:Major intersections 483:). The road passes 418:two-lane expressway 412:In the vicinity of 104:Major intersections 1479:Continuation into 1062:Community of Lenox 575:Continuation into 1688: 1687: 1508: 1507: 471:, connecting the 377:Route description 351:U.S. Route 7 348: 347: 344: 343: 54:Route information 1717: 1678:Next state: 1656: 1655: 1649: 1636: 1608: 1607: 1605: 1603: 1587: 1574: 1573: 1571: 1569: 1557: 1534: 1533: 1532: 1522: 1521: 1520: 1501: 1494: 1469: 1468: 1467: 1462: 1461: 1418: 1417: 1416: 1411: 1410: 1380: 1379: 1378: 1373: 1372: 1340: 1339: 1313: 1312: 1311: 1306: 1305: 1271: 1270: 1269: 1264: 1263: 1237: 1236: 1235: 1230: 1229: 1224: 1223: 1218: 1217: 1216: 1211: 1210: 1185: 1184: 1183: 1178: 1177: 1143: 1142: 1141: 1136: 1135: 1130: 1129: 1128: 1123: 1122: 1084: 1083: 1082: 1077: 1076: 1038: 1037: 1036: 1031: 1030: 1025: 1024: 1023: 1018: 1017: 989: 988: 987: 982: 981: 942: 941: 940: 935: 934: 915:West Stockbridge 909: 908: 907: 902: 901: 886:Housatonic River 855: 854: 853: 848: 847: 842: 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Index

U.S. Route 7
U.S. Route 7 marker
MassDOT
US 7
Connecticut
Sheffield
Route 23
Great Barrington
Route 102
Stockbridge
US 20
Lenox
Pittsfield
Route 9
Route 2
Williamstown
US 7
Vermont
United States
Massachusetts
Berkshire
United States Numbered Highway System
List
Special
Divided
Massachusetts State Highway System
Interstate
US
State
Route 6A

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