Massachusetts Roads - MA 3A - Northern
Northern MA 3
All photos are northbound.
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Between Bedford St. (also part of Truck 62) and Winn St. in Burlington, approaching the brief MA 62 duplex.
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On up to a short concurrency with MA 129 WB in North Billerica.
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Keeping MA 129 across the Concord River.
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Old railroad and cobblestones? Must be Lowell, the epicenter of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
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The Lowell Mills were still going strong in 1882 when the Butler School was built, but clearly the city has fallen on hard times.
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NB past Gorham St. to Hale St. and the Lowell Connector, former I-495 Business and connecting directly to the two routes indicated in an awkward 5-leg modified cloverleaf. The signs, too, are awkward.
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Quintessential Lowell, a former mill that's now the American Textile History Museum. Behind rises the spire of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
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MA 3A exits itself at MA 110 and Middlesex St., crosses over the now-numberless leg of Thorndike St., and turns left, with NB facing south, to join MA 110 briefly for a ride to Westford St. I can come up with many more sensible NB routings, although SB is rather simpler with just a right turn at the interchange.
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Same intersection as on the main MA 3 page, same US 3 shield error.
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Past the WWI memorial in Chelmsford to Tyngsboro.
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Approaching the gorgeous Tyngsboro (or borough, it's so old) Bridge, but I won't get to cross it. That strip of steel in front of the green arch is a temporary bridge while they rehabilitate the old one. It's of similar design to the BU Bridge, which was also undergoing rehabilitation when I last saw it. Coincidence? Judging from the fact that the rehab began with the original 1930s paint on the bridge, I'd say I caught it in an advanced state of repair, and it should reopen in 2012.
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Very cool 1894 border stone at New Hampshire. There's a typical NH border sign right next to it, but I dropped it on the NH page, so click on through below.
Onto MA 113 and MA 3A/113
Southern MA 3A
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Into New Hampshire on 3A
Onto MA 62
Onto MA 129
Onto the Lowell Connector
To I-495
To parent US 3
Onto MA 110
Onto MA 4
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