It was to supplement the "Relocated Route 128" (Yankee Division Highway), which was being built to serve towns and inner-ring suburbs roughly along a 15-mile radius of Boston, and the proposed (but never built) Inner Belt Expressway (I-695) in the urban core. Stretching from Salisbury to Foxborough, the "Relocated Route 110" was to be routed through a mix of industrialized and lightly populated areas roughly along a 30-mile radius of Boston. Thus, the loop, in addition to bypassing the heavily urbanized areas of the north, will provide a much-needed boost to the economic development of the cities and towns it serves by providing swift, easy access to all parts of the state and the nation. In its western sweep some 30 miles from Boston, it will pass close to Worcester, and swing south and east again to serve Milford and other manufacturing areas in the south-central area. ![]() This looping 87.3-mile-long expressway, in effect the third belt highway around metropolitan Boston, also serves as a vital connector to the great industrial cities of the Merrimack Valley-Haverhill, Lawrence and Lowell. The commonwealth stated the purpose of the outer bypass as follows: Georges.)ĪN OUTER LOOP FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: In the late 1940's, as plans were being developed for an expressway network to serve Boston and its inner-ring suburbs, the Massachusetts Department of Public Works (MassDPW) announced plans for an outer bypass of the Boston area. ![]() This 2002 photo shows the northbound Outer Circumferential Highway (I-495) at EXIT 34 (MA 110 / Chelmsford Street) in Chelmsford.
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