Massachusetts Route 10

Massachusetts Route 10 is a 60.69-mile-long (97.67 km) north–south state highway that runs from the state line at Southwick to the state line at Northfield.

Route 10
Route 10 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length	60.69 mi[1] (97.67 km)
Existed	1922–present
Major junctions
South end	US 202 / Route 10 in Granby, CT
	US 20 in Westfield I‑90 / US 202 in Westfield US 5 in Northampton and Bernardston I‑91 in Northampton, Hatfield, and Whately Route 2 in Greenfield
North end	NH 10 in Winchester, NH
Location
Counties	Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin
Highway system
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate U.S. State ← Route C9 → Route 11

Route description

Route 10 crosses the border from Granby, Connecticut into Southwick, Massachusetts, overlapped with U.S. 202. It runs north through the Pioneer Valley towns of Southwick, Westfield, Southampton, Easthampton, Northampton, Hatfield, Whately, Deerfield, Greenfield, Bernardston, Gill, and Northfield. Route 10 has a long concurrency with U.S. 5 for about 25 miles (40 km) from Northampton to Bernardston, where it was sometimes called the "5 & 10 Highway". During this concurrency, it closely parallels Interstate 91, with five exits from Northampton to Deerfield, with close access at Route 2 in Greenfield and another exit, solely for Route 10, in Bernardston. It crosses the Connecticut River in Northfield before entering New Hampshire.

Route 10 is concurrent with seven other routes (US 5, US 20, US 202, and Massachusetts Routes 57, 9, 116, and 63) for 43 miles (69.20 km) of its nearly 61 miles (98.17 km) in the state with three points of triple concurrency, leaving less than a third of its length as the sole road designation.

History

An "Alabama 10" sign as mistakenly posted in Easthampton

An odd sight greeted motorists in Easthampton in July 2005: standard issue Alabama state highway signs with the number 10 in a map of that state, instead of the standard Massachusetts square. This odd "Alabama 10" signage came about when a contractor mistakenly applied the sample from a federal manual. The signs have since been replaced with the correct shields.[2][3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Hampden	Southwick	0.0	0.0	US 202 south / Route 10 south – Salmon Brook	Continuation into Connecticut; Southern terminus of concurrency with US 202
		1.9	3.1	Route 168 east – West Suffield, CT, Suffield, CT	Western terminus of Route 168
		4.3	6.9	Route 57 west – Granville, New Marlborough	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 57
		4.9	7.9	Route 57 east – Feeding Hills, Springfield	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 57
	Westfield	9.6	15.4	US 20 east – Springfield, Palmer	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 20
		9.9	15.9	US 20 west – Russell, Pittsfield	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 20
		11.3	18.2	I‑90 / Mass Pike – Boston, Albany, NY	Exit 41 on I-90 / Massachusetts Turnpike
		14.3	23.0	US 202 north – Holyoke, Belchertown	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 202
Hampshire	Easthampton	21.8	35.1	Route 141 east – Holyoke	Western terminus of Route 141
	Northampton	26.1	42.0	Route 9 west – Williamsburg, Pittsfield	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 9
		26.4	42.5	Route 9 east / US 5 south – Amherst, Worcester, Holyoke, Springfield	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 9; southern terminus of concurrency with US 5
		27.8	44.7	I‑91 north – Greenfield, Brattleboro, VT	Exit 26 on I-91 (formerly exit 20); northbound exit and southbound entrance
		29.6	47.6	I‑91 – Springfield, Brattleboro, VT	Exit 27 on I-91 (formerly exit 21); northbound access via Elm Street
	Hatfield	32.0	51.5	I‑91 south – Holyoke, Springfield	Exit 30 on I-91 (formerly exit 22)
		32.3	52.0	I‑91 north – Greenfield, Brattleboro, VT	Exit 30 on I-91 (formerly exit 22)
Franklin	Whately	34.0	54.7	I‑91 north – Greenfield, Brattleboro VT	Exit 32 on I-91 (formerly exit 23); northbound entrance
		34.7	55.8	I‑91	Exit 32 on I-91 (formerly exit 23); entrance from I-91 south
		37.1	59.7	I‑91 south – Holyoke, Springfield	Exit 35 on I-91 (formerly exit 24); no exit from southbound
		37.4	60.2	Route 116 south – Sunderland, Amherst	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 116
	Deerfield	38.3	61.6	Route 116 north to I‑91 north – Conway, Ashfield	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 116
	Deerfield River	44.6	71.8	Deerfield River Bridge
	Greenfield	46.0	74.0	Route 2A – Athol	Court Square, site of historic road marker
		47.7	76.8	Route 2 to I‑91 – Boston, North Adams	Interchange
	Bernardston	52.5	84.5	US 5 north – Brattleboro VT, White River Jct., VT	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 5
		52.9	85.1	I‑91 – Greenfield, Springfield, Brattleboro, VT, White River Jct., VT	Exit 50 on I-91 (formerly exit 28)
	Gill	55.5	89.3	Route 142 north – Northfield, Vernon, VT	Southern terminus of Route 142
	Connecticut River	56.8	91.4	Bennett's Meadow Bridge
	Northfield	57.5	92.5	Route 63 south – Millers Falls, Amherst	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 63
		59.9	96.4	Route 63 north – Hinsdale, NH	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 63
		60.7	97.7	NH 10 north – Keene	Continuation into New Hampshire
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Electronic toll collection       Incomplete access

See also

• New England Interstate Route 10

References

1. Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
2. Daniel, Mac (July 26, 2005). "Word to road crews: Tuscaloosa is over 1,000 miles thataway". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
3. "Alabama road signs in Massachusetts?". WSFA-TV. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

External links

• Route 10 endpoint photos