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Massachusetts Route 3 is a southward continuation of U.S. Highway 3 , connecting Boston, Massachusetts with Cape Cod . All of it, except for the northernmost end in downtown Boston, is Freeway . The section from Boston to Braintree is also marked as Interstate 93 and U.S. Route 1 and is known in downtown Boston as the Central Artery, and south of downtown as the '''Southeast Expressway'''. In Braintree, I-93 and US-1 split to follow the Yankee Division Highway to Interstate 95 , and Route 3 continues south on its own, as the '''Pilgrims Highway'''. This section extends to a Rotary in Sagamore , where Route 3 ends at a junction with U.S. Highway 6 just before the Sagamore Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal . There is currently a project underway to replace this rotary with a grade-separated interchange. Because Massachusetts Route 3 and U.S Highway 3 are treated as the same route by the Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway), mileposts move continuously upward from Bourne to the New Hampshire border, some have suggested the entire highway be signed as U.S. 3. Others have suggested that the Pilgrim's Highway portion of the route from Braintree to Cape Cod deserves an interstate designation, most logically a spur route from Interstate 93 , or that I-93 itself be routed along the highway to Cape Cod. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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