Massachusetts Route 105

Route 105 is a 29.36-mile-long (47.25 km) state highway in southeastern Massachusetts, running from Marion to Halifax in a generally north-south direction. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Marion and its northern terminus is at Route 106 in Halifax. Along the way it intersects Interstate 195 (I-195) in Marion and Interstate 495 and US 44 in Middleborough.

Route 105
Route 105 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length	29.36 mi[1] (47.25 km)
Existed	1930, 1971 (current alignment)–present
Major junctions
South end	US 6 in Marion
	I‑195 in Marion I‑495 / US 44 in Middleborough
North end	Route 106 in Halifax
Location
Counties	Plymouth, Bristol
Highway system
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate U.S. State ← Route 104 → Route 106

Route description

Route 105 southbound entering Marion

Route 105 begins at U.S. Route 6 in Marion. The highway crosses over I-195 less than a mile into its journey. The highway winds in a westerly direction through Rochester. When the highway enters Long Plain village in Acushnet, the only town in Bristol County on the route, Route 105 turns in a northerly direction. The highway returns into Rochester and enters Lakeville between Little Quittacas and Great Quittacas Ponds. Route 18 joins Route 105 for a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) concurrency, running along the western shore of Assawompset Pond. Route 105 then shoots off in a northeasterly direction into Middleborough through the town’s center and, after its intersection with U.S. Route 44, turns in a northerly direction through East Middleborough, going past Oak Point along the way. The highway ends at Route 106 in Halifax west of the town's center.

History

When U.S. Route 44 bypassed Middleborough in the early 1960s, Route 105 took over the former Route 44 as far as Thompson Street, and eventually was extended north along Thompson Street to Halifax.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Plymouth	Marion	0.0	0.0	US 6 – Wareham, Buzzards Bay, Mattapoisett	Southern terminus
		0.7	1.1	I‑195 – Wareham, Cape Cod, New Bedford	Exit 35 on I-195
Bristol	No major junctions
Plymouth	Lakeville	13.8	22.2	Route 18 south – East Freetown, New Bedford	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 18
		16.5	26.6	Route 18 north – Boston	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 18
		19.3	31.1	Route 79 south – Freetown, Fall River	Northern terminus of Route 79
	Middleborough	19.4	31.2	I‑495 – Wareham, Cape Cod, Taunton	Exit 12 on I-495 (old exit 4)
		19.8	31.9	Route 28 – Bridgewater, Boston, Wareham
		22.5	36.2	US 44 – Taunton, Providence, Carver, Plymouth
	Halifax	29.36	47.25	Route 106 – Bridgewater, Halifax, Kingston	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2007 Road Inventory

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