U.S. Route 5 in Massachusetts

U.S. Route 5 (US 5) is a north–south U.S. Highway extending from southern Connecticut to the northernmost part of Vermont. In Massachusetts, the route travels 53.5 miles (86.1 km), paralleling the Connecticut River and Interstate 91 (I-91) through Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties.

U.S. Route 5
US 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length	53.46 mi[1] (86.04 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 5 in Enfield, CT
	I‑91 in Springfield Route 57 in Agawam US 20 in West Springfield I‑91 / I‑90 in West Springfield US 202 in Holyoke Route 9 / Route 10 in Northampton Route 2 in Greenfield Route 10 in Bernardston
North end	US 5 in Guilford, VT
Location
Counties	Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate U.S. State ← Route 4 → US 5A

Route description

US 5 stays very close to the Connecticut River and Interstate 91. It enters the state at the town of Longmeadow on the east bank of the river going up to Springfield. In Springfield, US 5 then overlaps with Interstate 91 (I-91) for about 0.5 miles (0.80 km), then separates as its own freeway crossing the Connecticut River on the South End Bridge into Agawam. The freeway portion travels for about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) up to West Springfield. From the town of Northampton up to Bernardston, US 5 travels concurrent with Massachusetts Route 10 (Route 10 for 26 miles (42 km). US 5 also passes through Holyoke, Hatfield, Whately, Deerfield, and Greenfield. As in Connecticut, and Vermont US 5 has many interchanges with the parallel I-91.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hampden	Longmeadow	0.00	0.00	US 5 south – Enfield, Hartford	Continuation into Connecticut
		1.80	2.90	Route 192 south – East Longmeadow, Stafford Springs, CT	Northern terminus of Route 192
	Springfield	3.50	5.63	I‑91 south – Hartford, CT	Southern terminus of concurrency with I-91; Exit 1 on I-91
		3.70	5.95	Route 83 south – Forest Park, East Longmeadow	Northern terminus of Route 83; Exit 2 on I-91
		3.90	6.28	I‑91 north – Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke	Northern terminus of concurrency with I-91; Exit 3 on I-91
	Connecticut River			South End Bridge
	Agawam	4.60	7.40	Route 57 west – Agawam, Southwick	Rotary interchange; Eastern terminus of Route 57
	West Springfield	5.80	9.33	Route 147 west – West Springfield, Agawam, Southwick	Rotary interchange; Eastern terminus of Route 147, to Memorial Bridge
		7.00	11.27	US 20 – Westfield, Springfield	Rotary interchange
		9.30	14.97	I‑91 to I‑391 – Holyoke, Springfield	Exit 10 on I-91 (formerly exit 13)
		10.80	17.38	I‑91 / I‑90 – Holyoke, Springfield, Albany NY, Boston	Exit 45 on I-90; Exit 11 on I-91 (formerly exit 14)
	Holyoke	13.80	22.21	US 202 to I‑91 – Westfield, Southwick, South Hadley
		14.60	23.50	Route 141 east – Holyoke Center, Chicopee Falls	One-way eastbound
		14.80	23.82	Route 141 west to I‑91 – Easthampton, Greenfield, Springfield	One-way westbound
		15.00	24.14	To US 202 north – South Hadley Falls, Athol	Via Lincoln Street
Hampshire	Northampton	21.90	35.24	I‑91 – Greenfield, Brattleboro, VT, Holyoke, Springfield	Exit 23 on I-91 (formerly exit 18)
		22.90	36.85	Route 9 / Route 10 south – Easthampton, Pittsfield, Amherst	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 10
		24.30	39.11	I‑91 north – Greenfield, Brattleboro, VT	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; Exit 26 on I-91 (formerly exit 20)
		26.10	42.00	I‑91 – Greenfield, Brattleboro, VT, Holyoke, Springfield	Northbound access via Elm Street; Exit 27 on I-91 (formerly exit 21)
	Hatfield	28.65	46.11	I‑91 south – Holyoke, Springfield	Exit 30 on I-91 (formerly exit 22)
Franklin	Whately	30.50– 31.20	49.08– 50.21	I‑91 north – Greenfield, Brattleboro, VT	Exit 32 on I-91 (formerly exit 23)
		33.70	54.23	I‑91 south – Holyoke, Springfield	No access to I-91 north; exit 35 on I-91 (formerly exit 24)
		33.90	54.56	Route 116 south – Sunderland, Amherst	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 116
	Deerfield	34.80	56.01	Route 116 north to I‑91 north – Conway, Ashfield	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 116
	Deerfield River			Bridge
	Greenfield	42.50	68.40	Route 2A – Athol, Shelburne	Court Square, site of historic road marker
		44.20	71.13	Route 2 to I‑91 – Athol, Boston, North Adams, Bernardston, Springfield	Diamond interchange
	Bernardston	49.00	78.86	Route 10 north to I‑91 – Northfield, Erving, Keene, NH	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 10
		53.46	86.04	US 5 north – Brattleboro	Continuation into Vermont
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Tolled

See also

•  United States portal
•  U.S. Roads portal

References

1. Google (2014-01-22). "U.S. Route 7 in Massachusetts" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-01-22.

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