Massachusetts Route 7A

Massachusetts Route 7A

Route 7A marker

Route 7A
Route information
Length: 25.30 mi[1] (40.72 km)
Length of route not coextensive with US-7: 5.83 mi (9.39 km)
Northern segment: 2.9 mi.
Southern segment: 2.93 mi.
Existed: ca. 1961 – present
Major junctions
South end: Ashley Falls Road in Cannan, CT
  US 7.svg US-7 in Sheffield
US 7.svg US-7 in Lenox
MA Route 183.svg Route 183 in Lenox
North end: US 7.svgUS 20.svg US-7/US-20 in Lenox
Highway system

Massachusetts State Highway Routes

US 7 Route 8

Route 7A is a state highway and alternate to U.S. Route 7 in western Massachusetts. It has two posted segments, with a total length of 5.83 miles (9.38 km). Between these segments, Route 7A is coextensive with Route 7.[1]

Route description

The southern segment begins at the Connecticut border, where the unsigned Connecticut State Road 832 connects Route 7A to its parent route 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south in the town of Canaan. Route 7A runs northward for three miles, through the village of Ashley Falls and crossing the Housatonic River before rejoining its parent route 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the state border.

The route then becomes silent for 22.7 miles (36.5 km), until US 7 reaches the town of Lenox. In Lenox, Route 7A splits with its parent route just south of US 7's junction with US 20. It heads northward, passing the Berkshire Performing Arts Center before sharing a brief, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) concurrency with Route 183. It then turns northward through Lenox Village along Main Street, ending finally at its parent route, one mile northward.

From its southern to northern ends, Route 7A is 25.3 miles (40.7 km) long. Its daylighted sections, however, only add up to approximately 5.6 miles (9.0 km). Both segments follow former alignments of their parent route. The northern segment follows along Route 7's former path, before it was given its bypass route around Lenox Village. The bypass was made as part of a failed attempt to make that route a freeway to Lanesborough.

Junction list

County Location Mile Roads intersected Notes
Berkshire Sheffield 0.0 Ashley Falls Road Route 7A begins at Connecticut border
3.0 US 7.svg U.S. Route 7 Northern terminus of southern segment of Route 7A
Route 7A continues silently with US 7
Lenox 23.0 US 7.svg U.S. Route 7 Southern terminus of northern segment of Route 7A
24.3 MA Route 183.svg Route 183 North Southern end of concurrency with Route 183.
24.5 MA Route 183.svg Route 183 South Northern end of concurrency with Route 183.
25.3 US 7.svg US 20.svg U.S. Route 7 / U.S. Route 20 Northern end of Route 7A.

References

Coordinates: 42°21′28.0″N 73°17′5.2″W / 42.35778°N 73.284778°W / 42.35778; -73.284778


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