Interstate 95 and Massachusetts 128 converge at the Exit 45 directional interchange at Peabody. Interstate 95 kinks southeast from a parallel alignment of U.S. 1 to join the Yankee Division Highway east of Farm Avenue. Interstate 95 south & Massachusetts 128 west proceed from there a short distance to the directional cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 1 (Broadway) at the Lynnfield Town line. U.S. 1 travels north-south alongside Interstate 95 through west Peabody and Danvers. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Two lanes depart Interstate 95 south & Massachusetts 128 west onto the Ext 44 ramp to U.S. 1 (Broadway). A short access road connects Exit 44 with a trumpet interchange at U.S. 1 (Newbury Street / Broadway) and nearby Dearborn Road. U.S. 1 south joins Massachusetts 129 along Broadway through south Lynnfield to North Saugus. U.S. 1 continues south from the state highway through Saugus to Malden, the Northeast Expressway at Revere, and the city of Boston. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Extra large reassurance markers posted for Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 beyond the ramp departure of Exit 44. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Heading west on the Yankee Division Highway toward the Exit 43 partial-cloverleaf interchange with Walnut Street in Lynnfield. Walnut Street travels south from Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 to junction Massachusetts 129 (Water Street) at North Saugus. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Walnut Street continues north from Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 to Summer Street by Pillings Pond in Lynnfield. Salem Street parallels the Yankee Division Highway west from South Peabody to Lowell Street in north Wakefield. Salem and Walnut Streets intersect just south of Exit 43. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Pleasure Island Road is the name of the short connector between Interstate 95 and parallel Salem Street at Exit 42. Pleasure Island Road leads north to Audubon Road and the Edgewater Place office park otherwise. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Traffic interests to Lynnfield and Saugus via Walnut Street depart Interstate 95 west & Massachusetts 128 west at Exit 43. The Lynnfield Town center lies west on Summer Street at Main Street from Walnut Street's north end. Massachusetts 129 follows Walnut Street briefly from Water Street to junction U.S. 1 (Broadway) at North Saugus. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Westbound on the Circumferential Highway at the Exit 42 partial-cloverleaf interchange with Pleasure Island Road. Salem Street travels close by between Montrose Avenue and Watson Street through eastern Wakefield. Interests to the Town center should use Salem Street west to junction Massachusetts 129 (Main Street). Photo taken 06/28/05.
Approaching the Main Street folded-diamond interchange (Exit 41) on the Circumferential Highway westbound. Lynnfield's Main Street leads southwest from the Town center to become Vernon Street at the Wakefield town line. Exit 41 straddles the Lynnfield and Wakefield town lines. Photo taken 06/28/05.
This distance sign indicates the mileage to junction Interstate 93 (Exit 37), Interstate 90 (Exit 23), and the capital city of Rhode Island (63 miles). Photo taken 06/28/05.
Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 (Yankee Division Highway) meet Massachusetts 129 (Main Street) after Exit 41 at the Exit 40 split-diamond interchange in Wakefield. Massachusetts 129 follows Water Street northwest from North Saugus to Main Street in downtown Wakefield. From there the state highway continues north to a roundabout with Haverhill Street, Salem Street through Reading, and the freeway. Photo taken 06/28/05.
An auxiliary guide sign indicates the Exit 40 connection with Haverhill Street, a north-south route to the Town of North Reading. Walkers Brook Drive follows at the Exit 39 interchange with North Avenue. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 south at the Exit 41 ramp departure to Main Street north to downtown Lynnfield and Vernon Street south through east Wakefield. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Exit 40 follows quickly onto the roundabout with Massachusetts 129 (Main Street / Salem Street) and Haverhill Street. Massachusetts 129 continues west from Wakefield to both the Reading and Wilmington Town centers.
Photo taken 06/28/05.
North Avenue meets Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 at the Exit 39 diamond interchange along side the Reading and Wakefield town lines. North Avenue becomes Walkers Brook Drive as it enters Reading en route to John Street and junction Massachusetts 129 (Salem Street). Photo taken 06/28/05.
Exit 39 leaves Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 for North Avenue south and Walkers Brook Drive north. North Avenue leads south along Lake Quannapowiit to Church Street in central Wakefield. The freeway skims southern reaches of Reading at its junctions with Massachusetts 28 (Exit 38) and Interstate 93 (Exit 37). Photo taken 06/28/05.
A full cloverleaf interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 with Massachusetts 28 (Main Street). Massachusetts 28 constitutes a north-south arterial between the Stoneham and Reading town centers. The state highway travels throughout the greater Boston area. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Exit 38B departs Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 south after the Hopkins Street over crossing. Massachusetts 28 (Main Street) travels two miles north to junction Massachusetts 128 in downtown Reading and 14 miles to Lawrence. Once at the state line, Massachusetts 28 becomes New Hampshire 28 en route to Derry and Manchester. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Westbound at the Exit 38A loop ramp onto Massachusetts 28 (Main Street) south to Stoneham and Middlesex Fells Reservation. Massachusetts 28 draws close to Interstate 93 through Medford before branching eastward to Wellington. The state highway continues all the way south to Falmouth on the coast. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Interstates 93 and 95 also meet at a full-cloverleaf interchange (Exits 37B/A) in south Reading. Interstate 93 represents the main freeway into downtown Boston from points northward to Manchester and Concord, New Hampshire. Locally Interstate 93 north serves Wilmington and North Reading. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority facilities for interests to the city of Boston are available via the Mishawum Transit Station of Interstate 93 north to Exit 37C. MBTA's Lowell Line travels northward along Interstate 93 to Wilmington and Lowell. Exit 37C opened to traffic in October 2000.1 Photo taken 06/28/05.
Drivers bound for Lowell, Manchester, and Concord, New Hampshire depart Interstate 95 & Massachusetts 128 southbound for Interstate 93 north at Exit 37B. Interstate 93 joins the Boston area with upstate Vermont and New Hampshire via connections with Interstate 89 at Concord and the continuation of Interstate 93 to Lebanon and St. Johnsberry, Vermont. Photo taken 06/28/05.
Southbound at the Exit 37A loop ramp onto Interstate 93 south. Interstate 93 comprises a busy freeway southward through Stoneham and Medford, culminating at the Big Dig project of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Once in downtown, Interstate 93 first travels a sleek cable-stayed bridge, the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge over the Charles River, before diving below the city street grid via the Big Dig Tunnels that replaced the Fitzgerald Expressway viaducts. Photo taken 06/28/05.
