Massachusetts Route 80

Route 80 is a 6.56-mile-long (10.56 km) C-shaped state highway in southeastern Massachusetts. The highway is signed as west–east.

Route 80
Route 80 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length6.56 mi[1] (10.56 km)
Existedby 1953–present
Major junctions
West endCarver Road in Plymouth
East end Route 3A in Kingston
Location
CountiesPlymouth
Highway system
← Route 79→ Route 81
Westbound in Kingston

Route description

Route 80 starts at Carver Road (formerly U.S. Route 44) in the West Plymouth section of Plymouth. Due to the removal of Route 44, this is an unusual instance that a numbered route does not have its terminus with another numbered route. Though signed East, Route 80 heads west in the Plymouth section, and then generally north and northwest after crossing the town line into Kingston, all for the first 4.1 miles (6.6 km), and is a state highway, before finally turning east at Elm Street and becoming a town-maintained road.

The highway crosses over the new highway portion of U.S. Route 44 in Kingston, but there is no interchange; however, Commerce Way in Plymouth provides access between the two highways. Route 80 ends at Route 3A in Kingston along the Jones River between Routes 3 and 106.

The state highway portion of the road is also concurrent with the Claire Saltonstall Bikeway which runs for 135 miles between Boston and Cape Cod.

Points of interest

Parting Ways Cemetery, a 94-acre (380,000 m2) site containing the burial grounds of four former slaves who fought in the American Revolutionary War and their families, is on this highway in Plymouth, near the Kingston town line.

Sacred Heart High School and Camp Mishannock, a summer camp for girls along Lake Providence, are on the Kingston portion of this highway.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Plymouth County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Plymouth0.00.0Carver RoadWestern terminus; former routing of US 44
0.60.97Commerce WayTo US 44
Kingston4.16.6Elm Street – PlymptonTo Route 58
6.5610.56 Route 3A – Plymouth, Kingston, BostonEastern terminus; to Route 3
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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