The highway carried the I-95 designation from 1955 (in its planning stages) to 1973. In various stages, the Chelsea and Revere portions opened from 1956 to 1958. The first section of the expressway built was the Tobin Bridge over the Mystic River, which opened in 1950. The Northeast Expressway was planned to carry the I-95 designation from Charlestown to Peabody. The highway would then connect with the present junction of I-95 and Route 128 in Peabody. The highway would bisect the Saugus Marsh and Lynn Woods Reservation.
The Northeast Expressway was planned to extend north, as part of I-95, from Saugus, through Lynn, Lynnfield and Peabody. Originally, most of the highway was two or three lanes in each direction, with numerous widening and improvements made over the years.Ĭauseway (center) for the unbuilt section of the Northeast Expressway across Saugus Marsh US 1 in Massachusetts was constructed in sections throughout the 1930s partly by widening existing roads and also by constructing new right of ways to bypass more congested areas. Route 1A runs alongside US 1 in four parts of the state. Three miles (4.8 km) later, it enters the state of New Hampshire. In Newburyport, US 1 has a mile-long (1.6 km) freeway segment that bypasses downtown and the waterfront areas Route 1A joins the freeway shortly before it crosses the Merrimack River, entering Salisbury and becoming a surface arterial again. From Peabody, US 1 again closely parallels I-95 going through the towns of Danvers, Topsfield, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, and Newburyport. The route through Saugus was once known for its abundance of kitschy roadside commercial architecture, including the 68-foot (21 m) neon cactus of the Hilltop Steak House and tiki-styled Kowloon Restaurant. US 1 continues north, crossing the Tobin Bridge as the Northeast Expressway and traveling through Chelsea, Revere, and Malden, then as a four- to six-lane expressway through Saugus, Lynnfield, and Peabody. In Downtown Boston, Route 1A and Route 3 separate from US 1 to head toward Logan International Airport and Cambridge respectively, and I-93 and US 1 separate just after passing through the O'Neill Tunnel and crossing the Leonard P. US 1 then travels concurrently with I-93 from Canton through Downtown Boston Route 3 joins the concurrency in Braintree. US 1 then has a wrong-way concurrency with I-95 up to the interchange that is the southern terminus of I-93. It closely parallels Interstate 95 (I-95) as it goes through the towns of North Attleborough, Plainville, Wrentham, Foxborough (where Gillette Stadium is), Walpole, Sharon, Norwood, and Westwood. The portion of US 1 south of Boston is also known as the Boston–Providence Turnpike, Washington Street, or the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike, and portions north of Boston are known as the Northeast Expressway and the Newburyport Turnpike.įrom the south, US 1 enters Massachusetts from Rhode Island, immediately entering the city of Attleboro. state of Massachusetts, traveling through Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Bristol counties. Route 1 ( US 1) is a major north–south U.S.
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