Massachusetts Route 98
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Route 98 is a southwest-northeast numbered highway in central Massachusetts. The highway is a continuation of Rhode Island Route 98 in Uxbridge
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which is at the northern terminus of Route 98. Abolitionist Abby Kelley Foster was a member here. The Southern New England Trunkline Trail
crosses Route 98 a short distance south of the Quaker Meeting house and the junction with Route 146A.
Route 98 passes under Route 146 without junction shortly before its northern end at Route 146A, between Exits 1 and 2 of Route 146. The entire route in Massachusetts takes only 3.87 miles (6.23 km).
, Worcester County
Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was first settled in 1662, incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk County, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge is south-southeast of Worcester, north-northwest of Providence, and southwest of Boston. It is part of...
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Route description
The route passes through Aldrich Village, crossing the Douglas Pike and passing a number of buildings on the National Historic Register. . One of the historic buildings is the Friends MeetinghouseFriends Meetinghouse (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)
The ' is an historic Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends located at the junction of Routes 146A and 98 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. On January 24, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.-History:The Friends Meeting House is one of the last crude brick...
which is at the northern terminus of Route 98. Abolitionist Abby Kelley Foster was a member here. The Southern New England Trunkline Trail
Southern New England Trunkline Trail
The Southern New England Trunkline Trail is a rail trail in Massachusetts.It occupies an abandoned railroad corridor running for approximately with an eastern terminus at Union Street in downtown Franklin, Massachusetts and a western terminus at the Connecticut state line in the Douglas State...
crosses Route 98 a short distance south of the Quaker Meeting house and the junction with Route 146A.
Route 98 passes under Route 146 without junction shortly before its northern end at Route 146A, between Exits 1 and 2 of Route 146. The entire route in Massachusetts takes only 3.87 miles (6.23 km).
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The entire highway is in UxbridgeUxbridge, Massachusetts
Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was first settled in 1662, incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk County, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge is south-southeast of Worcester, north-northwest of Providence, and southwest of Boston. It is part of...
, Worcester County
Worcester County, Massachusetts
-Demographics:In 1990 Worcester County had a population of 709,705.As of the census of 2000, there were 750,963 people, 283,927 households, and 192,502 families residing in the county. The population density was 496 people per square mile . There were 298,159 housing units at an average density...
Milepost | Roads Intersected | Notes |
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0.00 | RI Route 98 | Northern end of RI Route 98. Southern end of MA Route 98. |
Douglas Pike | To RI Route 7. | |
Route 146 | No access between Route 98 and Route 146. | |
3.87 | Route 146A | Northern end of Route 98. |