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Route 124 (Massachusetts)
Encyclopedia
Route 124 is a south–north state route located in the towns of Harwich
and Brewster
, Massachusetts
.
, overlapping Route 39
. It leaves Route 39 next to the First Parish Church in downtown Harwich. After 1.3 miles (2.1 km), the road passes the Mid-Cape Highway
at Exit 10 off the Mid-Cape Highway. The road crosses into Harwich just north of a pass between three ponds-Seymour Pond, Hinckley's Pond, and Long Pond, one and a half mile north of the Mid-Cape Highway. After about a half-mile, the Cape Cod Rail Trail
bike path
crosses over and follows alongside the road for another one and a half miles. The road crosses Route 137
after two miles (3 km). After less than a half-mile the road ends at Route 6A
and Harwich Road. The entire length of the road is 6.8 miles (10.9 km).
freeway in 1951. When the freeway was given the Route 24 designation, the existing Route 24 was renumbered to 124.
Harwich, Massachusetts
Harwich is a New England town on Cape Cod, in Barnstable County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The town is a popular vacation spot, located near the Cape Cod National Seashore. Harwich's beaches are on "the Sound side" of Cape...
and Brewster
Brewster, Massachusetts
Brewster is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population of Brewster was 9,820 at the 2010 census.Brewster is twinned with the town of Budleigh Salterton in the United Kingdom....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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Route description
The road begins at the intersection of Route 28Route 28 (Massachusetts)
Route 28 is a nominally south–north route in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, running from the town of Orleans via Boston to the New Hampshire state line in Methuen. Following the route from its nominally southern end, Route 28 initially heads south to the town of Chatham then turns west to...
, overlapping Route 39
Route 39 (Massachusetts)
Route 39 is a southwest-northeast route through the towns of Harwich, Brewster and Orleans, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It begins and ends at Route 28, acting as a bypass route for those not wishing to follow the Highway through Harwich Port and Chatham....
. It leaves Route 39 next to the First Parish Church in downtown Harwich. After 1.3 miles (2.1 km), the road passes the Mid-Cape Highway
U.S. Route 6 in Massachusetts
Route 6 is the portion of the cross-country U.S. Route 6 in the state of Massachusetts. Route 6 runs in the state connecting Providence, Rhode Island to Fall River, New Bedford, and Cape Cod. In the Fall River and New Bedford areas, Route 6 is a secondary highway paralleling Interstate 195...
at Exit 10 off the Mid-Cape Highway. The road crosses into Harwich just north of a pass between three ponds-Seymour Pond, Hinckley's Pond, and Long Pond, one and a half mile north of the Mid-Cape Highway. After about a half-mile, the Cape Cod Rail Trail
Cape Cod Rail Trail
The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a paved rail trail located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.Operated by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, it occupies an abandoned Old Colony Railroad corridor and extends from Route 134 in South Dennis to LeCount Hollow Road in South Wellfleet.Its...
bike path
Segregated cycle facilities
Segregated cycle facilities are marked lanes, tracks, shoulders and paths designated for use by cyclists from which motorised traffic is generally excluded...
crosses over and follows alongside the road for another one and a half miles. The road crosses Route 137
Route 137 (Massachusetts)
Route 137 is a north–south state route on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It is located within the towns of Brewster, Harwich and Chatham.Route 137 begins in Brewster at the intersection of Route 6A and Long Pond Road...
after two miles (3 km). After less than a half-mile the road ends at Route 6A
Route 6A (Massachusetts)
Route 6A is the name for parts of former U.S. Route 6 on Cape Cod. Most of "6A", as the locals call it, is also known as the Old King's Highway...
and Harwich Road. The entire length of the road is 6.8 miles (10.9 km).
History
Route 124 was formerly designated Route 24, prior to the completion of the initial stretch of the current Route 24Route 24 (Massachusetts)
Route 24 is a freeway south of I-93 in southeastern Massachusetts, linking Fall River with the Boston metropolitan area. It begins in the south in Fall River at the border with Tiverton, Rhode Island where it connects with Rhode Island Route 24, and runs north to an interchange with Interstate...
freeway in 1951. When the freeway was given the Route 24 designation, the existing Route 24 was renumbered to 124.