Massachusetts Route 38
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| Length: | 27.3 mi (43.9 km) | |||||||||
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 NH 38 in Pelham, NH
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 Interstate 495 in Tewksbury  Interstate 95/Route 128 in Woburn Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford Route 28 in Somerville Interstate 93 in Medford/Somerville
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 Route 99 in Boston
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| Counties: | Suffolk, Middlesex | |||||||||
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Route 38 is a state highway in Massachusetts, United States, running 27 miles (44 km.) from Sullivan Square in Boston north via Lowell to the state line in Dracut, where it continues as New Hampshire Route 38 in Pelham, New Hampshire. Its south end is at Route 99, though most signage indicates that it ends at Route 28, its former end in Somerville.
The majority of Route 38 was originally designated as Route 6B in the New England road marking system, an alternate to New England Interstate Route 6. It began at Route 6 somewhere in Cambridge and made its way to present Route 38 in Somerville, running north on much the same alignment as is followed now, with the only real differences in Medford (where it used High Street (Route 60) rather than the Mystic Valley Parkway) and in Winchester center (where it ran via the rotary). In Lowell, Route 6B turned west on current Route 110, ending at the corner of Appleton Street and Gorham Street. (Route 6 came from the south on Gorham and turned west on Appleton; Route 6B came from the east on Appleton.)
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