Massachusetts Route 70
State highway in Worcester County, Massachusetts, US
Route 70 is a 20.78-mile-long (33.44 km) north–south state highway in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Its southern terminus is at Route 9 in Worcester and its northern terminus is at Route 2 in Lancaster. Along the way it intersects Interstate 290 (I-290) in Worcester.
Work has been ongoing since 2011 to upgrade the road as of 2024.
Route description
Route 70 begins as the northward continuation of Major Taylor Boulevard at Route 9 as Lincoln Street. It crosses under Interstate 290 at exit 18, a partial exit, and continues northward, bearing northeastward and crossing under Interstate 290 again at eExit 20, another partial exit. It passes several shopping plazas before turning more northward onto Boylston Street. Route 70 passes through the far northwestern corner of Shrewsbury before entering the town of Boylston.
In Boylston, Route 70 crosses Route 140 and proceeds in an arc near the Wachusett Reservoir. As it enters the town of Clinton, Route 70 begins a concurrency with Route 62 which lasts for approximately 2.6 miles (4.2 km), with the last 0.3 miles (0.48 km) being a triple concurrency with Route 110 through the center of town.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Massachusetts Route 70” as state highway in Worcester County, Massachusetts, US. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as state highway in Worcester County, Massachusetts, US. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2484056. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 2024.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Massachusetts Route 70” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.