Traffic & Transit
I-290 Ramp At Shrewsbury-Boylston Line Closing For Work
The overnight closures will impede drivers using Route 140, according to MassDOT.
SHREWSBURY, MA — Drivers who get off at the I-290 Route 140 exit in Shrewsbury will have to detour this week.
Overnight Wednesday and Thursday, MassDOT will shut down the portion of the exit that takes drivers from I-290 westbound to northbound Route 140. The closures will span 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night.
A detour will take drivers south into Shrewsbury to turn around.
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"Traffic looking to access Route 140 northbound from I-290 westbound will be directed to use exit 26A (Route 140 southbound, Shrewsbury) and follow the detour signage within the ramp system," MassDOT said in a bulletin.
The state has been rehabilitating the I-290 overpass above Route 140 at Colonial Drive since last summer.
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