Massachusetts Route 7A

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Both segments of Route 7A follow former alignments of US 7.

Route description

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Looking northbound in Lenox Center

From its southern terminus to its northern one, Route 7A spans Template:Convert. However, its "signed" sections only add up to approximately Template:Convert, with the connection made via US 7.

Southern segment

The southern segment begins at the Connecticut border, where the unsigned Connecticut State Road 832 connects Route 7A to its parent route Template:Convert south in the town of North Canaan. Route 7A runs northward for nearly Template:Convert as Ashley Falls Road, passing through the village of Ashley Falls and crossing the Housatonic River before rejoining its parent route in the town of Sheffield.[1][2]

Northern segment

About Template:Convert north by way of US 7, Route 7A's northern segment begins at an intersection with its parent route just south of a junction with U.S. Route 20 in the town of Lenox. It heads northward along Kemble Street, passing the site of Shakespeare & Company before meeting Route 183 (Walker Street) within the CDP of Lenox. The two routes continue north along Walker Street for a brief Template:Convert concurrency before Route 183 bears south towards Tanglewood. Route 7A continues northward through Lenox Village along Main Street, ending finally at its parent route approximately Template:Convert northward.[1][3]

History

The bypass routing of US 7 around Lenox Village, which gave way to the northern segment of Route 7A, was made as part of a failed attempt to make that route a freeway to Lanesborough.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Major intersections

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References

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