Massachusetts Route 98

Route 98 marker

Route 98

Map of Worcester County in central Massachusetts with Route 98 highlighted in red
Route information
Length: 3.87 mi[1] (6.23 km)
Major junctions
South end: Route 98 in Burrillville, RI
North end: Route 146A in Uxbridge
Location
Counties: Worcester
Highway system
Route 97Route 99

Route 98 is a southwest-northeast numbered highway in central Massachusetts. The highway is a continuation of Rhode Island Route 98 in Uxbridge.

Route description

The route passes through Aldrich Village, crossing the Douglas Pike and passing a number of buildings on the National Historic Register.[2] One of the historic buildings is the Friends Meetinghouse which is at the northern terminus of Route 98. Nationally prominent Abolitionists Abby Kelley Foster and Effingham Capron were members here. The Southern New England Trunkline Trail crosses Route 98 a short distance south of the Quaker Meeting house and the junction with Route 146A.

Route 98 passes under Route 146 without junction shortly before its northern end at Route 146A, between Exits 1 and 2 of Route 146. The entire route in Massachusetts takes only 3.87 miles (6.23 km).

Major intersections

The entire route is in Uxbridge, Worcester County.

mikmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 Route 98 southContinuation into Rhode Island.
0.50.8Douglas Pike To Route 7.
3.76.0 Route 146No access between Route 98 and Route 146.
3.876.23 Route 146ANorthern terminus of Route 98.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former

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