Massachusetts Route 103
{{Short description|State highway in Bristol County, Massachusetts, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
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|type=MA
|route=103
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Route 103 highlighted in red
|length_mi=4.92
|length_round=2
|length_ref=Executive Office of Transportation, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927193052/http://www.eot.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=content%2Fplan02&sid=about Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory]{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d20191!2d-71.1955644!3d41.7320252!4m42!3m33!1m5!1s30-98+Wilbur+Ave%2C+Warren%2C+MA+02885!2s0x89e45702000a132b%3A0x8dbe8b07c8e64742!3m2!3d41.7340113!4d-71.245399!1m4!3m2!3d41.7277818!4d-71.1560426!6e2!2e0!3m8!1m3!1d2524!2d-71.1900574!3d41.7284327!3m2!1i1313!2i651!4f13.1!9m5!2m2!3d41.7290753!4d-71.1947526!3s0x89e457d43417aef9%3A0x38955e3b03864682!4f0.9728038!9m5!2m2!3d41.7227811!4d-71.1639851!3s0x89e4f85f1922bc71%3A0x757eb6a082cbd0ce!4f0.7217165!5m2!13m1!1e1!7m4!11m3!1m1!1e1!2b1&fid=0 |title=Route 103 |accessdate=December 26, 2013}}
|established=1930
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=RI|RI|103}} at the Rhode Island state line
|junction={{jct|state=MA|I|195}} in Somerset
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MA|US|6|MA|138}} in Somerset
|counties=Bristol
|previous_type=Route
|previous_route=102
|next_type=Route
|next_route=104
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Route 103 is a {{convert|4.92|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} east–west state highway in southeastern Massachusetts. It runs from the Rhode Island east to U.S. Route 6 (US 6) and Route 138 in Somerset.
Route description
Image:MA Route 103 southbound at US Route 6, Somerset MA.jpg in Somerset]]
Massachusetts Route 103 is a continuation of R.I. Route 103. It begins in Swansea at the Warren line, heading eastward as Wilbur Avenue. It crosses the Cole River before entering the village of Ocean Grove. As the route enters Somerset, it crosses the Lees River, just east of its junction with Exit 4 of I-195. (Part of the exit structure is linked to Lee's River Avenue, which ends at Route 103 near I-195.) Route 103 then continues eastward, north of Brayton Point and the Brayton Point Power Station. Route 103 follows Wilbur Avenue as it turns northward, intersecting at a small rotary with Riverside Avenue and Brayton Avenue, where all three roads formerly met the Slade's Ferry Bridge. Route 103 then continues northward along Riverside Avenue. Prior to 2011, its eastern terminus was Slade's Ferry Boulevard, the former alignment of U.S. Route 6 and Route 138 just west of the former Brightman Street Bridge, before US 6 and Route 138 were realigned to use the new Veterans' Memorial Bridge.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} After the opening of the new bridge, Route 103 was extended further alongside part of Riverside Avenue between the old and new bridges to end at a partial interchange between US 6 and Route 138.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} (Access to US 6 westbound and from US 6 eastbound is provided by using Slade's Ferry Boulevard and Brayton Avenue.){{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Before the 1970 closure and removal of the Slade's Ferry Bridge, Route 103 traveled along that bridge, and ended in Fall River near an intersection of US 6 and Route 138.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=MA|county=Bristol|length_ref=}}
{{MAint
|location=Swansea
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=RI|RI|103|dir1=west|city1=Warren|city2=Barrington}}
|notes=Continuation into Rhode Island}}
{{MAint
|location=Somerset
|lspan=4
|mile=3.00
|road=File:I-195.svg Lees River Avenue to I-195 west – Providence, RI
|notes=To I-195 exit 10}}
{{MAint
|mile=3.20
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=MA|I|195|city1=Fall River|city2=Cape Cod|location3=Providence, RI}}
|notes=Exit 10 on I-195, some movements through L.R. Avenue}}
{{MAint
|mile=4.70
|type=closed
|road=Brayton Avenue
|notes=Former location of the Slade's Ferry Bridge}}
{{MAint
|mile=4.92
|road={{jct|state=MA|US|6|MA|138|to3=yes|MA|79|to4=yes|I|195|city1=Fall River|city2=Taunton|location3=Tiverton, RI}}
|notes=Interchange, eastern terminus; access to US 6 westbound and from US 6 eastbound provided by using Slade's Ferry Boulevard and Brayton Avenue}}
{{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,closed}}
References
- [https://archive.today/20071011180128/http://neilbert.com/findroute.php?route=103 Neilbert.com Massachusetts Route Log]
External links
{{Attached KML}}
{{Commons category|Massachusetts Route 103}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070622182832/http://www.state-ends.com/massachusetts/103/ Mass. Rt. 103 endpoint photos]