Massachusetts Route 60
{{Short description|East-west state highway in Massachusetts, US}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=MA
|type=Route
|route=60
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|zoom=10|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Massachusetts Route 60}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Route 60 highlighted in red
|length_mi=14.33
|length_round=2
|length_ref=Executive Office of Transportation, [http://www.eot.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=content/plan02&sid=about Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927193052/http://www.eot.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=content%2Fplan02&sid=about |date=2006-09-27 }}
|established=
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=MA|US|20}} in Waltham
|junction={{jct|state=MA|MA|2}} in Arlington
{{jct|state=MA|US|3|MA|2A}} in Arlington
{{jct|state=MA|I|93}} in Medford
{{jct|state=MA|MA|28}} in Medford
{{jct|state=MA|US|1}} in Malden
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MA|MA|1A|MA|16}} in Revere
|previous_type=Route
|previous_route=58
|next_type=Route
|next_route=62
}}
Route 60 is a {{convert|14.33|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} east–west state highway running through the northern suburbs of Boston. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in Waltham and its eastern terminus is at Route 1A and Route 16 in Revere.
Route description
= Waltham to Medford =
Route 60 begins at U.S. Route 20 in Waltham, just east of downtown. It then heads eastward, passing through the center of Belmont before intersecting in Arlington with Route 2 at that route's Exit 59 eastbound, continuing as Pleasant Street. From there, Route 60 joins U.S. Route 3 and Route 2A for a brief {{convert|0.1|mi|km}} concurrency, starting at Massachusetts Avenue. It then turns eastward off of that route, crossing the Mystic River into Medford.
= Medford to Revere =
File:Looking northeast on MA Route 60, Belmont MA.jpg
In Medford it passes the West Medford commuter rail station before intersecting Route 38 at Winthrop Square. From there Route 60 heads into downtown Medford, splitting at Main Street (just north of the Mystic Valley Parkway and Route 16) before rejoining at Medford City Hall to pass under Interstate 93 at Exit 32. Route 60 continues eastward, crossing Route 28 (the Fellsway West) at Stevens Square before entering Malden. In Malden, Route 60 passes through the west end past Highland Avenue and downtown, passing the Malden Center MBTA station, which has access to both the Orange Line and the Haverhill Line. Route 60 intersects Route 99, and goes through Linden Square in the eastern part of town before entering the city of Revere.
In Revere, the route intersects U.S. Route 1 at Copeland Circle, where the Northeast Expressway was planned to continue northward to carry Interstate 95 to its current path north of Route 128. (The route was never completed due to opposition, but the ramp stubs are visible crossing the northeastern part of the circle.) From Copeland Circle, Route 60 continues eastward, south of the Rumney Marsh Reservation. It crosses Route 107 at Brown Circle, where 107 continues northward as a limited access highway towards Lynn. Route 60 then turns southward as American Legion Highway, finally ending at the intersection of Route 1A and the eastern end of Route 16, at Mahoney Circle. Route 60's right of way continues through the circle and links directly to that of Route 1A's.
The state reconstructed the section from Trapelo Road to Brighton Road in 2007. The state will reconstruct the section from Pleasant Street to the Waltham city line in 2012.{{update inline|date=October 2021}}
Major intersections
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{{MAint
|county=Middlesex
|cspan=10
|location=Waltham
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=MA|US|20}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{MAint
|location=Arlington
|lspan=4
|mile=3.9
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|2|city1=Cambridge|city2=Boston|city3=Concord|city4=Fitchburg}}
|notes=Exit 134 on Route 2 (Concord Turnpike); diamond interchange
}}
{{MAint
|type=concur
|mile=4.9
|road={{jct|state=MA|US|3|MA|2A|dir1=south|dir2=east|name2=Massachusetts Avenue|city1=Boston}}
|notes=Western terminus of US 3 / Route 2A concurrency
}}
{{MAint
|type=concur
|mile=5.0
|road={{jct|state=MA|US|3|MA|2A|dir1=north|dir2=west|city1=Winchester|city2=Lexington}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of US 3 / Route 2A concurrency
}}
{{MAint
|mile=
|road=Mystic Valley Parkway
|notes=Rotary
}}
{{MAint
|location=Medford
|lspan=4
|mile=6.9
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|38|city1=Somerville|city2=Winchester}}
|notes=Winthrop Square
}}
{{MAint
|mile=7.7
|road={{jct|state=MA|I|93|city1=Boston|location2=Concord, NH}}
|notes=Rotary interchange; exit 23 on I-93
}}
{{MAint
|mile=8.6
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|28|name1=Fellsway West}}
}}
{{MAint
|mile=
|road=Fellsway East
}}
{{MAint
|location=Malden
|mile=11.2
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|99|city1=Everett|city2=Boston|city3=Saugus|US|1|to2=yes}}
}}
{{MAint
|county=Suffolk
|cspan=3
|location=Revere
|lspan=3
|mile=12.4
|road={{jct|state=MA|US|1|city1=Boston|city2=Newburyport}}
|notes=Rotary interchange with Northeast Expressway
}}
{{MAint
|mile=13.4
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|107|city1=Revere|city2=Chelsea|city3=Lynn|city4=Salem}}
|notes=Rotary
}}
{{MAint
|mile=14.33
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|1A|MA|16|dir2=west|city1=Chelsea|city2=Boston|city3=Logan Airport|city4=Revere Beach|city5=Lynn|extra=airport}}
|notes=Eastern terminus; Mahoney Circle; rotary; eastern terminus of Route 16 (Revere Beach Parkway)
}}
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