Limited Access Highway

 Alternate Evacuation Routes

CMRPC has developed, with support from the Central Region Homeland Security Advisory Council (CRHSAC), emergency evacuation routes for the seven limited access highways in Central MA, not including the Mass Pike, I-90. The CRHSAC and CMRPC determined there was a need in the region to identify evacuation routes, particularly around major highways in the event of a closed or compromised highway interchange. The following maps are the preferred routes developed for each interchange in the region for the following highways, I-290, I-190, I-495, I-84, I-395, MA-146, and MA-2. The routes were developed with input from the towns and cities which would be affected if the routes were ever needed, as well as, the WRTA and Montachusett Regional Planning Commission. The alternate routes intent is to efficiently and effectively handle the redirected traffic around an incident and rapidly reenter the highway.