Completion of the freeway Massachusetts Route 25

eastbound route 25 near exit 3 , freeway s eastern terminus. route 28 unsigned @ interchange.

construction of route 25 east of wareham, however, delayed 3 decades property disputes, environmental concerns , resistance business owners in buzzards bay village, claimed freeway divert traffic, , business, elsewhere, leaving ghost town in wake. proposed alignment ran through land of state s cranberry harvest located, , led lengthy lawsuits , delays. in particular, farmers concerned salt runoff winter ice removal harm cranberry harvests. throughout 1970s , 1980s, massdpw developed several proposals control storm water runoff , avoid potential damage cranberry crops. engineers department developed 4 different drainage systems used along length of freeway divert runoff away wareham river basin. in addition, freeway planned thicker asphalt pavement largely impervious water.

the freeway delayed due larger property dispute hope ingersoll, owner of 900-acre (364 ha) grazing fields farm on bournedale road in bourne, known in region artists colony , producer of organic food. massdpw proposed constructing route 25 through center of farm, ingersoll hired engineers develop alternate routing. in 1978, massdpw rejected ingersoll s design, instead approving alignment ran through farmland seized eminent domain. in 1980, state judge ruled massdpw had conduct environmental studies on both original routing , ingersoll s proposal. massdpw opted construct ingersoll s design, giving route 25 longer alignment arced north , east of grazing fields farm before turning westward toward buzzards bay business district , bourne bridge. route began construction in 1982, , in 1989 massdpw forced pay ingersoll $2.6 million (1982 usd) 90 acres (36 ha) of farmland seized expressway s construction.

in 1987, final 7.5-mile (12 km) segment of route 25 maple springs road in wareham bourne bridge completed. rest area , information center in plymouth opened freeway. new expressway relieved congestion along 6 , route 28 in buzzards bay business district, reducing number of accidents along approach bourne bridge. in 2007, masshighway completed renumbering of 3 interchanges along length of route 25 part of signing upgrade project. previously, i-195 interchange had been numbered exit 1 part of i-495 s numbering scheme, onset interchange being exit 1 part of route 25 s own scheme. led confusing situation in road had 2 consecutive exit 1s, masshighway devised solution in i-495 , ma-25 share exit 1 (the i-195 interchange), , other exits on ma-25 bumped number.