Route 22 is a short north–south
Massachusetts
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state route
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either Route number, numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered ...
that connects
Route 1A and
Route 127 in
Beverly and
Route 133 in
Essex
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. The entire route is located within
Essex County.
Route description
Route 22 begins in Beverly at the Northern end of the Essex Bridge, at the intersection of Cabot Street, Rantoul Street (
Route 1A) and Water Street (
Route 127). Route 22 proceeds northward along Cabot Street into downtown Beverly, where it forks off onto Essex Street, and heads northward out of the downtown area and past the
Montserrat MBTA commuter rail station. Route 22 crosses
Route 128
The following highways are numbered 128:
Canada
* New Brunswick Route 128
* Ontario Highway 128 (former)
* Prince Edward Island Route 128
Costa Rica
* National Route 128 (Costa Rica), National Route 128
India
* National Highway 128 (India)
Ja ...
at exit 47 (formerly exit 18), and then winds northward into
Wenham, making two turns before quickly entering
Hamilton
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* Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
* ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
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. It then makes another turn in Hamilton, onto another Essex Street, which in turn crosses into the town of
Essex
Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...
north of
Chebacco Lake. Route 22 ends at
Route 133 in downtown Essex, near the head of the Essex River.
Major intersections
References
022 022 may refer to:
* Leduc 022, a French prototype aircraft
* Tyrrell 022
The Tyrrell 022 was the car with which the Tyrrell Racing, Tyrrell team competed in the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The car was powered by the Yamaha Motor Compan ...
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