Massachusetts Route 7A

Route 7A
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Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length:	25.30 mi (40.72 km) 5.83 mi (9.39 km) without US 7 Northern segment: 2.9 mi. Southern segment: 2.93 mi.
Existed:	ca. 1961 – present
Major junctions
South end:	Ashley Falls Road in North Canaan, CT
	US 7 in Sheffield / Lenox Route 183 in Lenox
North end:	US 7 / US 20 in Lenox
Highway system
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State ← US 7 Route 8 →

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Northbound in Lenox

Route 7A is a state highway and alternate to U.S. Route 7 in western Massachusetts. It has two posted segments, with a total length of 5.83 miles (9.38 km). Between these segments, Route 7A is coextensive with Route 7.

Route description

The southern segment begins at the Connecticut border, where the unsigned Connecticut State Road 832 connects Route 7A to its parent route 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south in the town of Canaan. Route 7A runs northward for three miles, through the village of Ashley Falls and crossing the Housatonic River before rejoining its parent route 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the state border.

The route then becomes silent for 22.7 miles (36.5 km), until US 7 reaches the town of Lenox. In Lenox, Route 7A splits with its parent route just south of US 7's junction with US 20. It heads northward, passing the Berkshire Performing Arts Center before sharing a brief, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) concurrency with Route 183. It then turns northward through Lenox Village along Main Street, ending finally at its parent route, one mile northward.

From its southern to northern ends, Route 7A is 25.3 miles (40.7 km) long. Its daylighted sections, however, only add up to approximately 5.6 miles (9.0 km). Both segments follow former alignments of their parent route. The northern segment follows along Route 7's former path, before it was given its bypass route around Lenox Village. The bypass was made as part of a failed attempt to make that route a freeway to Lanesborough.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Berkshire County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Sheffield	0.0	0.0	Ashley Falls Road south	Southern terminus; Connecticut state line To US 7
	3.0	4.8	US 7 south – North Canaan, CT	Southern terminus of silent concurrency with US 7
See US 7
Lenox	23.0	37.0	US 7 north – Pittsfield, Williamstown	Northern terminus of silent concurrency with US 7
	24.3	39.1	Route 183 north to US 7 / US 20	Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 183
	24.5	39.4	Route 183 south – Stockbridge	Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 183
	25.3	40.7	US 7 / US 20 – Pittsfield, Williamstown	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus