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and the nearby section of Route 53 has also been known as Queen Anne's (or Ann's) Turnpike. The name comes from Anne Whiton, a local tavern owner who in the mid-1700s, along with her daughters, had an "unsavory reputation" and was called
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which was moved onto the Southeast Expressway and Pilgrim's Highway expressway when they were fully completed in 1963. The remaining former sections of Route 3 became extensions of
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For a period of time, from at least the early 1930s through 1967, a mile of what is now Route 53, between Derby Street and Main Street (Route 228), was also coextensive with
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and meets Route 3 once more, at Exit 13. From Route 3 it bends northwestward, going through the western portion of
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Route 53 heads northwards through the eastern part of Hanover until it passes the
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Route 53 follows the former routing of the Kingston to Quincy section of
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at Exit 10. It heads north, almost immediately entering the town of
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History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Volume I, Part I
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Hingham (Mass.), Thomas Tracy Bouvé; et al. (1893).
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is a 22.138-mile-long (35.628 km) south–north
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Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
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Town of Hingham. Archived from 1124:Numbered routes in Massachusetts 924: 889: 883: 835: 798: 758: 728: 722: 686: 680: 644: 638: 631: 625: 587: 581: 541: 535: 529: 427:. The two routes pass over the 261: 246: 142: 120: 106: 82: 24: 1043:"neilbert.com Mass Routes Wiki" 403:Route 53 begins in Kingston at 786:partial cloverleaf interchange 610:Southern terminus of Route 14 302:. Along the way it intersects 290:. Its southern terminus is at 1: 974: 908:Northern terminus of Route 18 495: 450:just over the town line into 435:together before splitting. 7: 39:Route 53 highlighted in red 10: 1195: 474:, passing the site of the 313: 950: 945: 920: 912: 907: 878: 870: 865: 856: 831: 823: 819: 794: 783: 754: 717: 709: 675: 620: 576: 568: 563: 525: 517: 512: 507: 504: 499: 494: 491: 488: 239: 209: 204: 200: 186: 176: 166: 161: 157: 138: 97: 78: 73: 65: 57: 49: 44: 37: 21: 957:     462:. Route 53 then enters 419:just over the line into 16:Highway in Massachusetts 1164:Weymouth, Massachusetts 1144:Pembroke, Massachusetts 1139:Kingston, Massachusetts 1159:Hingham, Massachusetts 1154:Norwell, Massachusetts 1149:Hanover, Massachusetts 1134:Duxbury, Massachusetts 400: 365:town line is known as 1169:Quincy, Massachusetts 395: 1006:KML is from Wikidata 784:Exit 32 on Route 3; 1099:on 18 December 2010 482:Major intersections 476:Fore River Shipyard 367:Queen Anne's Corner 353:Queen Anne's Corner 99:Major intersections 1029:2006-09-27 at the 401: 371:Queen Ann's Corner 972: 971: 946:Northern terminus 564:Southern terminus 388:Route description 277: 276: 273: 272: 45:Route information 1186: 1109: 1108: 1106: 1104: 1089: 1083: 1082: 1080: 1078: 1064: 1058: 1057: 1055: 1054: 1045:. 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Index

Route 53 marker
MassDOT
Route 3A
Kingston
Route 14
Pembroke
Route 3
Hanover
Route 3A
Quincy
United States
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Norfolk
Massachusetts State Highway System
Interstate
US
State
Route 52
Route 56
state highway
Massachusetts
Route 3A
Kingston
Quincy
Route 3
Hanover
Route 3
Route 3A
Route 128

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