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The Methuen Rotary area will be transformed! The MassDOT Highway Division is designing
major improvements at the I-93/Route 110/Route 113 Interchange, also known as the
Methuen Rotary, which will include replacing the rotary with a partial cloverleaf
interchange. The reconfiguration will address congestion and safety problems at
the rotary where most intersections operate at level of service F, or failing, in
the peak hours. The new configuration will eliminate dangerous merges that are in
part responsible for a crash rate 7½ times higher than the statewide average at
some locations in the interchange area.
Current status of the project:
The partial cloverleaf concept to replace the rotary has been declared the preferred
interchange design after years of study. The 2008 Methuen Rotary Feasibility Study
by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation, now MassDOT, studied alternatives
to improve safety and reduce congestion. This Study and previous studies evaluated
close to 20 alternatives to improve the interchange. The 2008 Study recommended
both short- and long-term improvements at the rotary. For reports and other documents
from the Study, visit the Project Documents page.
After comprehensive engineering feasibility studies and environmental reviews, Alternative
3A was confirmed as the preferred alternative and is now under design. The key features
of the project include:
- Four realigned/reconstructed I-93 on- and off-ramps;
- New I-93 southbound loop on-ramp and I-93 northbound loop off-ramp;
- Realignment of Route 110/113 including construction of new signalized intersections
on the east and west sides of the interchange;
- Construction of a new bridge carrying I-93 over relocated Route 110/113;
- Removal of the two existing I-93 bridges over the existing rotary roadways;
- Reconstruction of the Route 110/Riverside Drive/Bolduc Street and Route 113/Branch
Street intersections on the west side of the interchange;
- New traffic signal equipment at the Route 113/Forest Street and Route 110/Burnham
Road/Green Street intersections;
- Mitigation for unavoidable wetland impacts will transform former Loosigian Farms
site on Lowell Boulevard;
- New sidewalks and shoulders; and
- Noise barriers at two locations.
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