Editing Middleborough, Massachusetts (section)

==Transportation==

=== Road ===

[[Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)|Interstate 495]] runs through the town on its way to [[Cape Cod]]. The town is also crossed by [[U.S. Route 44]], as well as Massachusetts routes [[Massachusetts Route 18|18]], [[Massachusetts Route 28|28]], [[Massachusetts Route 105|105]], and a short, {{convert|1000|ft|adj=mid}} section of [[Massachusetts Route 58|Route 58]] which passes through the southeast corner of town. Routes 18, 28 and 44 meet at a two lane [[traffic circle|rotary]] adjacent to I-495 just west of the center of town. Two of I-495's four interchanges are located there. I-495's interchange with [[Massachusetts Route 24|Route 24]] is located just {{convert|1.5|mi}} northwest of the town line.

The [[Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority]] provides public bus services along three routes in Middleboro, connecting to Wareham, Raynham, Taunton, and Lakeville, with stops including Morton Hospital, the Middleboro/Lakeville commuter rail station, and Onset beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatra.org/index.php/routes/middleborough/|title=Routes & Schedules/Middleboro|website=Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA)|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>

=== Rail ===

[[Image:Railroad Station, Middleborough, MA.jpg|thumb|right|Railroad station {{circa|1908}}]]
Since the 1840s, Middleborough has served as a major rail transportation hub for [[southeastern Massachusetts]]; at one time, five rail lines radiated out from the town.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses |author=Roy, John H. Jr. |publisher=Branch Line Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780942147087 |page=192}}</ref> Today, three rail lines extend from Middleborough, toward [[Boston]], [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]] and [[Cape Cod]]. All three lines intersect at a junction near the center of town. Two rail freight companies serve Middleborough: [[CSX Transportation]], which runs along the Boston and Taunton lines, and [[Massachusetts Coastal Railroad]], which runs along the Cape Cod and Taunton lines. [[Middleborough station]] is served by the [[Fall River/New Bedford Line]] of the [[MBTA Commuter Rail]] system, while [[Lakeville station]] on the Middleborough/Lakeville border is served by the seasonal ''[[CapeFlyer]]''.

The nearest inter-city ([[Amtrak]]) passenger rail stations are [[Providence station|Providence]], [[Route 128 station]] in [[Westwood, Massachusetts|Westwood]], and Boston's [[South Station]], and the nearest rapid-transit station is [[Braintree station (MBTA)|Braintree]].

=== Air ===

The nearest regional airports are [[Taunton Municipal Airport]] and [[Plymouth Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)|Plymouth Municipal Airport]], the nearest primary commercial airport is [[New Bedford Regional Airport]], and the nearest national and international airports are [[T. F. Green Airport]] in [[Warwick, Rhode Island]], and [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston. From 1954 to 1959, a small runway called [[North Middleboro Airpark]] was constructed. It was a 3,000-foot-long paved runway, although it was not depicted in the November 1954 Boston Sectional Chart. Sometime between 1982 and 1994 it was closed, as it was depicted simply as "Landing Strip" on the 1994 USGS topographic map.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Paul |title=Middleboro Airpark / Middleboro Airport |url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/MA/Airfields_MA_SE.htm#middleboro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040102075546/http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MA/Airfields_MA_SE.htm#middleboro |url-status=live |archive-date=January 2, 2004 |website=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields |access-date=May 21, 2023 |date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>