Editing Hanover, Massachusetts (section)

==Transportation== 
A short, three-mile portion of [[Massachusetts Route 3]], a four-lane freeway, passes through the town, providing access via an exit at [[Massachusetts Route 53|Route 53]] in the northeast corner of town.   The town's other major routes include [[Massachusetts Route 123|Route 123]] and [[Massachusetts Route 139|Route 139]], the latter passing through the town center.  Routes 139 and 53 are coextensive for a stretch of one mile in the southeast corner of town.

The town has no rail or air service, though the town used to have rail service on the Hanover branch. The nearest rail service is the Kingston-Route 3 line of the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA's]] commuter rail service, which passes west of town, the closest stations being in [[Abington (MBTA station)|Abington]], [[Whitman (MBTA station)|Whitman]], and the Greenbush station in [[Scituate, Massachusetts|Scituate]]. The nearest regional airport is [[Marshfield Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)|Marshfield Municipal Airport]], and the nearest national and international service can be reached at [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston.  [[Seaplane]]s occasionally land in neighboring Hanson, on Lake Monponsett.