Route 140 in Taunton closes both ways for five nights starting Nov. 1, with lane and ramp work across the South Coast
Two Route 24 ramps to Route 140 close on the same five nights. Drivers in Swansea, Somerset, Fall River, Westport, New Bedford, Fairhaven and Wareham face lane closures and ramp work through Friday, Nov. 6.
SOUTH COAST Route 140 in Taunton closes in both directions between Exit 19 and Route 44 for five nights in a row starting Sunday, Nov. 1, and the two Route 24 ramps that feed it, at Exit 17 and Exit 17B, close on the same nights. MassDOT has the closures set from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights.
The closure is one of about 60 planned roadwork listings MassDOT has posted for South Coast roads this week. Drivers will also find the I-195 eastbound ramps at Route 136 in Swansea closed Sunday night, overnight lane closures on Route 6 between Somerset and Fall River, nightly lane closures on Route 25 in Wareham and daytime work on Route 6 in Swansea, Somerset and Westport, with most daytime work running Monday, Nov. 2, through Friday, Nov. 6.
Taunton and Route 24
Besides the full Route 140 closure, the Route 24 southbound exit ramp to Route 140 at Exit 17 and the Route 24 northbound ramp to Route 140 north at Exit 17B are closed from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. on the same five nights. Over the same hours, lanes close at night on Route 24 in both directions between Exit 16 and Exit 20 (Route 44), with an 11-foot width limit.
In daylight, Route 24 has lane closures southbound between Exit 20 and Exit 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and northbound between Exit 16 and Exit 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, both with an 11-foot width limit. Northbound lanes between Exit 17 and Exit 20 also close from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Route 140 northbound has lane closures between Exit 16 (Route 79) and Exit 20 (Route 24) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.
Route 44 has lane closures in both directions between Route 140 and Route 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, with an 11-foot limit, and westbound roadwork in the same stretch from midnight to 4 a.m. each morning Monday through Friday. On the weekend, Route 44 has roadwork in both directions between Route 104 in Taunton and Route 24 in Raynham from 5 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.
In Freetown, South Main Street has nighttime roadwork in both directions from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., Sunday through Thursday nights.
MassDOT scheduled closures of Route 140 southbound and the Route 24 southbound ramp for Wednesday and Thursday nights, Oct. 28 and 29, as SC360 reported Oct. 28. This week the Route 140 closure covers both directions and five nights.
Swansea, Somerset, Fall River and Dighton
On I-195 eastbound in Swansea, the exit ramp to Route 136 at Exit 5 and the entrance ramp from Route 136 both close from 8 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Eastbound lanes also close between Route 136 and Exit 10 (Route 103) starting at 8 p.m. Sunday, and westbound lanes close between Exit 11 (Route 138) and Route 114A starting at the same hour. Lane closures run in both directions between Route 136 and Exit 10 from 10 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Route 6 in Swansea has weekday lane closures in several stretches between Route 136 and Route 103, mostly from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and nighttime lane closures in both directions between Route 118 and Route 103 from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights, with a 12-foot width limit. Route 136 southbound between I-195 and the Rhode Island line has lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Route 118 southbound between Route 44 and Route 6 has them from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Gardners Neck Road runs with alternating traffic from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., all on weekdays.
Between Route 103 in Somerset and Route 79 in Fall River, Route 6 has nighttime lane closures from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., eastbound and westbound on Monday night and in both directions again on Tuesday night, with a 10-foot width limit. The Route 6 westbound entrance from Route 79 southbound has lane closures Monday night over the same hours.
In Somerset, Route 6 westbound between Route 138 and Route 118 has roadwork from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays, Route 138 southbound has work in town over the same hours with a 14-foot width limit, and Route 138 southbound between Route 44 and Route 103 has work from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with an 11-foot limit. In Dighton, Route 138 southbound between Route 44 and Route 103 has lane closures from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. Route 6 westbound between Route 88 and Route 138, listed in Fall River, has roadwork from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.
Westport, New Bedford and Fairhaven
In Westport, Route 6 eastbound between Route 88 and Route 177 has lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, with an 11-foot width limit, and I-195 has lane closures in both directions between Exit 16 and Exit 19 from 10 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Route 18 southbound in New Bedford has lane closures between Route 105 and Route 6 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, with a 12-foot width limit. In Fairhaven, the I-195 westbound entrance ramp from Route 240 northbound and the I-195 eastbound exit ramp to Route 240 southbound both have roadwork from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, with a 12-foot width limit.
Wareham and Marion
Route 25 in Wareham has nighttime lane closures in both directions between Exit 1 and Exit 3, and westbound between Exit 10 (Route 28) and Exit 1, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights. Route 28 northbound between Exit 10 (Route 25) and I-195 has lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, with a 12-foot width limit. On Tuesday, the I-195 eastbound exit ramp to Route 25 eastbound has roadwork from 9 to 9:30 a.m., with a 10-foot limit.
MassDOT lists lane closures on Route 6 in Marion between Route 105 and Route 25 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays starting Monday, the same day work begins on a new left turn from Route 6 onto Route 105.
Closures already announced
Davol Street southbound in Fall River is still set to close overnight starting at 9 p.m. Sunday, and night lane closures on I-195 between Somerset and Fall River begin Wednesday, Nov. 4, both covered in the Oct. 28 roadwork story. I-195 closes in both directions overnight Friday, Nov. 6, in East Providence for the Potter Street Bridge demolition, and the I-195 westbound ramps at Route 18 in New Bedford stay closed for long-term work.
MassDOT revises these listings on Mass511 as the week goes on, and the hours here are the ones it had posted Saturday evening.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every highway fact comes from MassDOT's own planned roadwork events on Mass511, which we read Oct. 31 at 6:08 p.m. and checked one by one for start times at 6:13 p.m., keeping each event number. Road names, exits and town labels are printed as the notices give them. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar: Nov. 1 is a Sunday, Nov. 2 a Monday, Nov. 3 a Tuesday, Nov. 4 a Wednesday, Nov. 6 a Friday, Nov. 7 a Saturday and Nov. 8 a Sunday. Work listed outside our towns, and closures already reported in our earlier stories, are left out or linked.
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- Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Mass511 planned and current roadwork events for the South CoastMassDOT's own event listings, each kept with its event number: the Route 140 closure in both directions (WZM1039639), the Route 24 ramps at Exit 17 and Exit 17B (WZM1039641, WZM1039642), Route 24, Route 140 and Route 44 lane closures in Taunton, South Main Street in Freetown, the I-195 ramps and lane closures in Swansea and Westport, Route 6 in Swansea, Somerset, Fall River and Westport, Route 136, Route 118, Route 138, Gardners Neck Road, Route 18, the Route 240 ramps, Route 25, Route 28 and the Route 25 ramps in Wareham. Most posted or updated Oct. 28 to Oct. 30, 2026. Read Oct. 31, 2026, 6:08 p.m. and 6:13 p.m.