Route 140 in Taunton closes both ways Thursday night, 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., at the Route 24 interchange
The Route 24 ramps onto Route 140 at Exit 17 and Exit 17B close the same hours. MassDOT is rebuilding the interchange under a $116.5 million construction bid.
TAUNTON Updated 6:05 a.m. Nov. 5, 2026.
Route 140 closes in both directions in Taunton from 8 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday between its Exit 19 and U.S. Route 44, at the Route 24 interchange, MassDOT's Mass511 listings show.
The ramps from Route 24 onto Route 140 close over the same hours: the Route 24 southbound exit ramp at Exit 17 and the Route 24 northbound ramp to Route 140 north at Exit 17B.
MassDOT scheduled the same Route 140 closure and the same two ramp closures for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights this week, its listings showed Tuesday, so Thursday is the third night and the last one listed. The listing posted Thursday morning ends at 4 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, and shows no later nights.
Getting around it
The Mass511 listings do not name a detour. Route 24 itself is not listed as closed. On Route 24, MassDOT lists some lanes closed in both directions between Exit 16 and Exit 20 at U.S. Route 44 from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., with an 11-foot width limit, and some southbound lanes closed between Exit 22 at Interstate 495 in Raynham and Exit 17 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., with a 12-foot limit.
MassDOT also lists roadwork on Route 44 westbound between Route 24 near Raynham and Route 140 from midnight to 4 a.m. Friday.
Mass511 shows the closures, live traffic and cameras at mass511.com and in its mobile app.
The interchange rebuild
Mass511 lists the closure as nighttime roadwork. The closed stretch of Route 140 runs through its interchange with Route 24, which MassDOT is rebuilding under project 605888. MassDOT's project record describes that project as interchange improvements including replacement of the Route 24 bridge over Route 140, with a ramp system that "will be modified to improve vehicular flow to and from each limited access highway."
MassDOT's latest status update on the project, dated Oct. 28, lists crews installing barrier in the Route 140 median, demolishing the second phase of the abutments at the bridge that carries Route 24 over Route 140, starting a footing at one of the Route 24 rail bridges and relocating a stream near one of the ramps. The record lists a construction bid price of $116.5 million and the construction contract as 50% complete.
When the work is done, MassDOT's project page says, the interchange will have a new off-ramp from Route 24 southbound to Route 140 northbound and two-lane entrance ramps from Route 140 to Route 24. Route 140 is being widened with a new southbound bypass lane between the Route 24 ramps and more turning lanes, and its traffic signals are being upgraded or replaced. The project also replaces the Route 24 bridges over the Middleborough Secondary rail line and the commuter rail line, and the Cotley culvert on Route 140.
The City of Taunton's road construction page says the project works shifts from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., and that it is "expected to be ongoing until completion, anticipated for June 2027."
Daytime work and the weekend
Thursday and Friday during the day, MassDOT lists lane closures that come and go on Route 24 southbound between Exit 20 and Exit 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Route 24 northbound between Exit 16 and Exit 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It lists the same kind of closures on Route 140 northbound between Exit 16 at Route 79 and Exit 20 at Route 24, and on Route 44 in both directions between Route 140 and Route 24, each from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Over the weekend, MassDOT lists roadwork on Route 44 in both directions between Route 104 in Taunton and Route 24 in Raynham from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.
The project's history, including the 2023 contractor change, is in SC360's story on the interchange rebuild, and the rest of this week's South Coast closures are in the roadwork story for the week of Nov. 2.
Questions
Questions about the state highway work go to MassDOT's District 5 Construction Office at 508-884-4281, the number the city lists, or to the project team at MassDOTRoute24Taunton@dot.state.ma.us, the address on MassDOT's project page. MassDOT revises the Mass511 listings as the week goes on, and the hours here are the ones it had posted at 6:05 a.m. Thursday.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every closure comes from MassDOT's Mass511 listings, which we read Thursday, Nov. 5 at 5:27 a.m. and again at 6:05 a.m. and kept with their event numbers; the Tuesday through Thursday schedule comes from the same event numbers as MassDOT listed them Nov. 3. Project facts come from MassDOT's project record, with the status MassDOT dated Oct. 28, and from MassDOT's project page; the work shifts and the June 2027 date come from the City of Taunton's road construction page. We read all of them Nov. 5. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar: Nov. 3 is a Tuesday, Nov. 5 a Thursday, Nov. 6 a Friday, Nov. 7 a Saturday and Nov. 8 a Sunday. Not heard: MassDOT's Highway Division press office, asked Nov. 1 about the purpose of this week's night closures.
Corrections
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Sources (4)
- Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Mass511 planned roadwork events in Taunton and RaynhamMassDOT's own event listings, each kept with its event number: Route 140 closed both ways between Exit 19 and US 44, Thursday 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. (WZM1039639); the Route 24 southbound Exit 17 ramp to Route 140 (WZM1039641) and the Route 24 northbound Exit 17B ramp to Route 140 north (WZM1039642), closed the same hours; Route 24 night lane closures (WZM1039637, WZM1039638, WZM1039519); US 44 westbound overnight roadwork (WZM1040091); daytime lane closures on Route 24 (WZM1039609, WZM1039610), Route 140 northbound (WZM1039611) and US 44 (WZM1040090); US 44 weekend roadwork (WZM1039964). The Tuesday through Thursday schedule is from the same event numbers as listed Nov. 3. Read Nov. 5, 2026, 5:27 a.m. and 6:05 a.m.
- Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Project Information, project 605888, Taunton interchange improvements at Routes 24 and 140MassDOT's own project record: description, bid price $116,498,483.53, construction contract 112402 listed as 50% complete, and the current status dated Oct. 28, 2026. Read Nov. 5, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
- MassDOT Highway Division, About the Route 24 over Route 140 improvements, TauntonMassDOT's project page: the bridge replacements, the new ramp, the two-lane entrance ramps, the Route 140 widening and signals, and the project team's email address. No posted date shown. Read Nov. 5, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
- City of Taunton, Road Construction and Utility WorkThe city's own page on the Rt. 140 and Rt. 24 bridge replacement: work shifts, completion anticipated for June 2027, and the District 5 Construction Office number. Read Nov. 5, 2026, 5:37 a.m.