Massachusetts Route 49

Route 49
Podunk Pike
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length:	7.44 mi[1] (11.97 km)
Existed:	1972 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 20 in Sturbridge
North end:	Route 9 in Spencer
Location
Counties:	Worcester
Highway system
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State ← Route 47 Route 52 →

Route 49 is a 7.44 miles (11.97 km) north-south highway located in Worcester County, Massachusetts. For most of its length, the route is known as the Podunk Pike, named for the section of East Brookfield that it passes through. In Spencer and East Brookfield, the route is officially known as the Philip Quinn Memorial Highway.

Northbound entering East Brookfield
from Sturbridge

Route description

Route 49 is a partially controlled-access highway, having very few intersections and no adjoining properties. Most of the route is a two-lane road with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour (90 km/h).^[1]

The route begins at U.S. Route 20 in eastern Sturbridge. The road passes over Interstate 90 (the Mass Pike) about 0.4 miles (0.64 km) north of Route 20, but without an intersection; the nearest access to the Pike is via I-84 to the west. It then clips a small corner of the town of Charlton^[2] before continuing through the northeast corner of Sturbridge into East Brookfield. The road crosses just two roads in that town before entering the town of Spencer. The road crosses the Sevenmile River before ending at Route 9, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of that town's center.

Major Intersections

The entire route is in Worcester County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Sturbridge	0.0	0.0	US 20 – Auburn, Springfield	South end of Route 49
Spencer	7.4	11.9	Route 9 – Brookfield, Spencer	North end of Route 49
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "Massachusetts Route Log Applicaton". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
2. Massachusetts Atlas & Gazetteer, Second Edition. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 2002, p. 48.