Metropolitan Boston, along the rapidly growing "outer belt" that is Interstate495. It is formally a part of the Boston–Cambridge–Quincy metropolitan statistical
the Northeast Extension, I-476 surpassed I-495 in Massachusetts as the nation's longest auxiliary Interstate Highway. I-476 was widened to six lanes from
known for its rural and agrarian base. The intersection of Interstate495 and Massachusetts Route 24, a four-lane divided highway, is located at the town's