major fault of Route 18 north of Bridgewater is its intersection patterns. At all lights north of Bridgewater center, the road widens to four lanes temporarily, before and after the intersection. While this helps alleviate backups at the lights and assists vehicles turning left off of the route, it creates bottlenecks after the intersection, where the two lanes re-merge into one. To improve this, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Highway Division will be widening the section of Route 18 from Highland Place in Weymouth to Route 139 in Abington from two to four lanes. The $26 million project was originally planned to begin in 2013, but had yet to break ground as of July 2014. The project was substantially completed in late 2022 with the dedication of the rebuilt bridge over the MBTA commuter honoring fallen Weymouth Police officer, Michael C. Chesna. Major intersections References John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (Downtown Connector) on Bostonroads.com 018 Abington, Massachusetts New Bedford, Massachusetts Freetown, Massachusetts Lakeville, Massachusetts Middleborough, Massachusetts Bridgewater, Massachusetts East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Whitman, Massachusetts Weymouth, Massachusetts Transportation in Bristol County, Massachusetts Transportation in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Transportation in Plymouth County, Massachusetts