Route 39 is a 8.15-mile-long (13.12 km) southwest-northeast route through the towns of Harwich, Brewster and Orleans, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It begins and ends at Route 28, acting as a bypass route for those not wishing to follow 28 through Harwich Port and Chatham.
Route 39 | ||||
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Route 39 highlighted in red
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MassDOT | ||||
| Length | 8.15 mi[1] (13.12 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Route 28inHarwich | |||
| Major intersections |
 Route 137 in Harwich | |||
| North end | Route 28inOrleans | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Massachusetts | |||
| Counties | Barnstable | |||
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The route begins at Massachusetts 28 in the villageofHarwich Port and for its first 1.4 miles (2.3 km), along Sisson Road and a portion of Main Street in Harwich Center, it is coextensive with Route 124. Route 124 then turns north along Pleasant Lake Ave, leaving the concurrency. Route 39 continues through the village of East Harwich intersecting Route 137 before entering Brewster. After a half-mile in Brewster, the road becomes the town line between Brewster and Orleans for another mile before officially leaving Brewster. Once it is wholly in Orleans, the road heads north for another 0.3 miles (0.48 km) before terminating at Route 28, approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of that road's terminus at the traffic circle on the Orleans-Eastham town line.
The entire route is in Barnstable County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Harwich | 0.0 | 0.0 |   Route 28 / Route 124 begins – West Harwich, Hyannis, Harwichport | Southern terminus; southern terminus of Route 124 | |
| 1.4 | 2.3 |    Route 124 north to US 6 – Brewster | Northern terminus of Route 124 concurrency | ||
| 4.7 | 7.6 | Route 137 – Chatham, Brewster | |||
| Orleans | 8.2 | 13.2 | Route 28 – Orleans, Provincetown, Chatham | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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