Best Time to Drive from Framingham Center to Fall River
Right now (3:50 am EDT): about 61 minutes via I-495 South and MA-24 South, usually 62 at this time.
Typical drive time by departure time
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 61 | 61 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 63 |
| Tue | 61 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
| Wed | 61 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 66 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
| Thu | 62 | 61 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 66 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
| Fri | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
| Sat | 62 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 61 |
| Sun | 62 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 62 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 67-mile drive from Framingham Center to Fall River (via I-495 South and MA-24 South) usually takes as little as 60 minutes and up to 75 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 2:30 pm or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 65 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 9 pm on Sundays (62 minutes).
About 64 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (3 to 6 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Framingham Center to central Fall River along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.
Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.
Questions
What is the best time to drive from Framingham Center to Fall River?
On weekdays, leave before 2:30 pm or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 60 minutes then, versus up to 75 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Framingham Center to Fall River?
The 67-mile drive usually takes 60 to 75 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 65 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Framingham Center to Fall River?
Leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 75 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-495 South in Boston (39 miles) · I-90 West in Boston (7 miles)
Boston traffic right now · Boston traffic tomorrow
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