Interstate 290

E172617

Interstate Highway limited-access highway

Interstate 290 is a highway in Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Worcester and the surrounding regional interstate network.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Interstate 290 canonical	11
I-290	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T949452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Interstate 290
Context triple: [Worcester, Massachusetts, traversedBy, Interstate 290]

A. Interstate 290
Interstate 290 is a highway in western New York that serves as a key connector between Buffalo’s suburbs and major regional routes.
B. I-290
I-290 is a major Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter route connecting Chicago with its western suburbs.
C. Interstate 294
Interstate 294 is a major toll highway in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Tri-State Tollway, carrying traffic around the city and connecting key regional routes.
D. Interstate 88
Interstate 88 is a major east–west highway in Illinois that connects the Chicago metropolitan area with the Quad Cities and serves as a key regional transportation corridor.
E. Interstate 287
Interstate 287 is a beltway and bypass route around the New York City metropolitan area, running through parts of New Jersey and New York and connecting several major interstate highways.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Interstate 290
Target entity description: Interstate 290 is a highway in Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Worcester and the surrounding regional interstate network.

A. Interstate 290
Interstate 290 is a highway in western New York that serves as a key connector between Buffalo’s suburbs and major regional routes.
B. I-290
I-290 is a major Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter route connecting Chicago with its western suburbs.
C. Interstate 294
Interstate 294 is a major toll highway in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Tri-State Tollway, carrying traffic around the city and connecting key regional routes.
D. Interstate 88
Interstate 88 is a major east–west highway in Illinois that connects the Chicago metropolitan area with the Quad Cities and serves as a key regional transportation corridor.
E. Interstate 287
Interstate 287 is a beltway and bypass route around the New York City metropolitan area, running through parts of New Jersey and New York and connecting several major interstate highways.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Interstate Highway ⓘ limited-access highway ⓘ
abbreviation	Interstate 290 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: I-290
connectsTo	Interstate 190 (Massachusetts) ⓘ Interstate 495 ⓘ surface form: Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) Interstate 90 (Massachusetts) ⓘ Massachusetts Route 12 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 122 ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Route 122A Massachusetts Route 146 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 70 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
direction	west–east ⓘ
easternTerminus	junction with Interstate 495 in Marlborough, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasJunction	I-290/I-190 interchange in Worcester ⓘ I-290/I-495 interchange in Marlborough ⓘ Interstate 290 in Auburn, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: I-290/I-90 interchange in Auburn I-290/I-190 interchange in Worcester ⓘ surface form: I-290/Route 146 interchange in Worcester
highwayType	Interstate ⓘ
laneConfiguration	primarily four to six lanes ⓘ
length	approximately 20 miles ⓘ
maintainedBy	Massachusetts Department of Transportation ⓘ
numberingRelation	spur of Interstate 90 ⓘ
opened	1960s ⓘ
partOf	Interstate Highway System ⓘ
passesThrough	Auburn, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Marlborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Northborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Shrewsbury, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
primaryFunction	regional connector between Worcester and the Interstate network ⓘ urban freeway through Worcester ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
routeNumber	290 ⓘ
servesAs	bypass of local streets in Worcester ⓘ
servesCity	Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
servesRegion	central Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Central Massachusetts
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
systemRole	access route to Worcester from regional interstates ⓘ connector between Interstate 90 and Interstate 495 ⓘ
westernTerminus	junction with Interstate 90 in Auburn, Massachusetts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Worcester, Massachusetts → traversedBy → Interstate 290 ⓘ

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States → hasMajorRoad → Interstate 290 ⓘ

subject surface form: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Route 9 → hasJunctionWith → Interstate 290 ⓘ

I-88 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) → junctionWith → Interstate 290 ⓘ

central Massachusetts → traversedBy → Interstate 290 ⓘ

subject surface form: Central Massachusetts

Massachusetts Route 140 → connectsTo → Interstate 290 ⓘ

Interstate 190 (Massachusetts) → connectsTo → Interstate 290 ⓘ

Interstate 290 → abbreviation → Interstate 290 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)

this entity surface form: I-290

Lake Quinsigamond → crossedBy → Interstate 290 ⓘ

Massachusetts Route 12 → connectsTo → Interstate 290 ⓘ

Auburn → majorHighway → Interstate 290 ⓘ

subject surface form: Auburn, Massachusetts

Interstate 90 (Massachusetts) → hasJunctionWith → Interstate 290 ⓘ

Interstate 290 in Auburn, Massachusetts → stateHighwayCode → Interstate 290 ⓘ