New York–Massachusetts border

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internationally recognized internal boundary state border

The New York–Massachusetts border is the state line separating New York and Massachusetts, running through rural areas, small towns, and parts of the Berkshire and Taconic mountain regions in the northeastern United States.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
New York state line	2
Massachusetts–New York–Connecticut tripoint	1
Massachusetts–New York–Vermont tripoint	1
New York state line in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts	1
New York state line in Williamstown, Massachusetts	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internationally recognized internal boundary ⓘ state border ⓘ
adjacentTo	Berkshire County ⓘ surface form: Berkshire County, Massachusetts Berkshire Mountains ⓘ Columbia County, New York ⓘ Dutchess County ⓘ surface form: Dutchess County, New York Franklin County, Massachusetts ⓘ Hampden County, Massachusetts ⓘ Hampshire County, Massachusetts ⓘ Rensselaer County ⓘ surface form: Rensselaer County, New York Taconic Mountains ⓘ
characterizedBy	rural areas ⓘ small towns ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crossedBy	Interstate 90 ⓘ U.S. Route 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ various local roads ⓘ
definedBy	interstate compact between New York and Massachusetts ⓘ
demarcatedBy	boundary monuments ⓘ survey markers ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	18th century ⓘ
follows	The Berkshires ⓘ surface form: Berkshire region Taconic Mountains ⓘ surface form: Taconic Mountains region
governedBy	laws of Massachusetts ⓘ laws of New York ⓘ
hasHistoricalBasisIn	18th-century boundary surveys ⓘ colonial charters ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	Housatonic River valley ⓘ Hudson Valley ⓘ surface form: Hudson River valley
hasPoint	New York–Massachusetts border self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts–New York–Connecticut tripoint New York–Massachusetts border self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts–New York–Vermont tripoint
hasTerrain	forested areas ⓘ mountainous areas ⓘ valleys ⓘ
legalStatus	state line recognized by U.S. federal law ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeastern United States ⓘ
mapRepresentation	shown on U.S. Geological Survey maps ⓘ shown on official state maps of Massachusetts ⓘ shown on official state maps of New York ⓘ
partOf	borders of Massachusetts ⓘ borders of New York ⓘ
regionType	interstate boundary region ⓘ
separates	Massachusetts ⓘ New York ⓘ
subjectTo	U.S. Supreme Court jurisdiction in boundary disputes ⓘ
usedFor	jurisdictional boundary ⓘ law enforcement jurisdiction ⓘ taxation jurisdiction ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Massachusetts Turnpike → connects → New York–Massachusetts border ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York state line

Taconic Mountains foothills → crossesPoliticalBoundary → New York–Massachusetts border ⓘ

New York–Massachusetts border → hasPoint → New York–Massachusetts border self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts–New York–Vermont tripoint

New York–Massachusetts border → hasPoint → New York–Massachusetts border self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts–New York–Connecticut tripoint

Williamstown Theatre Festival → near → New York–Massachusetts border ⓘ

Mass Pike → terminusWest → New York–Massachusetts border ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York state line

Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) in parts of Massachusetts → westernTerminus → New York–Massachusetts border ⓘ

subject surface form: Massachusetts Turnpike

this entity surface form: New York state line in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Route 2 → westernTerminus → New York–Massachusetts border ⓘ

subject surface form: Route 2 (Massachusetts)

this entity surface form: New York state line in Williamstown, Massachusetts