Route 128

E27590

circumferential highway highway limited-access highway

Route 128 is a major circumferential highway around the Boston metropolitan area in Massachusetts, historically known as a key technology corridor.

Aliases (10)

Massachusetts Route 128 ×13
Route 128 (Massachusetts) ×2
Route 128 in Massachusetts ×2
Route 128 technology corridor ×2
Boston circumferential highway segment ×1
Boston-area Route 128 beltway ×1
Massachusetts Route 128 (Interstate 95) ×1
Route 128 (concurrent segment) ×1
Route 128 in Peabody ×1
Route 128 in Weston, Massachusetts ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	circumferential highway → highway → limited-access highway →
alsoKnownAs	Route 128 technology corridor → Technology Highway → Yankee Division Highway →
category	Ring roads in the United States → Roads in Massachusetts →
connectsTo	Interstate 90 → Route 24 (Massachusetts) → Route 3 (Massachusetts) → Route 9 (Massachusetts) → U.S. Route 1 →
country	United States →
economicRole	center of high-technology industry → suburban office park development →
encircles	Boston →
followsRouteOf	Interstate 95 →
hasJunctionWith	Interstate 93 → Interstate 95 →
historicallyKnownFor	computer industry firms → high-technology companies → technology corridor →
influenced	growth of Boston-area technology firms →
locatedIn	Greater Boston →
maintainedBy	Massachusetts Department of Transportation →
namedAfter	26th Yankee Division →
openedAs	Yankee Division Highway →
overlapsWith	Interstate 93 → Interstate 95 →
partOf	Boston beltway system →
passesNear	Lexington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Newton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Norwood, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
passesThrough	Burlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Canton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Dedham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Needham, Massachusetts → Peabody, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Waltham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
region	Eastern Massachusetts →
role	outer beltway for Boston →
serves	Boston metropolitan area →
state	Massachusetts →
transportationType	road transportation infrastructure →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Interstate 93 → MA 2 → Massachusetts Route 114 ("Route 128 in Peabody") → Massachusetts Route 9 ("Massachusetts Route 128 (Interstate 95)") → Massachusetts Turnpike → Massachusetts Turnpike ("Route 128 in Weston, Massachusetts") → U.S. Route 3 in Lexington, Massachusetts ("Route 128 in Massachusetts") →	hasJunctionWith
Cape Ann ("Massachusetts Route 128") → Lower Falls, Newton → Manchester-by-the-Sea ("Massachusetts Route 128") → Peabody → Waltham, Massachusetts ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	hasTransportation
Reading, Massachusetts → Stoneham, Massachusetts → Town of Danvers ("Massachusetts Route 128") → Wellesley, Massachusetts →	majorHighway
Massachusetts Route 114 ("Route 128 in Massachusetts") → Massachusetts Route 1A ("Massachusetts Route 128") → Riverside station →	connectsTo
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts → Route 128 (Massachusetts) in Lexington, Massachusetts ("Route 128 (Massachusetts)") → Waltham, Massachusetts ("Route 128 technology corridor") →	partOf
North Shore (Massachusetts) ("Massachusetts Route 128") → Peabody, Massachusetts →	hasHighway
Wakefield, Massachusetts → Wakefield, Massachusetts ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	majorRoad
Route 128 ("Route 128 technology corridor") →	alsoKnownAs
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts ("Boston circumferential highway segment") →	beltwayRole
Gloucester, Massachusetts →	connectedByHighway
Interstate 95 (Massachusetts) ("Route 128 (Massachusetts)") →	connectedTo
Charles River →	crosses
Mass Pike ("Route 128 (concurrent segment)") →	formerRouteNumber
Massachusetts state highway system ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	hasComponent
Waban →	hasNearbyHighway
Lexington, Massachusetts →	hasPrimaryHighway
Route 2 (Massachusetts) ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	intersects
Lynnfield →	isServedByHighway
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts →	isSignedAs
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	majorRoute
Wayside Commons →	near
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts ("Boston-area Route 128 beltway") →	partOfCorridor
Riverside, Newton, Massachusetts →	roadAccessVia
West Newton ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	roadJunctionOf
Needham ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	transportation
Weston, Massachusetts ("Massachusetts Route 128") →	transportationAccess