Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts
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Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts is a major circumferential highway around Greater Boston that serves as a key regional connector for traffic passing through the Lowell area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5262748 — 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 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts Context triple: [Lowell Connector, terminusSouth, Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts]
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A.
Interstate 495 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Interstate 495 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts is a segment of the I-495 beltway around Greater Boston that serves as a major regional connector and interchange point with the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90).
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B.
Interstate 495 in Haverhill
Interstate 495 in Haverhill is a segment of the major circumferential highway around Greater Boston that serves as a key regional connector for traffic in northeastern Massachusetts.
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C.
Interstate 495 in Wareham
Interstate 495 in Wareham is a segment of the I-495 beltway in southeastern Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Cape Cod-bound traffic and the greater Boston and New England highway network.
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D.
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts is a major segment of the Boston-area circumferential highway (also signed as Route 128) that serves as a key commuter and regional traffic corridor northwest of Boston.
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E.
Interstate 395 in Auburn, Massachusetts
Interstate 395 in Auburn, Massachusetts is a key north–south highway in central Massachusetts that connects to the Massachusetts Turnpike and serves as a major route between Connecticut and the Worcester area.
- 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 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts Target entity description: Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts is a major circumferential highway around Greater Boston that serves as a key regional connector for traffic passing through the Lowell area.
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A.
Interstate 495 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Interstate 495 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts is a segment of the I-495 beltway around Greater Boston that serves as a major regional connector and interchange point with the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90).
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B.
Interstate 495 in Haverhill
Interstate 495 in Haverhill is a segment of the major circumferential highway around Greater Boston that serves as a key regional connector for traffic in northeastern Massachusetts.
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C.
Interstate 495 in Wareham
Interstate 495 in Wareham is a segment of the I-495 beltway in southeastern Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Cape Cod-bound traffic and the greater Boston and New England highway network.
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D.
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts
Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts is a major segment of the Boston-area circumferential highway (also signed as Route 128) that serves as a key commuter and regional traffic corridor northwest of Boston.
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E.
Interstate 395 in Auburn, Massachusetts
Interstate 395 in Auburn, Massachusetts is a key north–south highway in central Massachusetts that connects to the Massachusetts Turnpike and serves as a major route between Connecticut and the Worcester area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Interstate Highway segment ⓘ |
| accessControl | full access control ⓘ |
| belongsToNetwork |
Interstate Highway System
ⓘ
National Highway System ⓘ |
| connectsEconomicCenters |
Lowell
ⓘ
linked to:
Lowell, Massachusetts
other Greater Boston suburbs ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Interstate 93 in Massachusetts
ⓘ
U.S. Route 3 in Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Route 3 in Lexington, Massachusetts
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function |
bypass route around inner Boston expressways
ⓘ
regional connector for traffic around Greater Boston ⓘ |
| hasExitNumbering |
milepost-based exit numbers (modern)
ⓘ
sequential exit numbers (historically) ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Massachusetts Route 110
ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 38 ⓘ Route 3A in Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts Route 3A
|
| hasStructureType | grade-separated interchanges ⓘ |
| isSegmentOf | outer circumferential route around Boston metropolitan area ⓘ |
| laneConfiguration | divided highway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Massachusetts Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| numberingSystem | three-digit auxiliary Interstate Highway ⓘ |
| parentRoute | Interstate 95 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greater Boston circumferential highway system
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston beltway system
Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 495
outer beltway around Boston ⓘ |
| passesNear | Merrimack River ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Lowell metropolitan area ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | through movement of regional traffic ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Greater Boston
ⓘ
Merrimack Valley ⓘ |
| roadType |
freeway
ⓘ
limited-access highway ⓘ |
| secondaryPurpose | relief of congestion on inner Boston highways ⓘ |
| serves |
commuter traffic in the Lowell area
ⓘ
through traffic around Boston ⓘ |
| speedLimitRange | 55–65 miles per hour (approximate) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial truck traffic
ⓘ
passenger vehicle traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts Description of subject: Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts is a major circumferential highway around Greater Boston that serves as a key regional connector for traffic passing through the Lowell area.
Referenced by (1)
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