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===Massachusetts=== {{Main|Massachusetts Turnpike}} [[File:Fenway neighborhood seen from Prudential Skywalk.jpg|thumb|right|View of the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]] in Boston's [[Fenway–Kenmore]] neighborhood, seen from the [[Prudential Tower]]. [[Fenway Park]] is visible at top left.|alt=Aerial view of a divided highway in a dense urban neighborhood, passing under several bridges and near multi-story buildings and a baseball stadium]] I-90 in Massachusetts is concurrent with the entirety of the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]] (also known as "the Pike" or "MassPike").<ref name="MA-Map">{{cite map |author=MassDOT Central Transportation Planning Staff |year=2019 |title=Massachusetts Official Transportation Map |scale=1 inch = 6 miles |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/official-transportation-map-english/download |location=Boston |publisher=[[Massachusetts Department of Transportation]] |accessdate=November 30, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201060239/https://www.mass.gov/doc/official-transportation-map-english/download |url-status=live }}</ref> The turnpike begins at the New York state line in [[West Stockbridge, Massachusetts|West Stockbridge]] and travels southeast through the [[Berkshires]] to the [[Pioneer Valley]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Carlinsky |first=Dan |date=September 21, 1975 |title=...And Back Roads Of Massachusetts |at=sec. 10, p. 1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/21/archives/and-back-roads-of-massachusetts-fall-foliage-massachusetts.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=November 30, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201060236/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/21/archives/and-back-roads-of-massachusetts-fall-foliage-massachusetts.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The highway travels through the northern suburbs of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], where it intersects [[Interstate 91|I-91]] and crosses the [[Connecticut River]] into [[Chicopee, Massachusetts|Chicopee]]. I-90 then crosses over [[Interstate 391|I-391]] without an interchange and serves as the northern terminus of [[Interstate 291 (Massachusetts)|I-291]] on the eastern outskirts of the city. The turnpike continues east through the hills of [[Central Massachusetts]] and serves as the eastern terminus of [[Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts)|I-84]] in the town of [[Sturbridge, Massachusetts|Sturbridge]].<ref name="MA-Map"/> From Sturbridge, the turnpike travels northeast towards [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] and passes through the city's southern outskirts. It serves as the respective northern and western terminus of [[Interstate 395 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)|I-395]] and [[Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)|I-290]] in [[Auburn, Massachusetts|Auburn]], located southwest of Worcester, and continues to an interchange with [[Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)|I-495]] near [[Westborough, Massachusetts|Westborough]] at the edge of [[Greater Boston]]. I-90 travels through the western suburbs of Boston and travels through [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]] before it intersects [[Interstate 95|I-95]]/[[Massachusetts Route 128|Route 128]], the main beltway around Boston, on the border of [[Weston, Massachusetts|Weston]] and [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]].<ref name="MA-Map"/> The turnpike continues along the [[Charles River]] into Boston, where it descends into a tunnel that passes [[Boston University]], [[Fenway Park]], and [[Prudential Tunnel|under]] the [[Prudential Tower]] complex in the [[Back Bay, Boston|Back Bay]] neighborhood.<ref name="google"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Rubin |first=Eilhu |date=May 27, 2012 |title=How to look at the Prudential |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/05/26/how-look-pru/GRnscdL9VQjJQ5AsW6yXML/story.html |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |accessdate=November 30, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201060237/https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/05/26/how-look-pru/GRnscdL9VQjJQ5AsW6yXML/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> I-90 intersects [[Interstate 93|I-93]] on the south side of [[Downtown Boston]] and travels under the [[Fort Point Channel]] to serve the [[Seaport District]]. The turnpike then enters the [[Ted Williams Tunnel]], which travels northeast under [[Boston Harbor]] to the passenger terminals at [[Logan International Airport]].<ref name="Globe-BigDig10">{{cite news |last=Flint |first=Anthony |date=December 29, 2015 |title=10 years later, did the Big Dig deliver? |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html |work=The Boston Globe |accessdate=November 30, 2021 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205214626/https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After it passes the northwest side of the airport, I-90 terminates at an interchange with [[Massachusetts Route 1A|Route 1A]] in [[East Boston]].<ref name="MA-Map"/> The section between I-93 and the airport was opened in the early 2000s as part of the [[Big Dig]] megaproject,<ref name="Globe-BigDig10"/> which rebuilt several Boston freeways and extended I-90 by {{convert|3.5|mi|km}}.<ref name="FHWA-Facts"/><ref name="MassDOT-BigDig">{{cite web |title=The Big Dig: tunnels and bridges |url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/the-big-dig-tunnels-and-bridges |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Transportation |accessdate=November 30, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201060242/https://www.mass.gov/info-details/the-big-dig-tunnels-and-bridges |url-status=live }}</ref>
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