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  <hd><hwy_name>I-290</hwy_name><state>Massachusetts</state></hd>
  <desc>
    <sum>
      <start><loc linkto="#MA-26">Marlborough, MA</loc><hwy_name>I-495</hwy_name></start>
      <finish><loc linkto="#MA-8">Auburn, MA</loc><hwy_name>I-90</hwy_name></finish>
      <states>
        <loc linkto="#MA-26">Massachussets</loc>
        </states>
      <cities>
        <loc linkto="#MA-26">Marlborough, MA</loc>
        <loc linkto="#MA-19">Worcester, MA</loc>
        <loc linkto="#MA-10">Auburn, MA</loc>
        </cities>
      <hwy_len>20</hwy_len>
      <hwy_term>
        <hwy_name linkto="#MA-19">I-190</hwy_name>
        <hwy_name linkto="#MA-8">I-395</hwy_name>
        </hwy_term>
      <hwy_spurs />
      <hwy_mtgs>
        <hwy_name linkto="#MA-8">I-90</hwy_name>
        <hwy_name linkto="#MA-26">I-495</hwy_name>
        </hwy_mtgs>
      </sum>
    <brief>
      <notes>FULL HIGHWAY LENGTH:</notes>
      <notes>I-290 connects the western middle suburbs to the western outer suburbs of Boston, MA.</notes>
      <notes>On the eastern end, I-290 ends in Marlborough, MA at I-495.
        On the western end, I-290 ends in Auburn, MA at I-90 and I-395.</notes>
      <notes>IN MASSACHUSETTS STATE:</notes>
      <notes>I-290 acts as connector between Bostons' outer belt, its outer-outer-belt and the MassPike (I-90).  The freeway, then, continues as I-395 into Connecticut.</notes>
      <access>
        <access_hdg>I-290 provides access to:</access_hdg>
        <access_pt>central Massachussets</access_pt>
        <access_pt> (Marlborough, Worcester, Auburn)</access_pt>
        </access>
      </brief>
    <sign sh_pdng="0" sh_spc="45" sh_img="shield3"><dig image="Dig2" /><dig image="Dig9" /><dig image="Dig0" /></sign>
    </desc>
  <charts><map image="MA/I290" /></charts>
  <strip_chart>
    <jct_hdg linkdest="MA-26"><down_dir>Westbound</down_dir><up_dir>Eastbound</up_dir></jct_hdg>
    <first_jct>
      <jct_id />
      <down_desc><jct_desc /></down_desc>
      <down_ids />
      <jct_pic alignment="bottom"><end_dir>EAST</end_dir><road cls="primary">Hudson St/</road><road cls="primary">MA-Conn 85</road></jct_pic>
      <up_ids />
      <up_desc><jct_desc><hwy_name>MA-Conn 85</hwy_name><hwy_name>(MA-85)</hwy_name><town>Hudson</town><town>Marlborough</town></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </first_jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><lanes>1</lanes><spd>65 (MA)</spd><photo>1995</photo></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectusUndiv" />
      <up><lanes>1</lanes><spd>65 (I-495)</spd></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>26</jct_num><mp>20</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from1" goto_hwy_link="MA/I495-MA.xml#MA-25"><hwy_name>I-495 North</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-93)</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-95 North)</hwy_name><town>Lowell</town><town>Lawrence</town><town>Haverhill</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from2" goto_hwy_link="MA/I495-MA.xml#MA-25"><hwy_name>I-495 South</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-90)</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-95 South)</hwy_name><town>Franklin</town><town>(Boston)</town><town>(Providence, RI)</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Cape Cod</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="freeway">I-495</road><spc>26</spc></down_ids>
      <jct_pic alignment="top" pic="unique/MA/290/MA-026" height="100" photo="t=1&amp;s=11&amp;x=717&amp;y=11733&amp;z=19&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="freeway">I-495</road><spc>26</spc></up_ids>
      <up_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from1"><hwy_name>MA-Conn 85</hwy_name><hwy_name>(MA-85)</hwy_name><town>Hudson</town><town>Marlborough</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropLeft/drop1from2" goto_hwy_link="MA/I495-MA.xml#MA-25"><hwy_name>I-495 North</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-93)</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-95 North)</hwy_name><town>Lowell</town><town>Lawrence</town><town>Haverhill</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from3" goto_hwy_link="MA/I495-MA.xml#MA-25"><hwy_name>I-495 South</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-90)</hwy_name><hwy_name>(I-95 South)</hwy_name><town>Franklin</town><town>(Boston)</town><town>(Providence, RI)</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Cape Cod</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>2</miles><total>2</total><lanes>3</lanes><river>Assabet River</river><line>Worcester Co. Line</line></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectriver" />
      <up><miles>2</miles><total>20</total><lanes>3</lanes><river>Assabet River</river><line>Middlesex Co. Line</line></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>25</jct_num><mp>18</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">River Rd</street><town>Berlin</town><town>Hudson</town><pt_of_int symbol="mall">Solomon Pond Mall</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Solomon Pond Rd</street><town>Northborough</town><town>Marlborough</town></jct_desc>
          <info_block><info>Jct rebuilt after 1995 photo.</info></info_block>
          </parallel_exits>
        </down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="primary">River Rd</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="6ramp/URLLRedUnder" height="100" photo="t=1&amp;s=11&amp;x=709&amp;y=11728&amp;z=19&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="primary">Solomon</road><road cls="primary">Pond Rd</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">River Rd</street><town>Berlin</town><town>Hudson</town><pt_of_int symbol="mall">Solomon Pond Mall</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Solomon Pond Rd</street><town>Northborough</town><town>Marlborough</town></jct_desc>
          <info_block><info>Jct rebuilt after 1995 photo.</info></info_block>
          </parallel_exits>
        </up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>3</miles><total>5</total><lanes>3</lanes><photo>2001</photo></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>3</miles><total>18</total><lanes>3</lanes><photo>1995</photo></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>24</jct_num><mp>15</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Church St</street><street dark="">Central St</street><town>Boylston</town><town>Northborough</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Wachusett Reservoir</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="ski">Ski Ward Ski Area</pt_of_int></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="secondary">Central St</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="halfDiamond/ULGreenOver" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1934&amp;y=11730&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">Church St</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Church St</street><street dark="">Central St</street><town>Boylston</town><town>Northborough</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Wachusett Reservoir</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="ski">Ski Ward Ski Area</pt_of_int></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>2</miles><total>7</total><lanes>3</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>2</miles><total>15</total><lanes>3</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>23</jct_num><mp>13</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>MA-140 North</hwy_name><street dark="">Shrewsbury St</street><town>Boylston</town><town>West Boylston</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Wachusett Reservoir</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="golf">Cyprian Keyes Golf Course</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>MA-140 South</hwy_name><street dark="">Boylston St</street><town>Shrewsbury</town><town>Grafton</town></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="primary">MA-140</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="clover/redUnder" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1926&amp;y=11726&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="primary">MA-140</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>MA-140 North</hwy_name><street dark="">Shrewsbury St</street><town>Boylston</town><town>West Boylston</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Wachusett Reservoir</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="golf">Cyprian Keyes Golf Course</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>MA-140 South</hwy_name><street dark="">Boylston St</street><town>Shrewsbury</town><town>Grafton</town></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>2</miles><total>9</total><lanes>3</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>2</miles><total>13</total><lanes>3</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>22</jct_num><mp>11</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Main St</street><town>Shrewsbury</town><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Lake Quinsigamond</pt_of_int></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="secondary">Main St</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="halfDiamond/ULGreenOver" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1920&amp;y=11719&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">Main St</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Main St</street><town>Shrewsbury</town><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="water">Lake Quinsigamond</pt_of_int></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>2</miles><total>11</total><lanes>3</lanes><spd>55</spd><river>Lake Quinsigamond</river></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectriver" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>11</total><lanes>3</lanes><spd>65</spd><river>Lake Quinsigamond</river></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>21</jct_num><mp>10</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc /></down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="secondary">Plantation</road><road cls="secondary">St</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="2ramp/lowerGreenOver" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1917&amp;y=11718&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">Plantation</road><road cls="secondary">St</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Plantation St</street><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="hospital">UMass Med Ctr</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="water">Lake Quinsigamond</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="golf">Green Hill Golf Course</pt_of_int></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><lanes>3</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>10</total><lanes>3</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num linkdest="MA-19">20</jct_num><jct_num>19</jct_num><mp>9</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>MA-70</hwy_name><street dark="">Lincoln St</street><street dark="">Melrose St</street><street>Burncoat St</street><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="golf">Green Hill Golf Course</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3" goto_hwy_link="MA/I190-MA.xml#MA-0"><hwy_name>I-190</hwy_name><town>Leominster</town></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="secondary">MA-70</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="other">Melrose St</road><road cls="secondary">Burncoat</road><road cls="secondary">St</road><spc>4</spc><road cls="freeway">I-190</road><spc>1</spc></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-019" height="200" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1911&amp;y=11716&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">MA-70</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="other">Melrose St</road><road cls="secondary">Burncoat</road><road cls="secondary">St</road><spc>6</spc></up_ids>
      <up_desc>
        <serial_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>I-190</hwy_name><hwy_name>(MA-70)</hwy_name><street dark="">Burncoat St</street><street dark="">Melrose St</street><street>Lincoln St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Leominster</town></jct_desc>
          <parallel_exits>
            <jct_desc lane_pic="dropLeft/drop2from2" goto_hwy_link="MA/I190-MA.xml#MA-0"><hwy_name>I-190</hwy_name><town>Leominster</town></jct_desc>
            <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from2"><hwy_name>(MA-70)</hwy_name><street dark="">Burncoat St</street><street dark="">Melrose St</street><street>Lincoln St</street><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="golf">Green Hill Golf Course</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
            </parallel_exits>
          </serial_exits>
        </up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>1</miles><total>12</total><lanes>4</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>9</total><lanes>3</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>18</jct_num><jct_num>17</jct_num><mp>8</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from4"><hwy_name>MA-70 South</hwy_name><hwy_name>(MA-9)</hwy_name><street dark="">Goldsberry St</street><street>Belmont St</street><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="book">Worcester Art Museum</pt_of_int></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><spc>2</spc><road cls="secondary">MA-70</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="primary">MA-9</road><road cls="secondary">Goldsberry</road><road cls="secondary">St</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-017" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1910&amp;y=11712&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">MA-70</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="primary">MA-9</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>MA-9</hwy_name><hwy_name>(MA-70)</hwy_name><street dark="">Belmont St</street><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="book">Worcester Art Museum</pt_of_int></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>1</miles><total>13</total><lanes>4</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>8</total><lanes>4</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>16</jct_num><jct_num>15</jct_num><mp>7</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><street dark="">Central St</street><street>Shrewsbury St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Shrewsbury</town><pt_of_int symbol="hospital">Worcester Med Ctr</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="school">Johnson and Wales Univ - Worcester</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="mic">Worcester Centrum</pt_of_int></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="secondary">Summer St</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="secondary">Central St</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="secondary">Summer St</road><spc>2</spc></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-016" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1911&amp;y=11710&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">Shrewsbury</road><road cls="secondary">St</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Central St</street><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="hospital">Worcester Med Ctr</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="school">Johnson and Wales Univ - Worcester</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="mic">Worcester Centrum</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from3"><street dark="">Shrewsbury St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Shrewsbury</town></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>1</miles><total>14</total><lanes>4</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>7</total><lanes>3</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>14</jct_num><jct_num>13</jct_num><mp>6</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <serial_exits>
            <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>MA-122</hwy_name><street dark="">Water St</street><street dark="">Harrison St</street><street>Grafton St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Grafton</town></jct_desc>
            <parallel_exits>
              <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from1"><hwy_name>MA-122 South</hwy_name><street dark="">Water St North</street><street>Grafton St</street><town>Grafton</town></jct_desc>
              <jct_desc lane_pic="dropLeft/drop1from1"><hwy_name>(MA-122 North)</hwy_name><street dark="">Harrison St</street><street>Water St</street></jct_desc>
              </parallel_exits>
            </serial_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>MA-122A</hwy_name><hwy_name>(MA-122)</hwy_name><street dark="">Vernon St</street><street dark="">Green St</street><street>Madison St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Millbury</town><town>Paxton</town></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="secondary">Water St</road><road cls="other">Grafton St</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="secondary">MA-122</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="other">Harrison</road><road cls="other">St</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="secondary">Green St</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="secondary">MA-122</road><spc>1</spc></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-014" height="150" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1911&amp;y=11707&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">MA-122</road><spc>3</spc><road cls="other">Harrison</road><road cls="other">St</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="secondary">MA-122A</road><spc>2</spc></up_ids>
      <up_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>MA-122</hwy_name><street dark="">Grafton St</street><street>Water St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Grafton</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>MA-122A</hwy_name><hwy_name>(MA-122)</hwy_name><street dark="">Vernon St</street><street dark="">Green St</street><street>Madison St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Millbury</town><town>Paxton</town></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>1</miles><total>15</total><lanes>4</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>6</total><lanes>4</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>12</jct_num><mp>5</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from4"><hwy_name>MA-146</hwy_name><street dark="">Ashmont Ave</street><street dark="">Quinsigamond Ave</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Millbury</town><town>Providence, RI</town></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="secondary">Quin. Ave</road><spc>5</spc><road cls="primary">Quin. Ave</road><spc>1</spc></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-012" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1910&amp;y=11705&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><spc>1</spc><road cls="primary">Ashmont</road><road cls="primary">Ave</road><spc>4</spc><road cls="primary">MA-146</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>MA-146</hwy_name><street dark="">Ashmont Ave</street><street dark="">Quinsigamond Ave</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Millbury</town><town>Providence, RI</town></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>1</miles><total>16</total><lanes>3</lanes><river>Blackstone River</river></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectriver" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>5</total><lanes>3</lanes><river>Blackstone River</river></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>11</jct_num><mp>4</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>(MA-12 South)</hwy_name><street dark="">Southbridge St</street><town>Auburn</town><town>Worcester</town><pt_of_int symbol="school">College of the Holy Cross</pt_of_int></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="primary">Southbridge</road><road cls="primary">St</road><spc>6</spc></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-011" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1907&amp;y=11703&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><spc>6</spc><road cls="primary">Southbridge</road><road cls="primary">St</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>(MA-12)</hwy_name><street dark="">Southbridge St</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Auburn</town><pt_of_int symbol="school">College of the Holy Cross</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="grave">St John's Cemetery</pt_of_int></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>1</miles><total>17</total><lanes>3</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><lanes>3</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num linkdest="MA-10">10</jct_num><mp>3</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>MA-12 North</hwy_name><street dark="">Hope Ave West</street><town>Worcester</town><town>Auburn</town><pt_of_int symbol="grave">St John's Cemetery</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="grave">Hope Cemetery</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="grave">Notre Dame Cemetery</pt_of_int><pt_of_int symbol="grave">All Faiths Cemetery</pt_of_int></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><road cls="primary">MA-12</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-010" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1905&amp;y=11701&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="primary">MA-12</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc /></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>2</miles><total>19</total><lanes>3</lanes><river>Leesville Pond</river></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectriver" />
      <up><miles>3</miles><total>4</total><lanes>3</lanes><river>Leesville Pond</river></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num>9</jct_num><mp>1</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Auburn St</street><street dark="">Vine St</street><street>Swanson Rd</street><town>Auburn</town></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids><spc>2</spc><road cls="secondary">Auburn St</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="other">Swanson Rd</road><spc>1</spc><road cls="other">Vine St</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic pic="unique/MA/290/MA-009" height="100" photo="t=4&amp;s=11&amp;x=1902&amp;y=11693&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><road cls="secondary">Auburn St</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="other">Swanson Rd</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc><jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><street dark="">Swanson Rd</street><street>Vine St</street><street>Auburn St</street><town>Auburn</town></jct_desc></up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><miles>1</miles><total>20</total><lanes>3</lanes></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><miles>1</miles><total>1</total><lanes>3</lanes></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <jct>
      <jct_id><jct_num linkdest="MA-8">8</jct_num><jct_num>7</jct_num><mp>0</mp></jct_id>
      <down_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>(MA-12)</hwy_name><street dark="">Oxford St</street><town>Auburn</town><town>Oxford</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropLeft/drop2from3" goto_hwy_link="CT/I395-CTMA.xml#MA-8"><hwy_name>I-395</hwy_name><town>Oxford</town><town>Webster</town><town>Norwich, CT</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from1"><hwy_name>MA-12 North</hwy_name><street dark="">Southbridge St North</street><town>Auburn</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc><pt_of_int dark="">Toll Plaza</pt_of_int><pt_of_int>Get ticket or ETC entry scan.</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from3" goto_hwy_link="MA/I090-MA.xml#MA-10"><hwy_name>I-90 East</hwy_name><street dark="">MassPike East</street><town>Framingham</town><town>Cambridge</town><town>Boston</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop2from2" goto_hwy_link="MA/I090-MA.xml#MA-10"><hwy_name>I-90 West</hwy_name><street dark="">MassPike West</street><town>Springfield</town><town>Pittsfield</town><town>Albany, NY</town></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </down_desc>
      <down_ids><spc>35</spc><road cls="secondary">Oxford St</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="freeway">I-90</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="primary">MA-12</road></down_ids>
      <jct_pic alignment="bottom" pic="unique/MA/290/MA-007" height="150" photo="t=4&amp;s=12&amp;x=950&amp;y=5844&amp;z=18&amp;w=2" />
      <up_ids><spc>35</spc><road cls="primary">MA-12</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="freeway">I-90</road><spc>2</spc><road cls="primary">MA-12</road></up_ids>
      <up_desc>
        <parallel_exits>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from3"><hwy_name>MA-12 South</hwy_name><street dark="">Southbridge St South</street><town>Auburn</town><town>Oxford</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from1" goto_hwy_link="CT/I395-CTMA.xml#MA-8"><hwy_name>I-395</hwy_name><town>Oxford</town><town>Webster</town><town>Norwich, CT</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="splitRight/drop0from1"><hwy_name>MA-12 North</hwy_name><street dark="">Southbridge St North</street><town>Auburn</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc lane_pic="dropRight/drop1from2"><hwy_name>MA-12 South</hwy_name><street dark="">Southbridge St South</street><town>Oxford</town></jct_desc>
          <jct_desc><pt_of_int dark="">Toll Plaza</pt_of_int><pt_of_int>Pay toll or get ETC exit scan.</pt_of_int></jct_desc>
          </parallel_exits>
        </up_desc>
      </jct>
    <jct_sep>
      <down><lanes>2</lanes><spd>65 (I-90)</spd><spd>55 (I-395)</spd></down>
      <connector std_connector="connectmain" />
      <up><lanes>2</lanes><spd>55 (65 MA)</spd><photo>2001</photo></up>
      </jct_sep>
    <last_jct>
      <jct_id />
      <down_desc><jct_desc goto_hwy_link="CT/I395-CTMA.xml#MA-8"><hwy_name>I-395</hwy_name><town>Oxford</town><town>Webster</town><town>Norwich, CT</town></jct_desc></down_desc>
      <down_ids />
      <jct_pic alignment="top"><road cls="freeway">I-395</road><end_dir>WEST</end_dir></jct_pic>
      <up_ids />
      <up_desc><jct_desc /></up_desc>
      </last_jct>
    <jct_hdg><down_dir>Westbound</down_dir><up_dir>Eastbound</up_dir></jct_hdg>
    </strip_chart>
  <construction>
    <contract>
      <number>---</number>
      <county>---</county>
      <lo_mp>--.-</lo_mp>
      <hi_mp>--.-</hi_mp>
      <approved>-- --- --</approved>
      <work_desc>Massachusetts doesn't appear to publish detailed highway project plans on-line.</work_desc>
      </contract>
    </construction>
  <ft><pg_link>MA/I290-MA.xml</pg_link><last_rev init_rev="2005">13 NOV 2006</last_rev></ft>
  </hwy>
