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1035:Template:Attached KML/Massachusetts Route 23
16:East-west state highway in Massachusetts, US
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948:Concurrency
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535:concurrency
1168:Categories
1008:References
1000:Knox Trail
916:US 20
848:US 20
652:Canaan, CT
489:NY 23
298:Henry Knox
294:Knox Trail
220:Interstate
146:US 20
80:NY 23
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460:Berkshire
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370:Route 183
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189:Berkshire
101:US 7
1082:Archived
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278:Route 23
185:Counties
160:Location
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961:Gallery
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418:Russell
398:Route 8
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193:Hampden
165:Country
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52:MassDOT
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657:Rotary
435:County
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