Maryland State Highway Administration
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The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maryland’s non-toll state highways and related infrastructure.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maryland State Highway Administration canonical | 201 |
| Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration | 1 |
| Maryland State Roads Commission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1346449 — 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: Maryland State Highway Administration Context triple: [Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), maintainedBy, Maryland State Highway Administration]
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A.
Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
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B.
Maryland Transportation Authority
The Maryland Transportation Authority is the state agency responsible for financing, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s toll roads, bridges, and tunnels.
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C.
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration is the state agency responsible for driver licensing, vehicle registration, and related motor vehicle services in Maryland.
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D.
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
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E.
Virginia Department of Transportation
The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.
- 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: Maryland State Highway Administration Target entity description: The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maryland’s non-toll state highways and related infrastructure.
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A.
Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
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B.
Maryland Transportation Authority
The Maryland Transportation Authority is the state agency responsible for financing, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s toll roads, bridges, and tunnels.
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C.
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration is the state agency responsible for driver licensing, vehicle registration, and related motor vehicle services in Maryland.
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D.
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
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E.
Virginia Department of Transportation
The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
state government agency
ⓘ
transportation agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Federal Highway Administration
ⓘ
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration ⓘ Maryland Transportation Authority ⓘ local governments in Maryland ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
environmental stewardship in transportation projects
ⓘ
highway safety ⓘ infrastructure preservation ⓘ mobility and congestion relief ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://roads.maryland.gov ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Baltimore, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
|
| implements |
bridge inspection programs in Maryland
ⓘ
context-sensitive design policies for Maryland highway projects ⓘ federal and state highway design standards in Maryland ⓘ pavement management programs on Maryland state highways ⓘ stormwater management practices along Maryland state highways ⓘ work zone safety programs on Maryland state highways ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public agency ⓘ |
| mandate | to provide safe, efficient, and sustainable movement of people and goods on Maryland state highways ⓘ |
| notResponsibleFor | Maryland toll facilities ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| oversees |
Maryland state highway system (non-toll)
ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland State Highway System
|
| parentOrganization | Maryland Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| regulates | access permits for connections to Maryland state highways ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
access management on Maryland state highways
ⓘ
construction of Maryland non-toll state highways ⓘ design of Maryland non-toll state highways ⓘ highway safety improvements on Maryland state highways ⓘ maintenance of Maryland non-toll state highways ⓘ operation of Maryland non-toll state highways ⓘ planning of Maryland non-toll state highways ⓘ roadside vegetation management on Maryland state highways ⓘ snow removal on Maryland state highways ⓘ state highway drainage systems in Maryland ⓘ state highway signage in Maryland ⓘ state highway traffic signals in Maryland ⓘ state-owned bridges in Maryland ⓘ state-owned culverts in Maryland ⓘ |
| sector | transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| shortName | SHA ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | executive branch of the government of Maryland ⓘ |
| uses | state and federal transportation funding ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maryland State Highway Administration Description of subject: The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maryland’s non-toll state highways and related infrastructure.
Referenced by (203)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Interstate 495
subject linked to:
the Beltway
subject linked to:
U.S. Route 1 Business