U.S. Highway

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highway system road transportation infrastructure

A U.S. Highway is a numbered network of major roads that spans multiple states across the United States, facilitating regional and long-distance ground transportation.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Highway canonical	114
U.S. Route	24
U.S. Numbered Highway	15
U.S. highways	7
US Highway	3
U.S. Highway Alternate	1
U.S. Highway System (via concurrency with U.S. Route 27)	1
U.S. Highway network in New Mexico	1
U.S. Highway shield	1
U.S. Highway system (state route component)	1
U.S. Highways in Missouri	1
U.S. Highways in Tennessee	1
U.S. Highways in Virginia	1
U.S. highways (various)	1
US (for U.S. Route)	1
US Route	1
United States Numbered Highway	1
alternate U.S. Highway	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1526491 — 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: U.S. Highway
Context triple: [U.S. Route 231 near Cottondale, roadType, U.S. Highway]

A. U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
B. U.S. Route 2
U.S. Route 2 is a major east–west United States highway that runs across the northern part of the country, stretching from the Great Lakes region to northern New England.
C. U.S. Route 20
U.S. Route 20 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to New England, serving as one of the longest roads in the national highway system.
D. U.S. Route 95
U.S. Route 95 is a major north–south United States highway running from the Mexican border in Arizona to the Canadian border in Idaho, traversing several western states.
E. U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
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: U.S. Highway
Target entity description: A U.S. Highway is a numbered network of major roads that spans multiple states across the United States, facilitating regional and long-distance ground transportation.

A. U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
B. U.S. Route 2
U.S. Route 2 is a major east–west United States highway that runs across the northern part of the country, stretching from the Great Lakes region to northern New England.
C. U.S. Route 20
U.S. Route 20 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to New England, serving as one of the longest roads in the national highway system.
D. U.S. Route 95
U.S. Route 95 is a major north–south United States highway running from the Mexican border in Arizona to the Canadian border in Idaho, traversing several western states.
E. U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway system ⓘ road transportation infrastructure ⓘ
abbreviation	US ⓘ US Highway ⓘ US Route ⓘ linked to: U.S. Highway
coordinatedBy	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distinguishedFrom	Interstate Highway ⓘ state highway ⓘ
governingBody	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	facilitates long-distance transportation ⓘ facilitates regional transportation ⓘ ground transportation ⓘ numbered route ⓘ signed with distinctive route shields ⓘ spans multiple states ⓘ
hasComponent	U.S. Route 1 ⓘ U.S. Route 101 ⓘ U.S. Route 2 ⓘ U.S. Route 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 30 ⓘ U.S. Route 50 ⓘ U.S. Route 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 66 ⓘ U.S. Route 90 ⓘ
inception	1926 ⓘ
maintainedBy	local governments ⓘ state governments ⓘ
mayInclude	freeway segments ⓘ multi-lane divided highways ⓘ two-lane roads ⓘ
networkType	intercity highway network ⓘ
overlapsWith	Interstate Highway System ⓘ state highway systems ⓘ
partOf	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
precededBy	auto trails ⓘ
primaryUse	freight transportation ⓘ passenger vehicle travel ⓘ
purpose	connect cities and regions across states ⓘ support economic activity and commerce ⓘ
regulates	access primarily via at-grade intersections ⓘ
routeNumberingScheme	even numbers generally run east–west ⓘ major cross-country routes often end in 0 or 1 ⓘ odd numbers generally run north–south ⓘ
standardizedBy	federal government guidelines ⓘ
traverses	rural areas ⓘ suburban areas ⓘ urban areas ⓘ
typicalSpeedLimit	varies by state and segment ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (176)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Route 231 near Cottondale → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

US-2 eastbound → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 27 Alternate → routeType → U.S. Highway Alternate ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 19 in Thomaston → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 341 in Peach County → routeType → U.S. Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 41 in Perry → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

US 9W → stateHighwayTypeInNewYork → U.S. Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

US 9W → stateHighwayTypeInNewJersey → U.S. Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 29 Business (Warrenton) → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

subject linked to: U.S. Route 29 Business in Warrenton

U.S. Route 19 → category → U.S. Highways in Virginia ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 19 → category → U.S. Highways in Tennessee ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 460 → category → U.S. Highways in Missouri ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 69 → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 41 → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 71 → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 275 → routeType → U.S. Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 68 → isSignedAs → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 27 in Georgia → belongsToRouteType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Highway → abbreviation → US Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

Missouri Route 136 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. highways (various) ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

United States Numbered Highway System in Oregon → signageStandard → U.S. Highway shield ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 74 Business (Shelby, North Carolina) → routeDesignation → U.S. Route ⓘ

subject linked to: U.S. Route 74 Business

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 19 in Florida → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 41 in Florida → highwayType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 45 → systemType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 380 → partOf → U.S. Highway network in New Mexico ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 41 in Chicago, Illinois → highwayType → U.S. Numbered Highway ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Highways in North Carolina → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

US 131 → routeType → US Highway ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 99 → designation → U.S. Numbered Highway ⓘ

subject linked to: Federal Highway U.S. Route 99

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 19 in Griffin, Georgia → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 29 near Newnan, Georgia → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 278 in Warrenton, Georgia → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Numbered Highways in Washington → hasRouteType → alternate U.S. Highway ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

SR → contrastsWith → US (for U.S. Route) ⓘ

subject linked to: SR (for State Route)

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 29 in Hogansville → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 401 → highwayType → U.S. Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 6 (California portion) → roadType → U.S. Numbered Highway ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 17 Business (near Myrtle Beach via SC 544/SC 31 connections) → highwayType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

US Route 74/76 bridges → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Highways in Virginia → hasRouteType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

Blues Highway → roadType → United States Numbered Highway ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

US 201 → roadClassification → U.S. Numbered Highway ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

Massachusetts Route → mayOverlapWith → U.S. Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 278 → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 191 → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

Will Rogers Highway → roadType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 29 in Georgia → highwayType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 44 in Massachusetts → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 1A in Massachusetts → highwayType → U.S. Route ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Highway

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