VA 28
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VA 28 is a major north–south state highway in Northern Virginia that serves as a key commuter and freight corridor connecting Dulles International Airport and surrounding suburbs to other regional routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VA 28 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2098464 — 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: VA 28 Context triple: [Virginia State Route 28, abbreviation, VA 28]
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A.
VA 234
VA 234 is a primary state highway in Virginia that connects the Manassas area with Interstate 95 and other major routes in Northern Virginia.
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B.
Danville, Virginia
Danville, Virginia is an independent city in southern Virginia known for its historical role in the tobacco and textile industries and as the last capital of the Confederacy.
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C.
Southside Virginia
Southside Virginia is a largely rural, historically agricultural region in the southern part of the state, characterized by small towns, farmland, and former tobacco and textile communities.
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D.
Gore, Virginia
Gore, Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Frederick County best known as the birthplace of American novelist Willa Cather.
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E.
Stafford, Virginia
Stafford, Virginia is an unincorporated community that serves as the administrative and population center of Stafford County in northern Virginia, near the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- 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: VA 28 Target entity description: VA 28 is a major north–south state highway in Northern Virginia that serves as a key commuter and freight corridor connecting Dulles International Airport and surrounding suburbs to other regional routes.
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A.
VA 234
VA 234 is a primary state highway in Virginia that connects the Manassas area with Interstate 95 and other major routes in Northern Virginia.
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B.
Danville, Virginia
Danville, Virginia is an independent city in southern Virginia known for its historical role in the tobacco and textile industries and as the last capital of the Confederacy.
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C.
Southside Virginia
Southside Virginia is a largely rural, historically agricultural region in the southern part of the state, characterized by small towns, farmland, and former tobacco and textile communities.
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D.
Gore, Virginia
Gore, Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Frederick County best known as the birthplace of American novelist Willa Cather.
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E.
Stafford, Virginia
Stafford, Virginia is an unincorporated community that serves as the administrative and population center of Stafford County in northern Virginia, near the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
primary state highway in Virginia
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Interstate 66
ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 in Virginia ⓘ VA 234 ⓘ VA 267 ⓘ VA 29 ⓘ VA 7 ⓘ Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| function |
access route to technology and business parks near Dulles
ⓘ
regional connector route ⓘ |
| hasFeature | interchanges with major east–west corridors ⓘ |
| hasInterchangeType |
grade-separated interchanges
ⓘ
limited-access freeway segments ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple lanes in each direction on major segments ⓘ |
| highwayType | VA ⓘ |
| isKeyCorridorFor |
Northern Virginia suburbs
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Virginia
freight movement to and from Dulles International Airport ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Virginia Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northern Virginia transportation network
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Virginia road network
|
| passesNear | Prince William County, Virginia ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Fairfax County, Virginia
ⓘ
Loudoun County, Virginia ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
Dulles International Airport cargo facilities
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Dulles International Airport
Dulles International Airport passenger terminals ⓘ
linked to:
Dulles International Airport station
|
| regionServed |
Dulles corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Dulles Corridor
suburbs of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| roadClassification | principal arterial ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 28 ⓘ |
| servesAs |
commuter corridor
ⓘ
freight corridor ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
Centreville, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Centreville
Chantilly, Virginia ⓘ Herndon area, Virginia ⓘ
linked to:
Herndon area of Fairfax County, Virginia
Manassas area, Virginia ⓘ Sterling, Virginia ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
airport access traffic
ⓘ
commuter traffic ⓘ truck traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: VA 28 Description of subject: VA 28 is a major north–south state highway in Northern Virginia that serves as a key commuter and freight corridor connecting Dulles International Airport and surrounding suburbs to other regional routes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.