Tehran–Mashhad highway
E313650
The Tehran–Mashhad highway is a major Iranian roadway linking the capital Tehran with the northeastern city of Mashhad, serving as a key route for both domestic travel and religious pilgrimage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tehran–Mashhad highway canonical | 4 |
| Freeway 1 (Tehran–Mashhad) | 1 |
| Tehran–Mashhad Road | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2961942 — 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: Tehran–Mashhad highway Context triple: [Mashhad, roadConnection, Tehran–Mashhad highway]
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A.
Tehran–Karaj corridor
The Tehran–Karaj corridor is a major urban and transportation axis linking Iran’s capital Tehran with the nearby city of Karaj, forming one of the country’s most densely populated and heavily traveled metropolitan regions.
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B.
Quetta–Taftan Highway
The Quetta–Taftan Highway is a major road in Pakistan that links the provincial capital Quetta to the town of Taftan near the Iranian border, serving as a key route for trade and travel between the two countries.
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C.
Hazara Motorway
Hazara Motorway is a major controlled-access highway in northern Pakistan that connects key cities in the Hazara region and forms part of the country’s strategic north–south transport corridor.
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D.
Kabul–Mazar-i-Sharif road
The Kabul–Mazar-i-Sharif road is a major highway in Afghanistan that connects the capital Kabul with the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, traversing the Hindu Kush mountains via the strategic Salang Pass.
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E.
Persian Corridor
The Persian Corridor was a vital World War II supply route through Iran used by the Allies to transport military aid to the Soviet Union.
- 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: Tehran–Mashhad highway Target entity description: The Tehran–Mashhad highway is a major Iranian roadway linking the capital Tehran with the northeastern city of Mashhad, serving as a key route for both domestic travel and religious pilgrimage.
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A.
Tehran–Karaj corridor
The Tehran–Karaj corridor is a major urban and transportation axis linking Iran’s capital Tehran with the nearby city of Karaj, forming one of the country’s most densely populated and heavily traveled metropolitan regions.
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B.
Quetta–Taftan Highway
The Quetta–Taftan Highway is a major road in Pakistan that links the provincial capital Quetta to the town of Taftan near the Iranian border, serving as a key route for trade and travel between the two countries.
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C.
Hazara Motorway
Hazara Motorway is a major controlled-access highway in northern Pakistan that connects key cities in the Hazara region and forms part of the country’s strategic north–south transport corridor.
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D.
Kabul–Mazar-i-Sharif road
The Kabul–Mazar-i-Sharif road is a major highway in Afghanistan that connects the capital Kabul with the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, traversing the Hindu Kush mountains via the strategic Salang Pass.
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E.
Persian Corridor
The Persian Corridor was a vital World War II supply route through Iran used by the Allies to transport military aid to the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway
ⓘ
road transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Mashhad
ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| function |
link capital to major religious city
ⓘ
support pilgrimage traffic to Mashhad ⓘ |
| hasDirection | west–east ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificance | route to Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad ⓘ |
| importance | one of the busiest road corridors in Iran ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Iran ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mashhad
ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ |
| partOf | Iranian national road network ⓘ |
| passesThrough | north-central Iran ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Greater Tehran region
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Tehran
northeastern Iran ⓘ |
| roadType | high-capacity highway ⓘ |
| servesAs |
key domestic travel route
ⓘ
major intercity route ⓘ religious pilgrimage route ⓘ |
| terminusA | Tehran ⓘ |
| terminusB | Mashhad ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger travel ⓘ road transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tehran–Mashhad highway Description of subject: The Tehran–Mashhad highway is a major Iranian roadway linking the capital Tehran with the northeastern city of Mashhad, serving as a key route for both domestic travel and religious pilgrimage.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tehran–Mashhad highway
linked to: Tehran–Mashhad highway