United States Numbered Highway System

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The United States Numbered Highway System is a nationwide network of primary and auxiliary highways established in 1926 to standardize and organize major intercity road travel across the country.

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Generate an image of the United States Numbered Highway System (The United States Numbered Highway System is a nationwide network of primary and auxiliary highways established in 1926 to standardize and organize major intercity road travel across the country.)

All labels observed (48)

Label Occurrences
United States Numbered Highway System canonical 570
U.S. Highway System 97
U.S. Numbered Highway System 23

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highway system ⓘ
road network ⓘ
abbreviation AASHTO ⓘ
alsoKnownAs U.S. Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Routes ⓘ
auxiliaryRoutePattern three-digit numbers branch from parent two-digit routes ⓘ
coordinatedBy American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designAuthority AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering ⓘ
distinctFrom Interstate Highway System ⓘ
United States Numbered Bicycle Route System ⓘ
established 1926 ⓘ
extendsInto Alaska via connecting routes ⓘ
Canada via border connections ⓘ
geographicCoverage contiguous United States ⓘ
governingDocument AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy ⓘ
hasComponent primary U.S. Routes ⓘ
three-digit auxiliary U.S. Routes ⓘ
includes U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
U.S. Route 101 ⓘ
U.S. Route 2 ⓘ
U.S. Route 20 ⓘ
U.S. Route 30 ⓘ
U.S. Route 41 ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
U.S. Route 6 ⓘ
U.S. Route 61 ⓘ
U.S. Route 66 ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 ⓘ
U.S. Route 95 ⓘ
maintainedBy local governments ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
networkType auxiliary highways ⓘ
primary highways ⓘ
numberingPattern even numbers generally run east–west ⓘ
major north–south routes often end in 1 ⓘ
major transcontinental routes often end in 0 ⓘ
odd numbers generally run north–south ⓘ
originallyApprovedBy Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
precededBy Dixie Highway ⓘ
Lincoln Highway ⓘ
purpose organize nationwide highway numbering ⓘ
standardize major intercity road travel ⓘ
replaced named auto trails system ⓘ
scope nationwide ⓘ
signBackgroundColor black ⓘ
signShape white shield ⓘ
signTextColor black ⓘ
trafficFunction intercity travel ⓘ
regional connectivity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (790)

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

U.S. Route 1 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 71 → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
subject linked to: U.S. Route 71 (nearby)
U.S. Route 71 → routeType → U.S. Highway ⓘ
subject linked to: U.S. Route 71 (nearby)
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 71 → partOf → U.S. highway network ⓘ
subject linked to: U.S. Route 71 (nearby)
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 90 in Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 2 in Maine → system → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 101 → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
subject linked to: U.S. Route 101 (nearby)
U.S. Route 9 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
14th Street Bridge complex → partOf → U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 50 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
United States Numbered Highway System → alsoKnownAs → U.S. Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
United States Numbered Highway System → alsoKnownAs → U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
United States Numbered Highway System → alsoKnownAs → U.S. Routes ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
Georgia State Route System → overlapsWith → U.S. Highway System in Georgia ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 98 in Santa Rosa County, Florida → belongsToSystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine → highwayType → U.S. Highway ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 98 in Okaloosa County, Florida → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
Bear Mountain Bridge → partOf → U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 98 in Walton County, Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 98 in Bay County, Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
Washington State Department of Transportation → oversees → U.S. Routes in Washington ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
Tobin Bridge → partOfRoute → U.S. Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
Interstate Highway System → isSubsetOf → United States Numbered Highway System (overall road network) ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
Interstate Highway System → distinguishedFrom → U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
Inter-American Highway → connectsWith → United States highway network ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 3 in Lexington, Massachusetts → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 75 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering → responsibleFor → U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering → topic → U.S. Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
United States Numbered Bicycle Route System → relatedTo → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy → appliesTo → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 206 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 206 → highwaySystem → U.S. Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
Plymouth County, Iowa → roadNetworkIncludes → U.S. highways ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
Hancock, Iowa → roadSystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
McClelland, Iowa → roadSystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 231 near Cottondale → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
US-2 eastbound → partOfNetwork → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 301 in Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 319 in Tallahassee → partOfNetwork → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 27 Alternate → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge → partOf → U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 2 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge → partOf → U.S. Highway System ⓘ
linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
U.S. Route 93 (historically) → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 Business in Danville → partOfNetwork → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ