Maryland State Highway System

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The Maryland State Highway System is the network of state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates regional and statewide transportation across Maryland.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Maryland state highway system	105
Maryland State Highway System canonical	29
Maryland state highway	11
Maryland state highways	5
Maryland highway network	4
Maryland highway system	1
Maryland numbered highway system	1
Maryland state highway system (non-toll)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T607339 — 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 System
Context triple: [Landover, Maryland, servedBy, Maryland State Highway System]

A. Baltimore–Washington Parkway
The Baltimore–Washington Parkway is a major scenic highway in Maryland that connects the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., serving as a key commuter and transportation route in the region.
B. Florida State Highway System
The Florida State Highway System is the statewide network of numbered state and U.S. highways managed by the Florida Department of Transportation that connects cities, towns, and regions throughout Florida.
C. Massachusetts state highway system
The Massachusetts state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates regional and statewide transportation across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
D. National Highway System
The National Highway System is a network of strategically important U.S. roads, including Interstates and key state and local routes, that support the nation’s economy, defense, and mobility.
E. 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.
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 System
Target entity description: The Maryland State Highway System is the network of state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates regional and statewide transportation across Maryland.

A. Baltimore–Washington Parkway
The Baltimore–Washington Parkway is a major scenic highway in Maryland that connects the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., serving as a key commuter and transportation route in the region.
B. Florida State Highway System
The Florida State Highway System is the statewide network of numbered state and U.S. highways managed by the Florida Department of Transportation that connects cities, towns, and regions throughout Florida.
C. Massachusetts state highway system
The Massachusetts state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates regional and statewide transportation across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
D. National Highway System
The National Highway System is a network of strategically important U.S. roads, including Interstates and key state and local routes, that support the nation’s economy, defense, and mobility.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road network ⓘ state highway system ⓘ
abbreviatedAs	MDSHS ⓘ
adminCenter	Baltimore ⓘ
connects	Maryland counties ⓘ interstate highways ⓘ major cities in Maryland ⓘ neighboring state highway systems ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fundedBy	federal highway funds ⓘ state transportation funds ⓘ
governingBody	Maryland Department of Transportation ⓘ
hasComponent	Interstate Highways in Maryland ⓘ Maryland state highways ⓘ linked to: Maryland State Highway System U.S. Highways in Maryland ⓘ
hasDesignStandard	state highway design standards of Maryland ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	state-maintained roads in Maryland ⓘ
hasNotableRoute	Maryland Route 2 ⓘ Maryland Route 32 ⓘ Maryland Route 404 ⓘ Maryland Route 5 ⓘ
hasRouteType	alternate routes ⓘ business routes ⓘ primary state highways ⓘ secondary state highways ⓘ truck routes ⓘ
includesFacilityType	arterial roads ⓘ collector roads ⓘ expressways ⓘ freeways ⓘ rural highways ⓘ urban highways ⓘ
integratedWith	Maryland Transit Administration facilities ⓘ local road networks in Maryland ⓘ
legalAuthority	Maryland state law ⓘ linked to: Maryland Code
locatedIn	Maryland ⓘ
maintainedBy	Maryland State Highway Administration ⓘ
partOf	Maryland transportation infrastructure ⓘ
purpose	regional transportation in Maryland ⓘ statewide transportation in Maryland ⓘ
regulates	access management on state roads ⓘ
roadSignColor	black-on-white ⓘ
roadSignShape	square ⓘ
subjectTo	federal highway regulations ⓘ
supports	commuter travel in Maryland ⓘ freight movement in Maryland ⓘ tourism travel in Maryland ⓘ
usesNumberingScheme	Maryland state route numbering ⓘ

How these facts were elicited