U.S. Route 550

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U.S. Route 550 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the Four Corners region, known for its scenic and mountainous stretches through New Mexico and Colorado, including the famed “Million Dollar Highway.”

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
U.S. Route 550 canonical 11
U.S. Highway 550 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Highway ⓘ
mountain highway segment ⓘ
connectsRegion northwestern New Mexico ⓘ
southwestern Colorado ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
generalDirection north–south ⓘ
hasLanes multi-lane segments ⓘ
two-lane segments ⓘ
hasSegment Million Dollar Highway ⓘ
highwaySystem United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
knownAs US 550 ⓘ
knownFor Million Dollar Highway segment ⓘ
scenic mountain driving ⓘ
locatedInRegion Four Corners region ⓘ
locatedInState Colorado ⓘ
maintainedBy Colorado Department of Transportation ⓘ
New Mexico Department of Transportation ⓘ
northernTerminus Montrose, Colorado ⓘ
notableFeature high elevation passes ⓘ
sharp curves ⓘ
steep grades ⓘ
partOf U.S. Route 550 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Numbered Highway network ⓘ
passesNear Animas River valley ⓘ
linked to: Animas Valley

San Juan Mountains ⓘ
passesThroughCity Aztec, New Mexico ⓘ
Bernalillo, New Mexico ⓘ
Bloomfield, New Mexico ⓘ
Durango, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Durango

Montrose, Colorado ⓘ
Ouray, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Ouray

Ouray, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Ouray

Silverton, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Silverton

Silverton, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Silverton
roadType paved highway ⓘ
routeNumber 550 ⓘ
runsThroughState Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
safetyCharacteristic challenging driving conditions in winter ⓘ
scenicReputation one of the most scenic drives in the United States ⓘ
southernTerminus Bernalillo, New Mexico ⓘ
stateAbbreviation CO ⓘ
NM ⓘ
terrainType high desert ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
usedFor intercity travel ⓘ
tourism and sightseeing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

New Mexico State Road 4 → connectsTo → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ
San Juan Skyway → usesHighway → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ
Ouray → accessibleViaHighway → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ
Million Dollar Highway → partOf → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ
Silverton, Colorado → traversedBy → U.S. Highway 550 ⓘ
subject linked to: Silverton
linked to: U.S. Route 550
Durango → majorHighway → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ
Farmington, New Mexico → transportation → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ
Bloomfield, New Mexico → locatedOn → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ
U.S. Route 160 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 550 ⓘ