Lincoln Highway

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auto trail historic highway transcontinental highway

The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental automobile roads in the United States, stretching from New York to San Francisco and pioneering long-distance highway travel.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Lincoln Highway canonical	18
Lincoln Highway in Illinois	2
Lincoln Highway in Iowa	2
Lincoln Highway (historic U.S. Route 30)	1
Lincoln Highway (historic)	1
Lincoln Highway (in several segments)	1
Lincoln Highway (in several states)	1
Lincoln Highway Association	1
Lincoln Highway corridor	1
Lincoln Highway corridor in Indiana	1
Lincoln Highway in Nevada	1
Lincoln Highway in New Jersey	1
Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania	1
Lincoln Highway in Utah	1
Lincoln Highway in Wyoming	1
U.S. historic Lincoln Highway route	1
former Lincoln Highway	1
historic Lincoln Highway alignment	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173896 — 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: Lincoln Highway
Context triple: [United States Numbered Highway System, precededBy, Lincoln Highway]

A. U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
B. U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.
C. U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
D. Old U.S. Route 40
Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
E. Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is a major east–west transcontinental highway in the United States that stretches from California to North Carolina, passing through several key cities and states.
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: Lincoln Highway
Target entity description: The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental automobile roads in the United States, stretching from New York to San Francisco and pioneering long-distance highway travel.

A. U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
B. U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.
C. U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
D. Old U.S. Route 40
Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
E. Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is a major east–west transcontinental highway in the United States that stretches from California to North Carolina, passing through several key cities and states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	auto trail ⓘ historic highway ⓘ transcontinental highway ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
direction	east–west ⓘ
endCity	San Francisco ⓘ
endPoint	Lincoln Park ⓘ
endState	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
era	early 20th century ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	historic byway (various state designations) ⓘ
hasOrganization	Lincoln Highway Association ⓘ
hasSection	Lincoln Highway in Illinois ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway Lincoln Highway in Iowa ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway Lincoln Highway in Nebraska ⓘ Lincoln Highway in Nevada ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway Lincoln Highway in New Jersey ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway Lincoln Highway in Utah ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway Lincoln Highway in Wyoming ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway
inception	1913 ⓘ
influenced	U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ linked to: United States Numbered Highway System development of roadside services ⓘ
maintainedBy	Lincoln Highway Association ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Highway
namedAfter	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notableFeature	connected Atlantic and Pacific coasts ⓘ first coast-to-coast highway for automobiles in the United States ⓘ
opened	1913 ⓘ
originalLength	approximately 3389 miles ⓘ
passesThrough	Illinois ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Nevada ⓘ New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States Ohio ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
pioneerOf	long-distance automobile travel ⓘ transcontinental highway travel ⓘ
routeType	auto trail ⓘ
startCity	New York City ⓘ
startPoint	Times Square ⓘ
startState	New York ⓘ
status	historic route ⓘ partly replaced by U.S. Highway System ⓘ
terminusCityEast	New York City ⓘ
terminusCityWest	San Francisco ⓘ
usedBy	automobiles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

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

United States Numbered Highway System → precededBy → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) → partOf → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Interstate 80 → followsHistoricRoute → Lincoln Highway (in several segments) ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

U.S. Route 30 → follows → historic Lincoln Highway alignment ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → maintainedBy → Lincoln Highway Association ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → hasSection → Lincoln Highway in New Jersey ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → hasSection → Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → hasSection → Lincoln Highway in Illinois ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → hasSection → Lincoln Highway in Iowa ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → hasSection → Lincoln Highway in Wyoming ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → hasSection → Lincoln Highway in Utah ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway → hasSection → Lincoln Highway in Nevada ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Dixie Highway → inspiredBy → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Woodbine, Iowa → locatedOn → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Woodbine, Iowa → traversedBy → U.S. historic Lincoln Highway route ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Stoystown, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Illinois Route 38 → followsCorridorOf → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Illinois Route 38 → isRelatedTo → Lincoln Highway in Illinois ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Coatesville, Pennsylvania → hasTransportationCorridor → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

California State Route 50 → partOf → Lincoln Highway (historic) ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway Association → focusesOn → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Minerva, Ohio → locatedOn → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Broadway of America → relatedTo → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Everett, Pennsylvania → hasNearbyLandmark → Lincoln Highway (historic U.S. Route 30) ⓘ

subject linked to: Everett, Pennsylvania, United States

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Pennsylvania Route 30 → followsCorridorOf → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Pennsylvania Route 30 → isPartOf → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

U.S. Highway 30 → followsHistoricRouteOf → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

U.S. Highway 30 → hasAlternateName → Lincoln Highway (in several states) ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Woodbine Lincoln Highway and Brick Street Historic District → transportationRoute → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Paradise, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Schellsburg, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Schellsburg, Pennsylvania → hasTransportationCorridor → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

Belle Plaine, Iowa → locatedAlong → former Lincoln Highway ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska → partOf → Lincoln Highway corridor ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

U.S. Route 30 in Nebraska → historicRoute → Lincoln Highway ⓘ

U.S. Route 30 in Indiana → historicalAssociation → Lincoln Highway corridor in Indiana ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

Iowa Highway 30 → historicalAssociation → Lincoln Highway in Iowa ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Highway

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Referenced by (37)

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