U.S. Route 101

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U.S. Numbered Highway highway in the United States

U.S. Route 101 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the West Coast, particularly known for following much of the California and Oregon coastline and serving as a key scenic and transportation corridor.

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All labels observed (31)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Route 101 canonical	326
US Route 101	12
U.S. Highway 101	8
U.S. Route 101 corridor	5
U.S. Route 101 in California	4
Highway 101	2
Historic U.S. Route 101	1
U.S. Route 101 (at southern end)	1
U.S. Route 101 (nearby access via Olympia)	1
U.S. Route 101 (via connecting roads)	1
U.S. Route 101 (within district boundaries)	1
U.S. Route 101 at Tillamook	1
U.S. Route 101 in Arcata	1
U.S. Route 101 in Los Angeles	1
U.S. Route 101 in Los Angeles County	1
U.S. Route 101 in Novato	1
U.S. Route 101 in Oregon	1
U.S. Route 101 in Salinas	1
U.S. Route 101 in San Francisco	1
U.S. Route 101 in San Jose, California	1
U.S. Route 101 in San Rafael	1
U.S. Route 101 in Ventura County	1
U.S. Route 101 in Waldport, Oregon	1
U.S. Route 101 in Washington	1
U.S. Route 101 passes through Eureka	1
U.S. Route 101 passes through Hoquiam	1
U.S. Route 101 via Avenue of the Giants	1
U.S. Route 101 via Newport	1
US Route 101 at Discovery Bay	1
United States Route 101	1
served by U.S. Route 101	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T472210 — 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: U.S. Route 101
Context triple: [Yaquina Bay, crossedBy, U.S. Route 101]

A. Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Coast Highway is a famed scenic roadway along the California coastline, renowned for its dramatic ocean views and picturesque coastal towns.
B. Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the West Coast from the Mexican border in California through Oregon and Washington to the Canadian border.
C. U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 is a major north–south United States highway running along the East Coast from Key West, Florida, to Fort Kent, Maine.
D. California State Route 190
California State Route 190 is an east–west state highway in California that traverses the Sierra Nevada and Death Valley, providing access to Death Valley National Park and connecting remote desert and mountain communities.
E. California State Route 108
California State Route 108 is a scenic east–west highway in central California that crosses the Sierra Nevada via the high-elevation Sonora Pass, connecting the Central Valley with the eastern Sierra region.
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: U.S. Route 101
Target entity description: U.S. Route 101 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the West Coast, particularly known for following much of the California and Oregon coastline and serving as a key scenic and transportation corridor.

A. Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Coast Highway is a famed scenic roadway along the California coastline, renowned for its dramatic ocean views and picturesque coastal towns.
B. Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the West Coast from the Mexican border in California through Oregon and Washington to the Canadian border.
C. U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 is a major north–south United States highway running along the East Coast from Key West, Florida, to Fort Kent, Maine.
D. California State Route 190
California State Route 190 is an east–west state highway in California that traverses the Sierra Nevada and Death Valley, providing access to Death Valley National Park and connecting remote desert and mountain communities.
E. California State Route 108
California State Route 108 is a scenic east–west highway in central California that crosses the Sierra Nevada via the high-elevation Sonora Pass, connecting the Central Valley with the eastern Sierra region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Numbered Highway ⓘ highway in the United States ⓘ
adjacentTo	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
connects	Astoria, Oregon ⓘ Coos Bay, Oregon ⓘ Eureka, California ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ Olympia ⓘ surface form: Olympia, Washington San Francisco ⓘ San Jose ⓘ surface form: San Jose, California
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
direction	north–south ⓘ
followsFeature	California coast ⓘ surface form: California coastline Oregon Coast ⓘ surface form: Oregon coastline Pacific coastline ⓘ
function	major transportation corridor ⓘ scenic route ⓘ
highwaySystem	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
historicalRole	primary north–south coastal route before Interstate 5 ⓘ
isPartOf	Pacific Coast Highway ⓘ surface form: Pacific Coast Highway corridor scenic highway network in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	scenic coastal views ⓘ tourism and recreational travel ⓘ
locatedIn	West Coast of the United States ⓘ
maintainedBy	Caltrans ⓘ surface form: California Department of Transportation Oregon Department of Transportation ⓘ Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ state departments of transportation ⓘ
opened	1920s ⓘ
overlapsWith	Interstate 5 in some segments ⓘ
partlyDesignatedAs	expressway ⓘ freeway ⓘ surface arterial road ⓘ
passesThrough	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Humboldt County ⓘ surface form: Humboldt County, California Monterey County, California ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Redwood National and State Parks ⓘ surface form: Redwood National and State Parks region San Luis Obispo County ⓘ surface form: San Luis Obispo County, California Santa Barbara County ⓘ surface form: Santa Barbara County, California Sonoma County, California ⓘ Ventura County ⓘ surface form: Ventura County, California Washington ⓘ coastal communities ⓘ rural areas ⓘ urban areas ⓘ
routeNumber	101 ⓘ
terminus	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California Olympia ⓘ surface form: Olympia, Washington

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

Yaquina Bay → crossedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Santa Clara → hasFreeway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Golden Gate Bridge → carries → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Menlo Park, California → majorRoad → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Central Los Angeles → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Echo Park → hasTransportation → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Highland Avenue → crosses → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

this entity surface form: US Route 101

Highland Avenue → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

this entity surface form: US Route 101

Humboldt County → transportInfrastructure → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Mendocino County → hasTransportationRoute → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

East Hollywood → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Curry County, Oregon → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Douglas County, Oregon → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Lincoln County, Oregon → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Oregon Coast → hasHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Oregon Coast → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Pacific County, Washington → hasTransportation → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

South Bay → hasMajorFreeway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Central California → transportCorridor → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

San Francisco Peninsula → hasTransportationCorridor → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Palo Alto, California → transport → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Arcata, California → servedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Millbrae station → near → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Crescent City, California → majorHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Thurston County, Washington → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

California State Route 82 → parallelTo → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 101 in California

Central Coast of California → hasTransportationRoute → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Mission San Miguel Arcángel → near → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Del Norte County, California → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Sunnyvale → hasMajorRoad → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Salinas → hasHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Universal City/Studio City station → adjacentTo → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Ventura County → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Hollywood Hills → locatedNear → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

this entity surface form: US Route 101

Tumwater, Washington → crossedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Newport, Oregon → locatedOnHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Eureka, California → transportation → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 101 passes through Eureka

Oxnard, California → majorHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Sonoma County, California → hasHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Gilroy → locatedOn → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Montecito, California, United States → hasRoad → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

subject surface form: Montecito, California

South San Francisco → transportServedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

San Mateo → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Millbrae → hasMajorRoad → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Burlingame → hasMajorRoad → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Olympic Peninsula → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States → traversedBy → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Olympia → majorHighway → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

U.S. Route 20 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

Mason County → hasTransportationRoute → U.S. Route 101 ⓘ

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