Alternate U.S. Highways
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Alternate U.S. Highways are special U.S. Highway routes that provide optional or bypass alignments to the main numbered highways, often serving downtowns, business districts, or less direct paths.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alternate U.S. Highways canonical | 2 |
| U.S. Highway Alternate | 2 |
| Auxiliary U.S. Highways | 1 |
| U.S. Route Alternate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15804782 — 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: Alternate U.S. Highways Context triple: [U.S. 1A (Maine), category, Alternate U.S. Highways]
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A.
U.S. Highway
A U.S. Highway is a numbered network of major roads that spans multiple states across the United States, facilitating regional and long-distance ground transportation.
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B.
U.S. Route 50 Alternate in Maryland
U.S. Route 50 Alternate in Maryland is a designated auxiliary route of U.S. Route 50 that provides an alternate alignment through part of the state’s highway network.
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C.
U.S. Route 40 Alternate
U.S. Route 40 Alternate is a scenic and historic alternate alignment of U.S. Route 40 that passes through several towns in Maryland, serving as a local main street and connector road.
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D.
United States numbered state highways
United States numbered state highways are a nationwide system of state-maintained roads, each identified by a unique number within its state, that supplement the federal and interstate highway networks.
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E.
National Highway routes
National Highway routes are major road corridors that form the backbone of a country’s long-distance and intercity road transport system, linking key cities, ports, and regions.
- 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: Alternate U.S. Highways Target entity description: Alternate U.S. Highways are special U.S. Highway routes that provide optional or bypass alignments to the main numbered highways, often serving downtowns, business districts, or less direct paths.
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A.
U.S. Highway
A U.S. Highway is a numbered network of major roads that spans multiple states across the United States, facilitating regional and long-distance ground transportation.
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B.
U.S. Route 50 Alternate in Maryland
U.S. Route 50 Alternate in Maryland is a designated auxiliary route of U.S. Route 50 that provides an alternate alignment through part of the state’s highway network.
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C.
U.S. Route 40 Alternate
U.S. Route 40 Alternate is a scenic and historic alternate alignment of U.S. Route 40 that passes through several towns in Maryland, serving as a local main street and connector road.
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D.
United States numbered state highways
United States numbered state highways are a nationwide system of state-maintained roads, each identified by a unique number within its state, that supplement the federal and interstate highway networks.
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E.
National Highway routes
National Highway routes are major road corridors that form the backbone of a country’s long-distance and intercity road transport system, linking key cities, ports, and regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Alternate U.S. Highways