Texas State Highway 56

E306897

road transportation infrastructure state highway

Texas State Highway 56 is a state highway in northern Texas that serves as a key east–west route through cities such as Sherman.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Texas State Highway 56 canonical	4
State Highway 56 (Texas)	1
Texas State Highway 56 in Sherman, Texas	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2182358 — 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: Texas State Highway 56
Context triple: [Sherman, Texas, majorHighway, Texas State Highway 56]

A. Texas State Highway 6
Texas State Highway 6 is a major north–south state highway in Texas that runs from the Gulf Coast near Galveston through the Brazos Valley and up toward the Dallas–Fort Worth region, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
B. Texas State Highway 16
Texas State Highway 16 is a major north–south state highway in Texas that runs from the Mexican border near Zapata through the Texas Hill Country to the Dallas–Fort Worth region.
C. Texas State Highway 45
Texas State Highway 45 is a toll highway forming part of the Austin area’s outer loop, helping to route traffic around the city and connect major regional roadways.
D. Texas State Highway 130
Texas State Highway 130 is a toll road in central Texas known for its high speed limits and role as an alternative route to relieve congestion on Interstate 35.
E. Texas State Highway 40
Texas State Highway 40 is a state highway in Texas that serves as a key east–west route through the College Station area, improving local and regional connectivity.
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: Texas State Highway 56
Target entity description: Texas State Highway 56 is a state highway in northern Texas that serves as a key east–west route through cities such as Sherman.

A. Texas State Highway 6
Texas State Highway 6 is a major north–south state highway in Texas that runs from the Gulf Coast near Galveston through the Brazos Valley and up toward the Dallas–Fort Worth region, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
B. Texas State Highway 16
Texas State Highway 16 is a major north–south state highway in Texas that runs from the Mexican border near Zapata through the Texas Hill Country to the Dallas–Fort Worth region.
C. Texas State Highway 45
Texas State Highway 45 is a toll highway forming part of the Austin area’s outer loop, helping to route traffic around the city and connect major regional roadways.
D. Texas State Highway 130
Texas State Highway 130 is a toll road in central Texas known for its high speed limits and role as an alternative route to relieve congestion on Interstate 35.
E. Texas State Highway 40
Texas State Highway 40 is a state highway in Texas that serves as a key east–west route through the College Station area, improving local and regional connectivity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road transportation infrastructure ⓘ state highway ⓘ
connectsTo	State Highway 11 (Texas) ⓘ linked to: Texas State Highway 11 State Highway 34 (Texas) ⓘ linked to: Texas State Highway 34 State Highway 78 (Texas) ⓘ linked to: Texas State Highway 78 U.S. Route 271 ⓘ U.S. Route 69 ⓘ U.S. Route 75 ⓘ U.S. Route 82 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
function	regional east–west connector ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	State Highway 78 in Bonham, Texas ⓘ linked to: Texas State Highway 78 U.S. Route 271 in Paris, Texas ⓘ U.S. Route 69 in Bells, Texas ⓘ U.S. Route 75 in Sherman, Texas ⓘ
highwayNumber	56 ⓘ
highwayType	State Highway ⓘ
locatedInRegion	North Texas ⓘ northern Texas ⓘ linked to: North Texas
maintainedBy	Texas Department of Transportation ⓘ
orientation	east–west ⓘ
parallelTo	U.S. Route 82 in Texas ⓘ linked to: U.S. Route 82
partOf	Texas state highway system ⓘ linked to: Texas state highways
passesThrough	Bells, Texas ⓘ Bonham, Texas ⓘ linked to: Bonham, Texas, United States Dodd City, Texas ⓘ Honey Grove, Texas ⓘ Paris, Texas ⓘ linked to: Paris, Texas (city) Sherman, Texas ⓘ Windom, Texas ⓘ rural areas of North Texas ⓘ small towns in North Texas ⓘ
regionServed	Fannin County communities ⓘ Grayson County communities ⓘ Lamar County communities ⓘ
runsThrough	Fannin County, Texas ⓘ Grayson County, Texas ⓘ Lamar County, Texas ⓘ
servesAs	key east–west route through Sherman, Texas ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
surfaceType	paved ⓘ
usedFor	automobile transportation ⓘ truck transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Sherman, Texas → majorHighway → Texas State Highway 56 ⓘ

Bells, Texas → roadJunctionOf → Texas State Highway 56 ⓘ

Sherman, Texas → locatedOn → Texas State Highway 56 ⓘ

subject linked to: Sherman

Honey Grove, Texas → roadAccess → Texas State Highway 56 ⓘ

Transportation in Fannin County, Texas → hasComponent → State Highway 56 (Texas) ⓘ

linked to: Texas State Highway 56

U.S. Route 75 in Sherman, Texas → hasJunctionWith → Texas State Highway 56 in Sherman, Texas ⓘ