U.S. Route 78

E359726

U.S. Highway east–west highway

U.S. Route 78 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Memphis, Tennessee, through the Deep South to Charleston, South Carolina, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Route 78 canonical	40
U.S. Route 78 near Monroe	1
former U.S. Route 78	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T534794 — 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 78
Context triple: [Richmond County, Georgia, hasMajorHighway, U.S. Route 78]

A. U.S. Route 70
U.S. Route 70 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Arizona to North Carolina, serving as an important transportation corridor across the southern part of the country.
B. U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
C. U.S. Route 59
U.S. Route 59 is a north–south United States highway that runs from the Mexico–U.S. border in Texas to the Canada–U.S. border in Minnesota, passing through several central states.
D. U.S. Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
E. U.S. Route 280
U.S. Route 280 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from central Alabama through Georgia, connecting cities such as Birmingham, Columbus, and Savannah.
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 78
Target entity description: U.S. Route 78 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Memphis, Tennessee, through the Deep South to Charleston, South Carolina, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.

A. U.S. Route 70
U.S. Route 70 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Arizona to North Carolina, serving as an important transportation corridor across the southern part of the country.
B. U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
C. U.S. Route 59
U.S. Route 59 is a north–south United States highway that runs from the Mexico–U.S. border in Texas to the Canada–U.S. border in Minnesota, passing through several central states.
D. U.S. Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
E. U.S. Route 280
U.S. Route 280 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from central Alabama through Georgia, connecting cities such as Birmingham, Columbus, and Savannah.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Highway ⓘ east–west highway ⓘ
category	U.S. Highways in Alabama ⓘ U.S. Highways in Georgia ⓘ U.S. Highways in Mississippi ⓘ U.S. Highways in South Carolina ⓘ U.S. Highways in Tennessee ⓘ
connectsCity	Athens, Georgia ⓘ Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ linked to: Atlanta Augusta, Georgia ⓘ Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ linked to: Birmingham, Alabama, United States Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ linked to: Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
direction	east–west ⓘ
easternTerminus	Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ linked to: Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
highwayNumber	78 ⓘ
maintainedBy	state departments of transportation of Alabama ⓘ state departments of transportation of Georgia ⓘ state departments of transportation of Mississippi ⓘ state departments of transportation of South Carolina ⓘ state departments of transportation of Tennessee ⓘ linked to: state departments of transportation
parallelTo	Interstate 20 in parts of Alabama and Georgia ⓘ Interstate 22 in parts of Mississippi and Alabama ⓘ
partOf	surface transportation network of the southeastern United States ⓘ
passesThrough	Alabama ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
regionServed	Deep South ⓘ
role	regional transportation corridor ⓘ
servesFunction	freight movement ⓘ intercity travel ⓘ regional connectivity ⓘ
stateHighwayDesignationIn	Alabama ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
system	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
westernTerminus	Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (42)

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

Richmond County, Georgia → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Athens, Georgia → transportation → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Leeds, Alabama → locatedNear → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Irondale, Alabama → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

North Charleston, South Carolina → hasTransportInfrastructure → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

subject linked to: North Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Georgia State Route 1 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Georgia State Route 316 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Georgia State Route 10 → overlapsWith → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

DeKalb County → containsTransportationCorridor → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Talladega County, Alabama → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Carroll County, Georgia → hasHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Anniston, Alabama → transportationCorridor → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Aiken County, South Carolina → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Georgia State Route 138 → intersectsWith → U.S. Route 78 near Monroe ⓘ

linked to: U.S. Route 78

Nonconnah Creek → crossedBy → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Temple, Georgia → roadAccess → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Waco, Georgia → hasRoadConnection → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Calhoun County, Alabama → majorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

State Route 316 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Holly Springs, Mississippi → servedByHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

subject linked to: Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States

Dorchester County, South Carolina → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Mableton, Georgia → hasTransportation → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Interstate 520 → connectsTo → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Villa Rica, Georgia → hasMajorRoad → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Oconee County, Georgia → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Anniston–Oxford metropolitan area → majorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Oxford, Alabama → roadJunction → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Oxford, Alabama → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Bamberg County, South Carolina → hasTransportationRoute → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Georgia–South Carolina state line → crossedBy → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Marion County, Alabama → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

St. George, South Carolina → transportationAccess → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Harlem, Georgia → hasTransportation → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Haralson County → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Snellville, Georgia → roadServedBy → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Monroe, Georgia → majorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

City of Douglasville, Georgia → majorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

City of Austell, Georgia (part) → roadAccessVia → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Wilkes County, Georgia → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Grovetown, Georgia → transportation → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Austell, Georgia → hasTransportation → U.S. Route 78 ⓘ

Interstate 22 → followsCorridor → former U.S. Route 78 ⓘ