Kansas state highway system

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road network state highway system

The Kansas state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Kansas.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Kansas state highway system canonical	33
Kansas state highway network	6
Kansas state highways	6
Kansas State Highway System	4
Kansas state highways (regional network)	2
Kansas transportation network	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4640784 — 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: Kansas state highway system
Context triple: [Kansas Department of Transportation, responsibleFor, Kansas state highway system]

A. Oklahoma state highway system
The Oklahoma state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Oklahoma.
B. Colorado State Highway system
The Colorado State Highway system is a network of state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Colorado.
C. Kansas Department of Transportation
The Kansas Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Kansas’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
D. Kentucky state highway system
The Kentucky state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads that connect cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
E. Illinois state highway system
The Illinois state highway system is a network of state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the state of Illinois.
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: Kansas state highway system
Target entity description: The Kansas state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Kansas.

A. Oklahoma state highway system
The Oklahoma state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Oklahoma.
B. Colorado State Highway system
The Colorado State Highway system is a network of state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Colorado.
C. Kansas Department of Transportation
The Kansas Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Kansas’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
D. Kentucky state highway system
The Kentucky state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads that connect cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
E. Illinois state highway system
The Illinois state highway system is a network of state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the state of Illinois.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road network ⓘ state highway system ⓘ
abbreviation	K- ⓘ
connectedTo	Colorado state highway system ⓘ linked to: Colorado State Highway system Missouri state highway system ⓘ Nebraska state highway system ⓘ Oklahoma state highway system ⓘ neighboring states' highway systems ⓘ
connects	cities in Kansas ⓘ regional centers in Kansas ⓘ rural areas in Kansas ⓘ towns in Kansas ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designatedBy	Kansas Legislature ⓘ
excludes	most city streets in Kansas ⓘ most county roads in Kansas ⓘ
governedBy	Kansas state law ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	state of Kansas ⓘ linked to: Kansas
hasNotableRoute	K-10 ⓘ K-177 ⓘ K-4 ⓘ K-61 ⓘ K-96 ⓘ
hasPart	Kansas Turnpike (state-designated connections and overlaps) ⓘ Kansas state highways ⓘ linked to: Kansas state highway system
includes	business routes ⓘ loop routes ⓘ primary state highways ⓘ secondary state highways ⓘ spur routes ⓘ
integratedWith	Interstate Highway System in Kansas ⓘ United States Numbered Highway System in Kansas ⓘ linked to: U.S. Highways in Kansas
locatedIn	Kansas ⓘ
maintainedBy	Kansas Department of Transportation ⓘ
partOf	transportation infrastructure of Kansas ⓘ
purpose	connect communities to the national highway network ⓘ provide access to public facilities and services ⓘ provide intrastate connectivity ⓘ support economic activity and freight movement ⓘ
routeNumberingScheme	K-n (numbered) format ⓘ K-nn (two-digit) format ⓘ K-nnn (three-digit) format ⓘ
signageStandard	black route number on white shield with "K-" prefix ⓘ
supports	agricultural transport in Kansas ⓘ commuter traffic in Kansas ⓘ intercity travel in Kansas ⓘ tourism in Kansas ⓘ

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