U.S. Route 10 (historic)

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former U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 10 (historic) was a former transcontinental U.S. Highway that once connected the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest, passing through states including Montana before being largely replaced by the Interstate system.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Route 10 (historic alignment)	3
Former U.S. Route 10	1
U.S. Route 10 (historic alignment in Montana)	1
U.S. Route 10 (historic) canonical	1
U.S. Route 10 (historical alignment nearby)	1
U.S. Route 10 in Washington	1
U.S. Route 10A corridor (historic)	1
US Highway 10 (historic)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5220210 — 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 10 (historic)
Context triple: [Western Montana, hasMajorHighway, U.S. Route 10 (historic)]

A. U.S. Route 1 (New Hampshire)
U.S. Route 1 (New Hampshire) is a segment of the historic U.S. Route 1 highway that runs along New Hampshire’s short Atlantic coastline, connecting Massachusetts to Maine and serving coastal communities.
B. U.S. Route 5
U.S. Route 5 is a major north–south United States highway running through New England, primarily paralleling the Connecticut River from Connecticut to the Canadian border.
C. U.S. Route 1 (Massachusetts)
U.S. Route 1 (Massachusetts) is a major north–south highway running through eastern Massachusetts, serving as a key arterial route connecting Boston and surrounding communities to New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
D. U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
E. U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast, primarily through New York and New Jersey, connecting numerous cities and historic communities.
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 10 (historic)
Target entity description: U.S. Route 10 (historic) was a former transcontinental U.S. Highway that once connected the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest, passing through states including Montana before being largely replaced by the Interstate system.

A. U.S. Route 1 (New Hampshire)
U.S. Route 1 (New Hampshire) is a segment of the historic U.S. Route 1 highway that runs along New Hampshire’s short Atlantic coastline, connecting Massachusetts to Maine and serving coastal communities.
B. U.S. Route 5
U.S. Route 5 is a major north–south United States highway running through New England, primarily paralleling the Connecticut River from Connecticut to the Canadian border.
C. U.S. Route 1 (Massachusetts)
U.S. Route 1 (Massachusetts) is a major north–south highway running through eastern Massachusetts, serving as a key arterial route connecting Boston and surrounding communities to New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
D. U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
E. U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast, primarily through New York and New Jersey, connecting numerous cities and historic communities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former U.S. Highway ⓘ
connectedRegion	Midwest ⓘ linked to: Midwestern United States Pacific Northwest ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designation	U.S. Highway 10 ⓘ linked to: U.S. Route 10
easternTerminus	Bay City, Michigan ⓘ linked to: Bay City Detroit, Michigan ⓘ linked to: Detroit
eraOfPrimaryUse	early to mid 20th century ⓘ
followsCorridorOf	Northern Transcontinental Route ⓘ linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
hasSuccessorRoute	modern U.S. Route 10 (shortened alignment) ⓘ linked to: U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota
historicalRole	major east–west highway in northern United States ⓘ
partOf	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
passesThrough	Idaho ⓘ Michigan ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Montana ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Washington ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
replacedBy	Interstate 90 ⓘ Interstate 94 ⓘ Interstate Highway System ⓘ
status	decommissioned in western segments ⓘ partially replaced by Interstate freeways ⓘ
usedFor	long-distance automobile travel ⓘ regional commerce ⓘ
westernTerminus	Seattle, Washington ⓘ linked to: Seattle, Washington, United States Tacoma, Washington ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Western Montana → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 10 (historic) ⓘ

subject linked to: western Montana

U.S. Numbered Highways in Washington → hasRoute → U.S. Route 10 in Washington ⓘ