Interstate 78

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Interstate Highway

Interstate 78 is a major east–west highway in the northeastern United States that connects the New York City metropolitan area with Pennsylvania and points west.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Interstate 78 canonical	14
Interstate 78 in New Jersey	2
I-78	1
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1127768 — 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: Interstate 78
Context triple: [Newark, New Jersey, traversedBy, Interstate 78]

A. Interstate 287
Interstate 287 is a beltway and bypass route around the New York City metropolitan area, running through parts of New Jersey and New York and connecting several major interstate highways.
B. Interstate 87
Interstate 87 is a major U.S. highway that serves as a key north–south transportation route, notably connecting parts of North Carolina and New York.
C. Interstate 87
Interstate 87 is a major north–south highway in New York State that connects New York City to the Canadian border, serving key regions such as the Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks.
D. Interstate 695
Interstate 695 is a beltway highway encircling Baltimore, Maryland, commonly known as the Baltimore Beltway.
E. Interstate 83
Interstate 83 is a major north–south U.S. highway connecting the Baltimore, Maryland area with Harrisburg and other communities in south-central Pennsylvania.
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: Interstate 78
Target entity description: Interstate 78 is a major east–west highway in the northeastern United States that connects the New York City metropolitan area with Pennsylvania and points west.

A. Interstate 287
Interstate 287 is a beltway and bypass route around the New York City metropolitan area, running through parts of New Jersey and New York and connecting several major interstate highways.
B. Interstate 87
Interstate 87 is a major north–south highway in New York State that connects New York City to the Canadian border, serving key regions such as the Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks.
C. Interstate 87
Interstate 87 is a major U.S. highway that serves as a key north–south transportation route, notably connecting parts of North Carolina and New York.
D. Interstate 695
Interstate 695 is a beltway highway encircling Baltimore, Maryland, commonly known as the Baltimore Beltway.
E. Interstate 83
Interstate 83 is a major north–south U.S. highway connecting the Baltimore, Maryland area with Harrisburg and other communities in south-central Pennsylvania.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Interstate Highway ⓘ
completed	1980s ⓘ
connectsRegion	New York City area with Pennsylvania and points west ⓘ
connectsTo	Garden State Parkway NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 278 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 280 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 287 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 476 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 476 (Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension) NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 95 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike mainline) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey Route 24 NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey Route 440 NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey Turnpike NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 22 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ
direction	east–west ⓘ
easternTerminus	Holland Tunnel in Lower Manhattan, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLaneConfiguration	varies from four to twelve lanes ⓘ
hasTollSection	Holland Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
highwayNumber	78 ⓘ
highwaySystem	Interstate Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	New Jersey Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedInPart	1950s ⓘ
parallelTo	U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	primary freight corridor between New York City and the Midwest ⓘ
passesNear	Newark Liberty International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Allentown, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Easton, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Essex County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Lehigh Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerset County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Union County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
serves	Jersey City, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Newark, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ
westernTerminus	Interstate 81 near Union Township, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Newark, New Jersey, United States → traversedBy → Interstate 78 ⓘ

subject surface form: Newark, New Jersey

Newark → traversedBy → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Garden State Parkway → connectsTo → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Bedminster, New Jersey → crossedBy → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Watchung Mountains → crossedBy → Interstate 78 ⓘ

U.S. Route 1/9 → hasJunctionWith → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Somerset County, New Jersey → servedByHighway → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Interstate 287 → connectsWith → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Interstate 81 → connectsTo → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Murray Hill, New Jersey → locatedNear → Interstate 78 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interstate 78 in New Jersey

Interstate Highways in Pennsylvania → hasComponent → Interstate 78 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Route 100 → connectsTo → Interstate 78 ⓘ

New Jersey Route 24 → easternTerminus → Interstate 78 ⓘ

this entity surface form: I-78

New Jersey Route 24 → connectsTo → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Interstate 287 (nearby) → connectsTo → Interstate 78 ⓘ

subject surface form: Interstate 287

Union Township, Union County, New Jersey → transportationAccess → Interstate 78 ⓘ

Somerset County → servedBy → Interstate 78 ⓘ

subject surface form: Somerset County, New Jersey

Interstate Highways in New Jersey → hasComponent → Interstate 78 ⓘ