Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas

E941175

Interstate Highway segment

Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas is a major north–south highway that serves as a primary transportation corridor through the city, carrying heavy commuter and freight traffic and effectively dividing east and west Austin.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Interstate 35 in Austin	4
Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas canonical	2
Interstate 35 in Austin region	1
Interstate 35 in Georgetown, Texas	1
Interstate 35 near Georgetown, Texas	1
served by Interstate 35	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11696639 — 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 35 in Austin, Texas
Context triple: [U.S. Route 183, overlapsWith, Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas]

A. Interstate 37 near San Antonio
Interstate 37 near San Antonio is a major Texas freeway connecting San Antonio to Corpus Christi, serving as a key route for regional travel and commerce in South Texas.
B. Interstate 35W (Texas)
Interstate 35W (Texas) is a major north–south auxiliary interstate highway that branches from I-35 to serve the Fort Worth area in North Texas.
C. Interstate 69W in Texas
Interstate 69W in Texas is a short Interstate highway spur in Laredo that connects the U.S.–Mexico border to the Interstate 35 corridor as part of the planned I-69 system.
D. Interstate 69E in Texas
Interstate 69E in Texas is a developing north–south Interstate corridor in South Texas that connects the Rio Grande Valley toward Corpus Christi as part of the planned I-69 system.
E. Interstate 10 in Kent, Texas
Interstate 10 in Kent, Texas is a rural segment of the transcontinental Interstate 10 highway in western Texas, serving as a key junction and transition point between major east–west routes.
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 35 in Austin, Texas
Target entity description: Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas is a major north–south highway that serves as a primary transportation corridor through the city, carrying heavy commuter and freight traffic and effectively dividing east and west Austin.

A. Interstate 37 near San Antonio
Interstate 37 near San Antonio is a major Texas freeway connecting San Antonio to Corpus Christi, serving as a key route for regional travel and commerce in South Texas.
B. Interstate 35W (Texas)
Interstate 35W (Texas) is a major north–south auxiliary interstate highway that branches from I-35 to serve the Fort Worth area in North Texas.
C. Interstate 69W in Texas
Interstate 69W in Texas is a short Interstate highway spur in Laredo that connects the U.S.–Mexico border to the Interstate 35 corridor as part of the planned I-69 system.
D. Interstate 69E in Texas
Interstate 69E in Texas is a developing north–south Interstate corridor in South Texas that connects the Rio Grande Valley toward Corpus Christi as part of the planned I-69 system.
E. Interstate 10 in Kent, Texas
Interstate 10 in Kent, Texas is a rural segment of the transcontinental Interstate 10 highway in western Texas, serving as a key junction and transition point between major east–west routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Interstate Highway segment ⓘ
bridgeNameAtRiverCrossing	Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge area vicinity ⓘ
carries	commuter traffic ⓘ freight traffic ⓘ
connectsTo	Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway) via connecting routes ⓘ Texas State Highway 130 via connecting interchanges ⓘ Texas State Highway 45 in Austin area ⓘ Texas State Highway 71 in Austin ⓘ linked to: Texas State Highway 71 U.S. Route 183 in Austin ⓘ U.S. Route 290 in Austin ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crosses	Colorado River in Austin ⓘ linked to: Colorado River (Texas)
direction	north–south ⓘ
environmentalImpact	air pollution from vehicle emissions ⓘ
frontageRoadConfiguration	one-way frontage roads ⓘ
function	primary transportation corridor through Austin ⓘ
hasFrontageRoads	yes ⓘ
hasHOVLanes	no continuous HOV lanes in central Austin segment ⓘ
hasProject	I-35 Capital Express Central project (planned reconstruction and expansion) ⓘ
hasTollLanes	no ⓘ
knownFor	frequent crashes ⓘ heavy congestion ⓘ high traffic volumes ⓘ
laneCountUrbanCore	typically 3–4 lanes each direction ⓘ
locatedIn	Austin, Texas ⓘ linked to: Austin Texas ⓘ Travis County, Texas ⓘ
maintainedBy	Texas Department of Transportation ⓘ
majorInterchange	I-35 and Ben White Boulevard (SH 71/US 290) interchange ⓘ linked to: I-35 and U.S. 290 East interchange I-35 and U.S. 183 interchange ⓘ I-35 and U.S. 290 East interchange ⓘ
noiseImpact	traffic noise affecting adjacent neighborhoods ⓘ
opened	1960s ⓘ
parallelTo	Airport Boulevard in parts of Austin ⓘ MoPac Expressway as alternative north–south route ⓘ
partOf	Interstate 35 ⓘ
passesNear	Austin–Bergstrom International Airport via connecting highways ⓘ Texas State Capitol ⓘ University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
passesThrough	Downtown Austin ⓘ linked to: downtown Austin
passesThroughNeighborhood	North Loop area ⓘ Riverside area ⓘ South Austin ⓘ St. Johns area ⓘ
replaced	U.S. Highway 81 through Austin ⓘ linked to: U.S. Route 81 in Texas
roleInCity	physical and socioeconomic divider between East and West Austin ⓘ
separates	East Austin ⓘ West Austin ⓘ linked to: west Austin, Texas
speedLimitUrbanSegments	typically 55–65 mph ⓘ

How these facts were elicited