Lincoln Highway
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The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental automobile roads in the United States, stretching from New York to San Francisco and pioneering long-distance highway travel.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173896 — 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: Lincoln Highway Context triple: [United States Numbered Highway System, precededBy, Lincoln Highway]
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A.
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
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B.
U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.
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C.
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
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D.
Old U.S. Route 40
Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
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E.
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is a major east–west transcontinental highway in the United States that stretches from California to North Carolina, passing through several key cities and states.
- 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: Lincoln Highway Target entity description: The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental automobile roads in the United States, stretching from New York to San Francisco and pioneering long-distance highway travel.
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A.
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
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B.
U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.
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C.
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
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D.
Old U.S. Route 40
Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
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E.
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is a major east–west transcontinental highway in the United States that stretches from California to North Carolina, passing through several key cities and states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
auto trail
ⓘ
historic highway ⓘ transcontinental highway ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| endCity | San Francisco ⓘ |
| endPoint | Lincoln Park ⓘ |
| endState |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | historic byway (various state designations) ⓘ |
| hasOrganization | Lincoln Highway Association ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Lincoln Highway
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Illinois
Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Iowa
Lincoln Highway in Nebraska ⓘ Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Nevada
Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway in New Jersey
Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania
Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Utah
Lincoln Highway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Wyoming
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| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| influenced |
United States Numbered Highway System
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Numbered Highway System
development of roadside services ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Lincoln Highway
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Highway Association
|
| namedAfter | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
connected Atlantic and Pacific coasts
ⓘ
first coast-to-coast highway for automobiles in the United States ⓘ |
| opened | 1913 ⓘ |
| originalLength | approximately 3389 miles ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Illinois
ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Nevada ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
Ohio ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| pioneerOf |
long-distance automobile travel
ⓘ
transcontinental highway travel ⓘ |
| routeType | auto trail ⓘ |
| startCity | New York City ⓘ |
| startPoint | Times Square ⓘ |
| startState | New York ⓘ |
| status |
historic route
ⓘ
partly replaced by U.S. Highway System ⓘ |
| terminusCityEast | New York City ⓘ |
| terminusCityWest | San Francisco ⓘ |
| usedBy | automobiles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lincoln Highway Description of subject: The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental automobile roads in the United States, stretching from New York to San Francisco and pioneering long-distance highway travel.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway (in several segments)
this entity surface form:
historic Lincoln Highway alignment
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway Association
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in New Jersey
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Illinois
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Iowa
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Wyoming
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Utah
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Nevada
this entity surface form:
U.S. historic Lincoln Highway route
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Highway in Illinois