Tioga Road corridor

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scenic road corridor transportation corridor

The Tioga Road corridor is a high-elevation scenic route through Yosemite National Park, known for its alpine meadows, granite peaks, and access to the park’s eastern high country.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tioga Road	10
Tioga Pass Road corridor	1
Tioga Road corridor canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T953110 — 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: Tioga Road corridor
Context triple: [Dana Meadows, partOf, Tioga Road corridor]

A. Hutchinson River Parkway
Hutchinson River Parkway is a historic, limited-access scenic roadway in southern New York that serves as a major commuter route through Westchester County into the New York City area.
B. Northern State Parkway
Northern State Parkway is a major limited-access highway on Long Island, New York, that serves as a key east–west commuter route through Nassau and western Suffolk counties.
C. Whitney Portal Road
Whitney Portal Road is a scenic mountain road in California that climbs from the Owens Valley to the trailhead and campground area at the base of Mount Whitney.
D. Dike Road
Dike Road is a local access route that leads to and provides entry to the coastal Poucha Pond area.
E. Taconic State Parkway
Taconic State Parkway is a scenic, limited-access highway in eastern New York known for connecting the New York City region with the Hudson Valley and Capital District through rural and parkland areas.
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: Tioga Road corridor
Target entity description: The Tioga Road corridor is a high-elevation scenic route through Yosemite National Park, known for its alpine meadows, granite peaks, and access to the park’s eastern high country.

A. Hutchinson River Parkway
Hutchinson River Parkway is a historic, limited-access scenic roadway in southern New York that serves as a major commuter route through Westchester County into the New York City area.
B. Northern State Parkway
Northern State Parkway is a major limited-access highway on Long Island, New York, that serves as a key east–west commuter route through Nassau and western Suffolk counties.
C. Whitney Portal Road
Whitney Portal Road is a scenic mountain road in California that climbs from the Owens Valley to the trailhead and campground area at the base of Mount Whitney.
D. Dike Road
Dike Road is a local access route that leads to and provides entry to the coastal Poucha Pond area.
E. Taconic State Parkway
Taconic State Parkway is a scenic, limited-access highway in eastern New York known for connecting the New York City region with the Hudson Valley and Capital District through rural and parkland areas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	scenic road corridor ⓘ transportation corridor ⓘ
accessPointFor	John Muir Trail vicinity ⓘ Pacific Crest Trail segments nearby ⓘ backcountry trailheads ⓘ
easternTerminusNear	Lee Vining ⓘ
environmentType	high-elevation montane and alpine environment ⓘ
givesAccessTo	Olmsted Point ⓘ Tenaya Lake ⓘ Tuolumne Meadows ⓘ Tioga Pass corridor (eastern approach to Yosemite) ⓘ surface form: Yosemite’s eastern entrance
hasFeature	picnic areas ⓘ roadside viewpoints ⓘ trailhead parking areas ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Tioga Pass ⓘ
hasViewOf	Cathedral Range ⓘ Sierra Nevada granite domes ⓘ
knownFor	access to Yosemite high country ⓘ alpine meadows ⓘ granite peaks ⓘ high-elevation scenery ⓘ views of subalpine and alpine landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yosemite National Park ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
maximumElevation	about 3031 meters ⓘ about 9945 feet ⓘ
near	Saddlebag Lake area ⓘ Tioga Lake ⓘ
partOf	California State Route 120 ⓘ Tioga Road corridor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tioga Road
passesThrough	alpine meadow ecosystems ⓘ subalpine forest ⓘ
popularFor	hiking access ⓘ photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ wildflower viewing ⓘ
roadType	paved two-lane highway ⓘ
seasonalStatus	typically closed in winter due to snow ⓘ typically open late spring through fall ⓘ
subjectTo	short growing season for vegetation ⓘ snow and ice hazards ⓘ
traverses	Sierra Nevada ⓘ
usedFor	east–west trans-Sierra travel in Yosemite ⓘ
westernApproachFrom	Crane Flat ⓘ
withinProtectedArea	Yosemite Wilderness ⓘ surface form: Yosemite Wilderness vicinity

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