U.S. Route 50

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Highway
transcontinental highway
approximateLength over 3000 miles
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossesMountainRange Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
crossesRiver Mississippi River
Missouri River
Ohio River
designation U.S. Route 50 self-linksurface differs
surface form: U.S. Highway 50
direction east–west
easternTerminus Ocean City, Maryland
establishedInYear 1926
hasNickname The Loneliest Road in America
maintainedBy state departments of transportation
nicknameAppliesIn Nevada
partOf United States Numbered Highway System
passesThroughCity Annapolis
surface form: Annapolis, Maryland

Athens, Ohio
Carson City
surface form: Carson City, Nevada

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio

Clarksburg, West Virginia
Dodge City, Kansas
Ely, Nevada
Emporia, Kansas
Fairfax, Virginia
Fallon, Nevada
Garden City, Kansas
Grand Junction, Colorado
Jefferson City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri

Parkersburg, West Virginia
Pueblo, Colorado, United States
surface form: Pueblo, Colorado

Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California

St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri

Washington, D.C.
Winchester, Virginia
stateTraversed California, United States
surface form: California

Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Maryland
Missouri
Nevada
Ohio
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
terminusCity Ocean City, Maryland
Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California
westernTerminus Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California

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this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 in Nevada
U.S. Route 50 designation U.S. Route 50 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: U.S. Highway 50
Arlington, Virginia hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 50
Sacramento County hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 50
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 over Echo Summit
Northern Virginia hasTransportation U.S. Route 50
Zephyr Cove hasTransportation U.S. Route 50
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 (nearby)
Nevada Scenic Byway includesRoute U.S. Route 50
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 in Nevada
Interstate 66 junctionWith U.S. Route 50
subject surface form: City of Fairfax, Virginia
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 through central Nevada
California State Route 88 parallelTo U.S. Route 50
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 (regionally)
Merrifield roadAccess U.S. Route 50
Courthouse neighborhood roadAccessVia U.S. Route 50
Memorial Bridge roadCarried U.S. Route 50
Seven Corners roadJunctionIncludes U.S. Route 50
Sacramento roadNetwork U.S. Route 50
Chantilly roadNetworkFeature U.S. Route 50
subject surface form: Chantilly, Virginia
Landover, Maryland servedBy U.S. Route 50
South Lake Tahoe transportConnection U.S. Route 50
City of Fairfax traversedBy U.S. Route 50
Sierra Nevada passes traversedBy U.S. Route 50
this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 in Douglas County, Nevada