U.S. Route 50

E2877

U.S. Highway transcontinental highway

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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Route 50 in Nevada	2
U.S. Highway 50	1
U.S. Route 50 (nearby)	1
U.S. Route 50 (regionally)	1
U.S. Route 50 in Douglas County, Nevada	1
U.S. Route 50 over Echo Summit	1
U.S. Route 50 through central Nevada	1

Statements (52)

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

Referenced by (31)

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

The Loneliest Road in America → appliesTo → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

Prince George’s County, Maryland → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

Pueblo County, Colorado → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

Sacramento County → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

Sierra Nevada transportation corridor → hasPart → 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 ⓘ

California–Nevada border → hasTransportationCrossing → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

Fair Oaks, California → hasTransportationLink → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 (nearby)

The Loneliest Road in America → highwayNumber → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

United States Numbered Highway System → includes → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

City of Fairfax, Virginia (independent city, county seat location) → majorRoad → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

subject surface form: City of Fairfax, Virginia

The Loneliest Road in America → nicknameOf → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 through central Nevada

Interstate 395 → northernTerminusJunctionWith → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

Pueblo, Colorado, United States → transportation → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

City of Fairfax → traversedBy → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

Sierra Nevada passes → traversedBy → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

California State Route 28 → westernTerminus → U.S. Route 50 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 50 in Douglas County, Nevada