United States Numbered Highway System

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highway system road network

The United States Numbered Highway System is a nationwide network of primary and auxiliary highways established in 1926 to standardize and organize major intercity road travel across the country.

Aliases (15)

U.S. Highway System ×12
U.S. Numbered Highway System ×9
U.S. Highway ×2
United States highway network ×2
National Auto Trail system ×1
U.S. Highway System in Georgia ×1
U.S. Highway numbering system ×1
U.S. Numbered Highway System in California ×1
U.S. Numbered Highways ×1
U.S. Routes ×1
U.S. Routes in Washington ×1
U.S. highway network ×1
U.S. highways ×1
United States Numbered Highway System (overall road network) ×1
United States Numbered Highway System in Kentucky ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway system → road network →
abbreviation	AASHTO →
alsoKnownAs	U.S. Highway System → U.S. Numbered Highway System → U.S. Routes →
auxiliaryRoutePattern	three-digit numbers branch from parent two-digit routes →
coordinatedBy	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials →
country	United States →
designAuthority	AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering →
distinctFrom	Interstate Highway System → United States Numbered Bicycle Route System →
established	1926 →
extendsInto	Alaska via connecting routes → Canada via border connections →
geographicCoverage	contiguous United States →
governingDocument	AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy →
hasComponent	primary U.S. Routes → three-digit auxiliary U.S. Routes →
includes	U.S. Route 1 → U.S. Route 101 → U.S. Route 2 → U.S. Route 20 → U.S. Route 30 → U.S. Route 41 → U.S. Route 50 → U.S. Route 6 → U.S. Route 61 → U.S. Route 66 → U.S. Route 90 → U.S. Route 95 →
maintainedBy	local governments → state governments →
networkType	auxiliary highways → primary highways →
numberingPattern	even numbers generally run east–west → major north–south routes often end in 1 → major transcontinental routes often end in 0 → odd numbers generally run north–south →
originallyApprovedBy	Secretary of Agriculture →
precededBy	Dixie Highway → Lincoln Highway →
purpose	organize nationwide highway numbering → standardize major intercity road travel →
replaced	named auto trails system →
scope	nationwide →
signBackgroundColor	black →
signShape	white shield →
signTextColor	black →
trafficFunction	intercity travel → regional connectivity →

Referenced by (99)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
14th Street Bridge complex ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") → Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") → Bear Mountain Bridge ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") → Dixie Highway ("National Auto Trail system") → Hollywood Freeway → Mark Twain Memorial Bridge ("U.S. Highway System") → Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge ("U.S. Highway System") → Old U.S. Route 40 → U.S. Route 1 → U.S. Route 1/9 ("U.S. Highway System") → U.S. Route 15 → U.S. Route 19 → U.S. Route 1A (Maine) ("U.S. Highway System") → U.S. Route 2 → U.S. Route 20 → U.S. Route 201 → U.S. Route 206 → U.S. Route 29 Business (Madison, Virginia) ("U.S. Highway System") → U.S. Route 29 Business (Warrenton) ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") → U.S. Route 30 → U.S. Route 34 → U.S. Route 395 → U.S. Route 41 → U.S. Route 46 → U.S. Route 460 → U.S. Route 50 → U.S. Route 501 → U.S. Route 61 → U.S. Route 66 → U.S. Route 69 → U.S. Route 7 → U.S. Route 70 → U.S. Route 71 ("U.S. highway network") → U.S. Route 75 → U.S. Route 9 → U.S. Route 90 → U.S. Route 98 in Okaloosa County, Florida → U.S. Route 9W ("U.S. Highway System") → US 9W ("U.S. Highway System") →	partOf
U.S. Route 1 (Massachusetts) → U.S. Route 101 → U.S. Route 19 in Thomaston → U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine → U.S. Route 202 → U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine → U.S. Route 206 ("U.S. Highway System") → U.S. Route 231 in Panama City → U.S. Route 231 near Cottondale → U.S. Route 27 Alternate → U.S. Route 29 → U.S. Route 29 Business (Charlottesville) → U.S. Route 29 Business (Lovingston) → U.S. Route 29 Business (Lynchburg) → U.S. Route 3 in Lexington, Massachusetts → U.S. Route 30 ("U.S. Numbered Highways") → U.S. Route 301 in Florida → U.S. Route 341 in Peach County → U.S. Route 41 in Perry → U.S. Route 6 → U.S. Route 71 → U.S. Route 90 in Florida → U.S. Route 93 (historically) → U.S. Route 98 in Bay County, Florida → U.S. Route 98 in Walton County, Florida →	highwaySystem
Mid-Cape Highway → U.S. Route 29 Business in Danville → U.S. Route 319 in Tallahassee → U.S. Route 50 Business (Pueblo, Colorado) → US-2 eastbound →	partOfNetwork
United States Numbered Highway System ("U.S. Highway System") → United States Numbered Highway System ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") → United States Numbered Highway System ("U.S. Routes") →	alsoKnownAs
Brownsville–Matamoros crossing ("United States highway network") → California state highway system ("U.S. Numbered Highway System in California") →	connects
Interstate Highway System ("United States Numbered Highway System (overall road network)") → U.S. Route 1A (Maine) →	isSubsetOf
Georgia State Route System ("U.S. Highway System in Georgia") → Kentucky state highway system ("United States Numbered Highway System in Kentucky") →	overlapsWith
Hancock, Iowa → McClelland, Iowa →	roadSystem
AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy →	appliesTo
U.S. Route 98 in Santa Rosa County, Florida →	belongsToSystem
Inter-American Highway ("United States highway network") →	connectsWith
Interstate Highway System ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") →	distinguishedFrom
United States transportation system ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") →	hasComponent
U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine ("U.S. Highway") →	highwayType
Lincoln Highway ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") →	influenced
U.S. Route 61 ("U.S. Highway numbering system") →	namedAfter
U.S. Route 29 Business in Culpeper →	network
Washington State Department of Transportation ("U.S. Routes in Washington") →	oversees
U.S. Route 280 →	partOfHighwaySystem
Tobin Bridge ("U.S. Highway System") →	partOfRoute
United States Numbered Bicycle Route System →	relatedTo
AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering ("U.S. Numbered Highway System") →	responsibleFor
Plymouth County, Iowa ("U.S. highways") →	roadNetworkIncludes
U.S. Route 71 ("U.S. Highway") →	routeType
Dixie Highway ("U.S. Highway System") →	succeededBy
U.S. Route 2 in Maine →	system
AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering ("U.S. Highway System") →	topic