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.

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All labels observed (34)

Label	Occurrences
United States Numbered Highway System canonical	504
U.S. Highway System	38
U.S. Numbered Highway System	12
U.S. highways	10
U.S. Highway	2
U.S. Highway network	2
U.S. Highway numbering system	2
U.S. Numbered Highways	2
U.S. Routes	2
U.S. highway network	2
United States Numbered Highways	2
United States highway network	2
United States highway system	2
1926 United States Numbered Highway System	1
Business routes of U.S. Highways	1
National Auto Trail system	1
U.S. Highway System in Georgia	1
U.S. Numbered Highway System in Arizona	1
U.S. Numbered Highway System in California	1
U.S. Numbered Highway System in New York	1
U.S. Numbered Highway System routes	1
U.S. Numbered Highway network	1
U.S. Numbered Highways (U.S. Routes)	1
U.S. Routes in Washington	1
U.S. numbered highways	1
U.S. state highway network	1
United States Numbered Highway	1
United States Numbered Highway System (overall road network)	1
United States Numbered Highway System in Kentucky	1
United States Numbered Highway network	1
United States Numbered Highway network (via U.S. Route 31 concurrency)	1
United States Numbered Highways 300–399	1
United States highways	1
United States road network	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway system ⓘ road network ⓘ
abbreviation	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ⓘ surface form: AASHTO
alsoKnownAs	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ surface form: U.S. Highway System United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Pacific Coast Highway ⓘ surface form: 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	United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ surface form: 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 (603)

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

U.S. Route 1 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 71 (nearby) → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Route 71

U.S. Route 71 (nearby) → routeType → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Route 71

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 71 (nearby) → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Route 71

this entity surface form: U.S. highway network

U.S. Route 90 in Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 2 in Maine → system → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 101 (nearby) → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Route 101

U.S. Route 9 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

14th Street Bridge complex → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System

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

United States Numbered Highway System → alsoKnownAs → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway System

United States Numbered Highway System → alsoKnownAs → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System

United States Numbered Highway System → alsoKnownAs → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Routes

Georgia State Route System → overlapsWith → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway System in Georgia

U.S. Route 98 in Santa Rosa County, Florida → belongsToSystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine → highwayType → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway

U.S. Route 98 in Okaloosa County, Florida → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

Bear Mountain Bridge → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System

U.S. Route 98 in Walton County, Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 98 in Bay County, Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

Washington State Department of Transportation → oversees → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Routes in Washington

Tobin Bridge → partOfRoute → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway System

Interstate Highway System → isSubsetOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Numbered Highway System (overall road network)

Interstate Highway System → distinguishedFrom → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System

Inter-American Highway → connectsWith → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States highway network

U.S. Route 3 in Lexington, Massachusetts → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 75 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering → responsibleFor → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System

AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering → topic → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway System

United States Numbered Bicycle Route System → relatedTo → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy → appliesTo → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 29 → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 206 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 206 → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway System

Plymouth County, Iowa → roadNetworkIncludes → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. highways

Hancock, Iowa → roadSystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

McClelland, Iowa → roadSystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 231 near Cottondale → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

US-2 eastbound → partOfNetwork → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 301 in Florida → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 319 in Tallahassee → partOfNetwork → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 27 Alternate → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 90 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Numbered Highway System

U.S. Route 2 → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

Mark Twain Memorial Bridge → partOf → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Highway System

U.S. Route 93 (historically) → highwaySystem → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ

U.S. Route 29 Business in Danville → partOfNetwork → United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ