N3 highway

E389065

highway national route road transport corridor

The N3 highway is a major South African national route that connects Johannesburg and Durban, serving as a key freight and passenger corridor between the inland economic hub and the east coast.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
N3 freeway	5
N3 highway canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3224811 — 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: N3 highway
Context triple: [Jukskei River, crosses, N3 highway]

A. N14 highway
The N14 highway is a major South African national route connecting Pretoria and Johannesburg with the North West and Northern Cape provinces.
B. A3 highway
The A3 highway is a major roadway in Zimbabwe that serves as a key transport route linking the city of Mutare with other important regions and border crossings.
C. M-3 highway
The M-3 highway is a major Russian federal road that connects Moscow with the southwestern regions of the country and onward toward the border with Ukraine.
D. M-7 highway
The M-7 highway is a major federal road in Russia that connects Moscow with key cities in the Volga region and further toward the Ural area, serving as an important eastward transport corridor.
E. N1 highway
The N1 highway is a major national route in South Africa that runs roughly north–south, linking Cape Town with Johannesburg, Pretoria, and the Zimbabwean border.
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: N3 highway
Target entity description: The N3 highway is a major South African national route that connects Johannesburg and Durban, serving as a key freight and passenger corridor between the inland economic hub and the east coast.

A. N14 highway
The N14 highway is a major South African national route connecting Pretoria and Johannesburg with the North West and Northern Cape provinces.
B. A3 highway
The A3 highway is a major roadway in Zimbabwe that serves as a key transport route linking the city of Mutare with other important regions and border crossings.
C. M-3 highway
The M-3 highway is a major Russian federal road that connects Moscow with the southwestern regions of the country and onward toward the border with Ukraine.
D. M-7 highway
The M-7 highway is a major federal road in Russia that connects Moscow with key cities in the Volga region and further toward the Ural area, serving as an important eastward transport corridor.
E. N1 highway
The N1 highway is a major national route in South Africa that runs roughly north–south, linking Cape Town with Johannesburg, Pretoria, and the Zimbabwean border.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway ⓘ national route ⓘ road transport corridor ⓘ
abbreviation	N3 ⓘ
connects	Durban ⓘ Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg
connectsTo	Durban ⓘ surface form: Durban metropolitan area Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg metropolitan area N1 highway ⓘ N2 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
economicRole	key trade route between Gauteng and Durban port ⓘ
hasDirectionA	northwest ⓘ
hasDirectionB	southeast ⓘ
hasFunction	supports movement of goods between interior and coast ⓘ supports tourism travel between Johannesburg and Durban ⓘ
hasLaneConfiguration	multi-lane in urban sections ⓘ
hasTollSections	yes ⓘ
hasTraffic	heavy truck traffic ⓘ high passenger vehicle volumes ⓘ
importance	one of South Africa’s busiest freight routes ⓘ
isPartOf	national freight logistics network ⓘ
links	east coast port city of Durban ⓘ inland economic hub of Johannesburg ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern South Africa ⓘ
maintainedBy	South African National Roads Agency Limited ⓘ
partOf	South African National Route network ⓘ
passesThrough	Free State ⓘ Gauteng ⓘ KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
regionServed	Free State ⓘ surface form: Free State province Gauteng ⓘ surface form: Gauteng province KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ surface form: KwaZulu-Natal province
roadType	paved dual carriageway on most sections ⓘ
routeNumber	N3 ⓘ
servesAs	freight corridor ⓘ passenger corridor ⓘ
servesPort	Port of Durban ⓘ
supportsIndustry	agricultural exports via Durban ⓘ automotive exports via Durban ⓘ manufacturing in Gauteng ⓘ
terminusA	Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg
terminusB	Durban ⓘ
transportMode	road ⓘ
usedFor	intercity bus transport ⓘ long-distance trucking ⓘ private motor vehicle travel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited