U.S. Route 6

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U.S. Numbered Highway transcontinental highway

U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.

Aliases (5)

US 6 ×2
U.S. Route 6 (nearby/through southern area context) ×1
U.S. Route 6 in California ×1
U.S. Route 6 mainline ×1
US Route 6 ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Numbered Highway → transcontinental highway →
abbreviation	U.S. 6 NERFINISHED → US 6 →
country	United States →
crosses	Great Plains → Midwest → New England → Rocky Mountains →
easternTerminus	Provincetown, Massachusetts →
established	1926 →
formerName	Roosevelt Highway →
hasJunctionWith	Interstate Highway System at multiple locations → U.S. Route 1 → U.S. Route 20 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 66 (historically) →
highwaySystem	United States Numbered Highway System →
historicalEasternTerminus	Brewster, New York NERFINISHED → Cape Cod, Massachusetts →
historicalWesternTerminus	Long Beach, California →
lengthRanking	one of the longest U.S. highways →
maintainedBy	state departments of transportation →
namedAfter	Theodore Roosevelt →
parallelTo	Interstate 80 in several states →
partOf	national east–west highway network of the United States →
passesThrough	California → Cleveland metropolitan area → Colorado → Connecticut → Denver metropolitan area → Des Moines metropolitan area → Illinois → Indiana → Iowa → Los Angeles metropolitan area → Massachusetts → Nebraska → Nevada → New York → Ohio → Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area → Pennsylvania → Rhode Island → Utah →
roadType	arterial highway → surface road →
routeNumber	6 →
terminusRegion	Cape Cod →
westernTerminus	Bishop, California →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bear Mountain Bridge → Sagamore Bridge →	carries
Orange County, New York → Pottawattamie County, Iowa →	hasMajorHighway
Lower Cape → Sandwich, Massachusetts →	hasTransportation
Putnam County → Town of Southeast →	traversedBy
U.S. Route 6 ("US 6") →	abbreviation
Sagamore Bridge →	approachRoad
Elko County ("U.S. Route 6 (nearby/through southern area context)") →	hasHighway
Interstate 480 ("US Route 6") →	hasJunction
NY 202 ("US 6") →	hasJunctionWith
Upper Cape →	hasTransportationRoute
Johnson County, Iowa →	hasU.S.Highway
United States Numbered Highway System →	includes
Wellfleet →	locatedOn
District 9 ("U.S. Route 6 in California") →	maintainsRoute
Mid-Cape Highway ("U.S. Route 6 mainline") →	roadNumberCarried
Truro →	transportationAccess