U.S. Route 70

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U.S. Numbered Highway east–west highway

U.S. Route 70 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Arizona to North Carolina, serving as an important transportation corridor across the southern part of the country.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Route 70A (in some states)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Numbered Highway ⓘ east–west highway ⓘ
connects	Arizona ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
direction	east–west ⓘ
easternTerminus	Atlantic, North Carolina ⓘ
established	1926 ⓘ
function	facilitates interstate commerce ⓘ provides access to military installations (in some areas) ⓘ supports regional tourism ⓘ
generalOrientation	west-to-east ⓘ
hasAlternateRoutes	U.S. Route 70 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Route 70A (in some states)
maintainedBy	state departments of transportation ⓘ
numberingConvention	even-numbered U.S. Highway ⓘ
overlapsWith	Interstate 10 ⓘ surface form: Interstate 10 (in some segments) Interstate 40 (in some segments) NERFINISHED ⓘ other U.S. Highways (in some segments) ⓘ
partOf	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
passesNear	Alamogordo ⓘ surface form: Alamogordo, New Mexico Ardmore, Oklahoma ⓘ Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ Durham, North Carolina ⓘ Goldsboro, North Carolina ⓘ Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ New Bern ⓘ surface form: New Bern, North Carolina Raleigh ⓘ surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina Vernon, Texas ⓘ
passesThrough	Arizona ⓘ Arkansas ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ Texas ⓘ
region	Southern United States ⓘ
role	major transportation corridor ⓘ regional connector ⓘ
serves	regional trade routes ⓘ rural communities ⓘ small cities ⓘ
traverses	Appalachian region ⓘ desert regions ⓘ plains ⓘ
westernTerminus	Globe, Arizona ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

U.S. Route 70 → hasAlternateRoutes → U.S. Route 70 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 70A (in some states)

Durham County, North Carolina → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 70 ⓘ

Orange County, North Carolina → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 70 ⓘ

Raleigh–Durham area → hasTransportationInfrastructure → U.S. Route 70 ⓘ

eastern New Mexico → transportInfrastructure → U.S. Route 70 ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern New Mexico