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United States Numbered Highway System

highway system of the United States of America
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United States Numbered Highway System
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United States Numbered Highway System

Summary

United States Numbered Highway System is a highway system[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of highway_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,042 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • United States Numbered Highway System is in the country of United States[3].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's instance of is recorded as highway system[4].
  • United States Numbered Highway System is a type of numbered highways in the United States[5].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's Commons category is recorded as United States Numbered Highway System[6].
  • United States Numbered Highway System began on November 11, 1926[7].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United States Numbered Highway System[8].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as network=US:US[9].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's different from is recorded as Historic U.S. Routes[10].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+157724'}[11].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's has list is recorded as list of United States Numbered Highways[12].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's exact match is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/resource/United_States_Numbered_Highway_System[13].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's road number formatter is recorded as US $1[14].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's road number formatter is recorded as US-$1[15].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's road name formatter is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'U.S. Route $1'}[16].
  • United States Numbered Highway System's road name formatter is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'U.S. Highway $1'}[17].

Body

Geography

United States Numbered Highway System is in the country of United States[3].

Physical Characteristics

United States Numbered Highway System's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+157724'}[11].

Designation and Status

United States Numbered Highway System's instance of is recorded as highway system[4].

Why It Matters

United States Numbered Highway System ranks in the top 2% of highway_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,042 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United States U.S. Route 66

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). United States Numbered Highway System. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/united-states-numbered-highway-system
MLA “United States Numbered Highway System.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/united-states-numbered-highway-system.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_united-states-numbered-highway-system_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{United States Numbered Highway System}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/united-states-numbered-highway-system}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4d ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:United States Numbered Highway System
    Country → United States
    Instance of → highway system
    Country → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8168]]: Q1792430, adds FactGrid ID"
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