highway

public road intended for rapid movement of motor vehicles between major towns
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highway

Summary

highway is a road type[1]. highway ranks in the top 10% of road_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,830 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • highway's instance of is recorded as road type[3].
  • highway is a type of road[4].
  • highway is a type of public facility[5].
  • highway's Commons category is recorded as Highways[6].
  • highway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Highways[7].
  • highway's Commons gallery is recorded as Highway[8].
  • highway's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • highway's partially coincident with is recorded as primary road[10].
  • highway's partially coincident with is recorded as trunk road[11].
  • highway's different from is recorded as Highway[12].
  • highway's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of highways facing traffic[13].
  • highway's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of highways in direction of travel[14].

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Definition and Type

highway's instance of is recorded as road type[3]. Recorded subclass of include road[4] and public facility[5].

Why It Matters

highway ranks in the top 10% of road_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,830 views/month).[2] highway has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] highway is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). highway. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/highway-q269949
MLA “highway.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/highway-q269949.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_highway-q269949_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{highway}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/highway-q269949}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 20h ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of road type
    Different from Highway
    Instance of
    Subclass of
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q136749248]]"
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