U.S. Route 56

US highway that runs from New Mexico to Missouri
Place road Q409899

Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
road
Inception
1957[13]

Location

Population and size

Length
+640[14]
More facts +4
KML file
Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 56[15]
Transport network
United States Numbered Highway System, Missouri State Highway System, Kansas State Highway System, Oklahoma State Highway System[3][4][5][6]
🏷️ Also known as
en U.S. 56 en US 56 en U.S. Route 56 en US Route 56 fr US 56 fr U.S. Highway 56 ja 国道56号線 ko 국도 제56호선 (미국) ko 미국 56번 국도 ko US 56 th ทางหลวงสหรัฐอเมริกาหมายเลข 56 tr US 56 tr US-56 tr U.S. Highway 56 zh 56号美国国道
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03m0yg
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2309417
Topic's main category
Category:U.S. Route 56

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Instance of 1
Maintained by 1
Owned by 1
Transport network 1
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Summary

U.S. Route 56 is a road[1].

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History and Context

Owners include Kansas Department of Transportation[10], a state department of transportation of the United States[16], in United States[17], headquartered in Topeka[18]; Missouri Department of Transportation[11], a state department of transportation of the United States[19], in United States[20], founded in 1907[21], headquartered in Jefferson City[22]; and Oklahoma Department of Transportation[12], a state department of transportation of the United States[23], in United States[24], founded in 1976[25].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Maintained by → Kansas Department of Transportation, Missouri Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Department of Transportation
    OpenStreetMap relation ID → 2309417
    KML file → Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 56
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ OpenStreetMap relation ID: 2309417, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/2309417 in United States"
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