Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system

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The Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system is a major interconnected network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial barge traffic between the upper Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Illinois River transportation corridor	1
Mississippi River inland waterway system	1
Mississippi River navigation system	1
Upper Mississippi River lock and dam system	1
Upper Mississippi River navigation system	1
Upper Mississippi River system	1
Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15171171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system
Context triple: [Brandon Road Lock and Dam, partOfSystem, Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system]

A. Illinois Waterway system
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
B. Great Lakes waterway
The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
C. Mississippi River navigation route
The Mississippi River navigation route is a major inland waterway system that supports extensive commercial shipping and transportation through the central United States.
D. McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a major inland waterway project that transforms the Arkansas River and connected channels into a navigable route for commercial shipping between the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
E. Ohio River navigation system
The Ohio River navigation system is a network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation along the Ohio River and its connected waterways.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system
Target entity description: The Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system is a major interconnected network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial barge traffic between the upper Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.

A. Illinois Waterway system
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
B. Great Lakes waterway
The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
C. Mississippi River navigation route
The Mississippi River navigation route is a major inland waterway system that supports extensive commercial shipping and transportation through the central United States.
D. McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a major inland waterway project that transforms the Arkansas River and connected channels into a navigable route for commercial shipping between the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
E. Ohio River navigation system
The Ohio River navigation system is a network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation along the Ohio River and its connected waterways.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (7)

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

Brandon Road Lock and Dam → partOfSystem → Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system ⓘ

Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam → partOf → Upper Mississippi River navigation system ⓘ