Madison Avenue Bridge
E25073
The Madison Avenue Bridge is a historic swing bridge in New York City that carries Madison Avenue traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madison Avenue Bridge canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T37761 — 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: Madison Avenue Bridge Context triple: [Harlem River, crossedBy, Madison Avenue Bridge]
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A.
Broadway Bridge
The Broadway Bridge is a movable bridge in New York City that carries Broadway and the subway across the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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B.
145th Street Bridge
The 145th Street Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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C.
Whitestone Bridge
The Whitestone Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens across the East River, serving as a key link between the city and Long Island.
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D.
Manhattan Bridge
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City that connects Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn and carries both vehicular traffic and subway lines.
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E.
Henry Hudson Bridge
The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City that carries traffic over the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- 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: Madison Avenue Bridge Target entity description: The Madison Avenue Bridge is a historic swing bridge in New York City that carries Madison Avenue traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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A.
Broadway Bridge
The Broadway Bridge is a movable bridge in New York City that carries Broadway and the subway across the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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B.
145th Street Bridge
The 145th Street Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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C.
Whitestone Bridge
The Whitestone Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens across the East River, serving as a key link between the city and Long Island.
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D.
Manhattan Bridge
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City that connects Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn and carries both vehicular traffic and subway lines.
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E.
Henry Hudson Bridge
The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City that carries traffic over the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge in New York City
ⓘ
movable bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ swing bridge ⓘ truss bridge ⓘ |
| carries | Madison Avenue ⓘ |
| connects |
Manhattan
ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ |
| crosses | Harlem River ⓘ |
| crossesAt | between East 135th Street in Manhattan and East 138th Street in the Bronx ⓘ |
| designedFor |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature | swing span that rotates to allow river traffic ⓘ |
| hasNavigationClearance | swing span provides channel for boats ⓘ |
| hasPedestrianAccess | both directions ⓘ |
| hasRehabilitation |
underwent additional rehabilitation in early 21st century
ⓘ
underwent major rehabilitation in late 20th century ⓘ |
| hasSidewalks | yes ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| hasTrafficDirection | one-way northbound for vehicles ⓘ |
| historic | yes ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 1,800 feet
ⓘ
approximately 550 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| mainSpanLength |
approximately 300 feet
ⓘ
approximately 91 meters ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Madison Avenue ⓘ |
| near | Willis Avenue Bridge ⓘ |
| neighborhoodOnBronxSide |
Mott Haven
ⓘ
linked to:
Mott Haven neighborhood
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| neighborhoodOnManhattanSide | Harlem ⓘ |
| numberOfRoadLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | multiple ⓘ |
| opened | 1910 ⓘ |
| owner |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| parallelTo | Third Avenue Bridge ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York City bridge network
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City bridges
|
| regionServed |
Manhattan
ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier swing bridge from 1884 ⓘ |
| riverMile | near Harlem River Drive and Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ |
| structureMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| usedBy |
buses
ⓘ
cars ⓘ trucks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Madison Avenue Bridge Description of subject: The Madison Avenue Bridge is a historic swing bridge in New York City that carries Madison Avenue traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mott Haven neighborhood
subject linked to:
Mott Haven, Bronx, New York City, New York, United States