Nipigon River Bridge
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Nipigon River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Ontario, Canada, notable for carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Nipigon River and serving as a key transportation link in northern Ontario.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nipigon River Bridge canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2319687 — 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: Nipigon River Bridge Context triple: [Nipigon River, hasBridge, Nipigon River Bridge]
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A.
Algonquin Bridge
Algonquin Bridge is a pedestrian bridge located on the Toronto Islands, providing a scenic crossing between parts of the island park system.
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B.
Chaudière Bridge
Chaudière Bridge is a historic bridge spanning the Ottawa River that connects the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
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C.
Portage Bridge
Portage Bridge is a major bridge spanning the Ottawa River, connecting the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
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D.
Salmon Weir Bridge
Salmon Weir Bridge is a notable bridge in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, best known for spanning the River Moy near its famous salmon fisheries.
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E.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
- 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: Nipigon River Bridge Target entity description: Nipigon River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Ontario, Canada, notable for carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Nipigon River and serving as a key transportation link in northern Ontario.
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A.
Algonquin Bridge
Algonquin Bridge is a pedestrian bridge located on the Toronto Islands, providing a scenic crossing between parts of the island park system.
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B.
Chaudière Bridge
Chaudière Bridge is a historic bridge spanning the Ottawa River that connects the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
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C.
Portage Bridge
Portage Bridge is a major bridge spanning the Ottawa River, connecting the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec in Canada.
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D.
Salmon Weir Bridge
Salmon Weir Bridge is a notable bridge in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, best known for spanning the River Moy near its famous salmon fisheries.
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E.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-stayed bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
Ontario Highway 11
ⓘ
Ontario Highway 17 ⓘ Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ |
| connects | eastbound and westbound routes of the Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ |
| constructionType | segmental construction ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crosses | Nipigon River ⓘ |
| design | cable-stayed ⓘ |
| function |
freight transportation corridor
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| hasApproachRoad |
Highway 11/17
ⓘ
linked to:
Highway 17
|
| hasFeature |
central cable-stayed span
ⓘ
pylons supporting stay cables ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpans | 3 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfTowers | 2 ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance |
national transportation network of Canada
ⓘ
supply chain link between Western and Eastern Canada ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| isOnRoute | National Highway System of Canada ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | provincial ⓘ |
| lanesDirection | two lanes eastbound and two lanes westbound ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Ontario
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lake Superior
ⓘ
Town of Nipigon ⓘ
linked to:
Nipigon, Ontario
|
| locatedOn | primary east–west trade route in Canada ⓘ |
| locatedOnCorridor |
Ontario–Manitoba Trans-Canada corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Trans-Canada Highway
Ontario–Quebec Trans-Canada corridor ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec City–Windsor Corridor
|
| maintainedBy |
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
|
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| opened | 2015 ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | 2015 ⓘ |
| owner |
Province of Ontario
ⓘ
linked to:
Ontario
|
| partOf |
Trans-Canada Highway network
ⓘ
linked to:
Trans-Canada Highway
|
| region | Thunder Bay District ⓘ |
| replaced | older two-lane Nipigon River bridge ⓘ |
| significance |
key transportation link in Northern Ontario
ⓘ
only road link connecting eastern and western Canada on the main Trans-Canada Highway corridor in this region ⓘ |
| usedBy |
interprovincial passenger traffic
ⓘ
long-distance truck traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nipigon River Bridge Description of subject: Nipigon River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Ontario, Canada, notable for carrying the Trans-Canada Highway across the Nipigon River and serving as a key transportation link in northern Ontario.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.