Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

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arch bridge pedestrian bridge road bridge steel bridge

The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a major vehicular and pedestrian bridge in Washington, D.C., named in honor of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and serving as a key gateway into the city.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge canonical	5
Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge (northern landing)	1
original Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1757020 — 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: Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
Context triple: [Anacostia River, hasBridge, Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge]

A. Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a highway bridge over the Mississippi River near Hannibal, Missouri, named in honor of the famed American author Mark Twain.
B. Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge
The Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge in the Omaha–Council Bluffs area that carries Interstate 480 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa.
C. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge is a major Ohio River crossing in Louisville, Kentucky, carrying northbound traffic as part of the Interstate 65 corridor between Kentucky and Indiana.
D. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge is an international bridge linking Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada, to the U.S. state of Maine, serving as the island’s only road connection to the mainland.
E. Walt Whitman Bridge
The Walt Whitman Bridge is a major suspension bridge connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Gloucester City, New Jersey, and serving as a key highway crossing over the Delaware River.
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: Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
Target entity description: The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a major vehicular and pedestrian bridge in Washington, D.C., named in honor of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and serving as a key gateway into the city.

A. Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a highway bridge over the Mississippi River near Hannibal, Missouri, named in honor of the famed American author Mark Twain.
B. Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge
The Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge in the Omaha–Council Bluffs area that carries Interstate 480 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa.
C. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge is a major Ohio River crossing in Louisville, Kentucky, carrying northbound traffic as part of the Interstate 65 corridor between Kentucky and Indiana.
D. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge is an international bridge linking Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada, to the U.S. state of Maine, serving as the island’s only road connection to the mainland.
E. Walt Whitman Bridge
The Walt Whitman Bridge is a major suspension bridge connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Gloucester City, New Jersey, and serving as a key highway crossing over the Delaware River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arch bridge ⓘ pedestrian bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ
belongsTo	District of Columbia transportation infrastructure ⓘ
carries	South Capitol Street ⓘ linked to: South Capitol Street SE pedestrian traffic ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ
connects	Anacostia neighborhood ⓘ Downtown Washington, D.C. ⓘ Navy Yard neighborhood ⓘ
constructionStartDate	2018 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crosses	Anacostia River ⓘ
designedAs	triple-arch bridge ⓘ
hasFeature	monumental arches ⓘ shared-use paths for pedestrians and cyclists ⓘ traffic circles at each end ⓘ
hasFunction	gateway into Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasLighting	architectural lighting ⓘ
hasMaterial	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes	6 ⓘ
hasType	urban bridge ⓘ
hasUse	local neighborhood access ⓘ regional commuter traffic ⓘ
hasViewOf	Anacostia River waterfront ⓘ linked to: Anacostia waterfront United States Capitol ⓘ
isInMetropolitanArea	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
isLandmarkOf	Anacostia Riverfront ⓘ linked to: Anacostia waterfront South Capitol Street corridor ⓘ linked to: South Capitol Street Corridor
isMajorRouteFor	commuters from Prince George's County ⓘ traffic to Audi Field area ⓘ traffic to Nationals Park area ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedOn	South Capitol Street ⓘ linked to: South Capitol Street SE
maintainedBy	District Department of Transportation ⓘ linked to: District of Columbia Department of Transportation
namedAfter	Frederick Douglass ⓘ
namedForOccupation	abolitionist ⓘ orator ⓘ statesman ⓘ
opened	2021 ⓘ
partOf	South Capitol Street Corridor ⓘ
precededBy	South Capitol Street Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	original Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ⓘ linked to: Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Anacostia River → hasBridge → Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ⓘ

Anacostia → hasBridge → Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ⓘ

subject linked to: Anacostia neighborhood

South Capitol Street SE → crossesVia → Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ⓘ

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge (southern landing) → partOf → Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ⓘ

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge (southern landing) → crossesTo → Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge (northern landing) ⓘ

linked to: Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

Buzzard Point → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ⓘ

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge → replaced → original Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ⓘ