Wearmouth Bridge
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Wearmouth Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Wear in Sunderland, England, and is one of the city's most recognizable landmarks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wearmouth Bridge canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2505469 — 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: Wearmouth Bridge Context triple: [Sunderland, hasLandmark, Wearmouth Bridge]
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A.
Warrington Bridge
Warrington Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Mersey in Warrington, England, serving as a key local transport crossing.
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B.
Rea Bridge
Rea Bridge is a bridge spanning the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in Gloucestershire, England, serving as a crossing point for local road and foot traffic.
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C.
Esher Bridge
Esher Bridge is a historic road bridge in Esher, Surrey, carrying traffic over the River Mole.
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D.
Burton Bridge
Burton Bridge is a historic road bridge in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, known for carrying traffic across the River Trent and shaping the town’s development.
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E.
Runnymede Bridge
Runnymede Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in Surrey, England, carrying the M25 motorway near the historic meadow of Runnymede.
- 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: Wearmouth Bridge Target entity description: Wearmouth Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Wear in Sunderland, England, and is one of the city's most recognizable landmarks.
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A.
Warrington Bridge
Warrington Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Mersey in Warrington, England, serving as a key local transport crossing.
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B.
Rea Bridge
Rea Bridge is a bridge spanning the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in Gloucestershire, England, serving as a crossing point for local road and foot traffic.
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C.
Esher Bridge
Esher Bridge is a historic road bridge in Esher, Surrey, carrying traffic over the River Mole.
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D.
Burton Bridge
Burton Bridge is a historic road bridge in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, known for carrying traffic across the River Trent and shaping the town’s development.
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E.
Runnymede Bridge
Runnymede Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in Surrey, England, carrying the M25 motorway near the historic meadow of Runnymede.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch bridge
ⓘ
landmark ⓘ road bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
pedestrians
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges across the River Wear
ⓘ
Bridges in Tyne and Wear ⓘ Grade II listed bridges in Tyne and Wear ⓘ Transport in the City of Sunderland ⓘ |
| connects |
north bank of River Wear
ⓘ
south bank of River Wear ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses | River Wear ⓘ |
| designer | Mott, Hay and Anderson ⓘ |
| followedBy | Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge (nearby rail crossing) ⓘ |
| formerToll | yes (historically on earlier bridge) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
decorative lighting
ⓘ
steel arch ⓘ |
| hasToll | no (current bridge) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade II listed building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Grade II listed structure ⓘ |
| length | approximately 375 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Sunderland ⓘ Tyne and Wear ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Sunderland city centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunderland
|
| mainSpan | approximately 160 metres ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Sunderland City Council ⓘ |
| material |
steel
ⓘ
wrought iron (original bridge) ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Sunderland's most recognizable landmarks ⓘ |
| opened | 1929 ⓘ |
| originalBridgeDemolished | 1920s ⓘ |
| originalBridgeDesigner | Rowland Burdon ⓘ |
| originalBridgeOpened | 1796 ⓘ |
| originalBridgeType | cast-iron arch bridge ⓘ |
| partOf | A183 road ⓘ |
| precededBy | Queen Alexandra Bridge (upstream road crossing) ⓘ |
| region | North East England ⓘ |
| replaced | original Wearmouth Bridge of 1796 ⓘ |
| usedFor | cross-river road transport in Sunderland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wearmouth Bridge Description of subject: Wearmouth Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Wear in Sunderland, England, and is one of the city's most recognizable landmarks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.