Memphis–Arkansas Bridge

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highway bridge steel bridge through-arch bridge

The Memphis–Arkansas Bridge is a major steel through-arch highway bridge carrying Interstate traffic across the Mississippi River between Memphis, Tennessee, and West Memphis, Arkansas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Memphis–Arkansas Bridge canonical	4
Memphis & Arkansas Bridge	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5177515 — 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: Memphis–Arkansas Bridge
Context triple: [West Memphis, Arkansas, bridge, Memphis–Arkansas Bridge]

A. Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
The Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge is a distinctive double-arch concrete bridge in Tennessee known for its dramatic span over a wooded valley along the historic Natchez Trace route.
B. John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge
The John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in New Jersey that carries traffic across the Raritan River, serving as an important regional transportation link.
C. Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge
The Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge is a Potomac River crossing in Washington, D.C., named in honor of an Air Florida Flight 90 crash hero and carrying traffic as part of the 14th Street Bridge complex.
D. Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge
The Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge is a highway bridge spanning the Ohio River, connecting Parkersburg, West Virginia, with Belpre, Ohio.
E. Bay St. Louis Bridge
The Bay St. Louis Bridge is a coastal highway bridge in Mississippi that carries U.S. Route 90 across Bay St. Louis, connecting the cities of Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian.
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: Memphis–Arkansas Bridge
Target entity description: The Memphis–Arkansas Bridge is a major steel through-arch highway bridge carrying Interstate traffic across the Mississippi River between Memphis, Tennessee, and West Memphis, Arkansas.

A. Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
The Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge is a distinctive double-arch concrete bridge in Tennessee known for its dramatic span over a wooded valley along the historic Natchez Trace route.
B. John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge
The John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in New Jersey that carries traffic across the Raritan River, serving as an important regional transportation link.
C. Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge
The Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge is a Potomac River crossing in Washington, D.C., named in honor of an Air Florida Flight 90 crash hero and carrying traffic as part of the 14th Street Bridge complex.
D. Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge
The Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge is a highway bridge spanning the Ohio River, connecting Parkersburg, West Virginia, with Belpre, Ohio.
E. Bay St. Louis Bridge
The Bay St. Louis Bridge is a coastal highway bridge in Mississippi that carries U.S. Route 90 across Bay St. Louis, connecting the cities of Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ through-arch bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Old Bridge ⓘ
carries	Interstate 55 ⓘ U.S. Route 61 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 79 NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Bridges over the Mississippi River ⓘ Road bridges in Arkansas ⓘ Road bridges in Tennessee ⓘ Steel bridges in the United States ⓘ Through arch bridges in the United States ⓘ
connects	Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Memphis West Memphis, Arkansas ⓘ
constructionStart	1945 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crosses	Mississippi River ⓘ
crossesBetween	Crittenden County, Arkansas ⓘ Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
crossesDirection	east–west ⓘ
designer	Modjeski and Masters ⓘ
hasToll	no ⓘ
isOn	Interstate 55 ⓘ Mississippi River crossing at Memphis ⓘ
lanes	4 ⓘ
locatedIn	Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Memphis West Memphis, Arkansas ⓘ
locatedNear	downtown Memphis ⓘ
maintainedBy	Arkansas Department of Transportation ⓘ Tennessee Department of Transportation ⓘ
material	steel ⓘ
namedFor	Arkansas ⓘ Memphis ⓘ
opened	1949 ⓘ
owner	State of Arkansas ⓘ linked to: Arkansas State of Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Tennessee
parallelTo	Hernando de Soto Bridge ⓘ
partOf	Interstate Highway System ⓘ U.S. Numbered Highway System ⓘ linked to: United States Numbered Highway System
region	Mid-South ⓘ
river	Mississippi River ⓘ
state	Arkansas ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
structureType	through arch ⓘ
trafficType	motor vehicles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

West Memphis, Arkansas → bridge → Memphis–Arkansas Bridge ⓘ

Mississippi River at Memphis → crossedBy → Memphis–Arkansas Bridge ⓘ

Tennessee–Arkansas border → crossedByBridge → Memphis–Arkansas Bridge ⓘ

Mississippi River bridges → includes → Memphis & Arkansas Bridge ⓘ

linked to: Memphis–Arkansas Bridge

Harahan Bridge → parallelTo → Memphis–Arkansas Bridge ⓘ

Frisco Bridge → adjacentTo → Memphis & Arkansas Bridge ⓘ