Boston Harbor crossings
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Boston Harbor crossings are the network of tunnels and bridges that connect Boston’s mainland with areas across Boston Harbor, facilitating road and transit travel beneath and over the water.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boston Harbor crossings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9567594 — 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: Boston Harbor crossings Context triple: [East Boston Tunnel, partOf, Boston Harbor crossings]
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A.
Boston Harbor ferries
Boston Harbor ferries is a passenger ferry service in Boston that connects key waterfront locations and harbor islands, offering both commuter transit and sightseeing routes.
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B.
Eastern Harbour Crossing
Eastern Harbour Crossing is a combined road and rail tunnel in Hong Kong that provides a key transport link beneath Victoria Harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
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C.
Baltimore Harbor Crossings
Baltimore Harbor Crossings is a network of major highway tunnels and bridges that carry traffic under and over Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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D.
Outerbridge Crossing
Outerbridge Crossing is a steel cantilever bridge that carries vehicular traffic between Staten Island, New York, and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, across the Arthur Kill tidal strait.
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E.
Jackson Harbor docks
Jackson Harbor docks is a small ferry and fishing harbor on Washington Island in Wisconsin, serving as a key access point to surrounding Lake Michigan waters and nearby islands.
- 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: Boston Harbor crossings Target entity description: Boston Harbor crossings are the network of tunnels and bridges that connect Boston’s mainland with areas across Boston Harbor, facilitating road and transit travel beneath and over the water.
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A.
Boston Harbor ferries
Boston Harbor ferries is a passenger ferry service in Boston that connects key waterfront locations and harbor islands, offering both commuter transit and sightseeing routes.
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B.
Eastern Harbour Crossing
Eastern Harbour Crossing is a combined road and rail tunnel in Hong Kong that provides a key transport link beneath Victoria Harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
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C.
Baltimore Harbor Crossings
Baltimore Harbor Crossings is a network of major highway tunnels and bridges that carry traffic under and over Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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D.
Outerbridge Crossing
Outerbridge Crossing is a steel cantilever bridge that carries vehicular traffic between Staten Island, New York, and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, across the Arthur Kill tidal strait.
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E.
Jackson Harbor docks
Jackson Harbor docks is a small ferry and fishing harbor on Washington Island in Wisconsin, serving as a key access point to surrounding Lake Michigan waters and nearby islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road and transit crossing system
ⓘ
transportation infrastructure network ⓘ |
| connects |
Boston mainland
ⓘ
Charlestown, Boston ⓘ Chelsea, Massachusetts ⓘ East Boston ⓘ
linked to:
East Boston, Massachusetts
Logan International Airport ⓘ |
| criticalFor |
access between Boston and North Shore communities
ⓘ
access between downtown Boston and East Boston ⓘ regional mobility in Greater Boston ⓘ |
| crosses | Boston Harbor ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Callahan Tunnel
ⓘ
linked to:
Sumner Tunnel
MBTA Blue Line harbor tunnel ⓘ
linked to:
East Boston Tunnel
MBTA Orange Line Charlestown Bridge crossing ⓘ MBTA ferry routes across Boston Harbor ⓘ Sumner Tunnel ⓘ Ted Williams Tunnel ⓘ
linked to:
Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)
Tobin Bridge ⓘ |
| hasRoadType |
bridge
ⓘ
tunnel ⓘ |
| hasTransitType |
ferry route
ⓘ
subway tunnel ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston Harbor
ⓘ
Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| maintainedBy |
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
ⓘ
Massachusetts Port Authority ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greater Boston transportation network
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston transportation network
|
| serves |
Logan International Airport passengers
ⓘ
commuters in Greater Boston ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
automobile traffic
ⓘ
bus traffic ⓘ passenger ferries ⓘ rail transit ⓘ truck traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
airport access
ⓘ
freight movement ⓘ public transit ⓘ road transportation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boston Harbor crossings Description of subject: Boston Harbor crossings are the network of tunnels and bridges that connect Boston’s mainland with areas across Boston Harbor, facilitating road and transit travel beneath and over the water.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.