Goteik Viaduct
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Goteik Viaduct is a historic and spectacular steel railway trestle bridge in Myanmar, famed for its dramatic height and scenic gorge crossing.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gokteik Viaduct | 1 |
| Goteik Viaduct canonical | 1 |
| Goteik viaduct | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10611472 — 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: Goteik Viaduct Context triple: [Pyin Oo Lwin, near, Goteik Viaduct]
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A.
Landwasser Viaduct
The Landwasser Viaduct is a dramatic curved stone railway bridge in the Swiss Alps, renowned for its towering arches and scenic setting on the Rhaetian Railway’s Albula line.
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B.
Neisse Viaduct
The Neisse Viaduct is a historic railway bridge spanning the Lusatian Neisse River near Görlitz, notable for connecting Germany and Poland and symbolizing cross-border transport and heritage.
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C.
Thomas Viaduct
Thomas Viaduct is a historic early 19th-century stone railroad bridge in Maryland, notable as one of the oldest multiple-arch railroad bridges still in use in the United States.
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D.
Shankend Viaduct
Shankend Viaduct is a historic multi-arched railway viaduct in the Scottish Borders, formerly carrying trains on the Waverley Route between Edinburgh and Carlisle.
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E.
Kanmon Bridge
Kanmon Bridge is a major suspension bridge in Japan that spans the Kanmon Straits, linking the islands of Honshu and Kyushu and serving as a key transportation route in western Japan.
- 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: Goteik Viaduct Target entity description: Goteik Viaduct is a historic and spectacular steel railway trestle bridge in Myanmar, famed for its dramatic height and scenic gorge crossing.
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A.
Landwasser Viaduct
The Landwasser Viaduct is a dramatic curved stone railway bridge in the Swiss Alps, renowned for its towering arches and scenic setting on the Rhaetian Railway’s Albula line.
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B.
Neisse Viaduct
The Neisse Viaduct is a historic railway bridge spanning the Lusatian Neisse River near Görlitz, notable for connecting Germany and Poland and symbolizing cross-border transport and heritage.
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C.
Thomas Viaduct
Thomas Viaduct is a historic early 19th-century stone railroad bridge in Maryland, notable as one of the oldest multiple-arch railroad bridges still in use in the United States.
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D.
Shankend Viaduct
Shankend Viaduct is a historic multi-arched railway viaduct in the Scottish Borders, formerly carrying trains on the Waverley Route between Edinburgh and Carlisle.
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E.
Kanmon Bridge
Kanmon Bridge is a major suspension bridge in Japan that spans the Kanmon Straits, linking the islands of Honshu and Kyushu and serving as a key transportation route in western Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway bridge
ⓘ
steel trestle bridge ⓘ viaduct ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gokteik Bridge
ⓘ
Gokteik Viaduct ⓘ
linked to:
Goteik Viaduct
|
| builtBy | Pennsylvania and Maryland Bridge Construction Company ⓘ |
| builtDuring | British colonial period ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1899 ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| crosses |
Gokteik Creek
ⓘ
Gokteik Gorge ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Sir Arthur U. Chappell
ⓘ
linked to:
Cuthbert A. Brereton
|
| gauge | metre gauge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
curved approach
ⓘ
deep valley crossing ⓘ |
| hasView |
forested cliffs
ⓘ
mountainous landscape ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ |
| height | approximately 102 m ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic bridge ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dramatic height
ⓘ
engineering significance ⓘ scenic gorge crossing ⓘ |
| length | 689 m ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shan State
ⓘ
between Pyin Oo Lwin and Lashio ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Gokteik Gorge ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Naungcho
ⓘ
Pyin Oo Lwin ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 15 ⓘ |
| numberOfTrestleTowers | 10 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| operator | Myanma Railways ⓘ |
| partOf |
Myanmar railway network
ⓘ
linked to:
Myanmar Railways network
|
| purpose | rail transport ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Mandalay–Lashio railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Mandalay–Lashio railway line
|
| region | eastern Myanmar ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| structureType | steel lattice trestle ⓘ |
| tourism | popular rail attraction ⓘ |
| trackCount | single track ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Goteik Viaduct Description of subject: Goteik Viaduct is a historic and spectacular steel railway trestle bridge in Myanmar, famed for its dramatic height and scenic gorge crossing.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Goteik Viaduct
linked to: Goteik Viaduct