Waal bridges at Nijmegen

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arch bridge group of bridges railway bridge road bridge

The Waal bridges at Nijmegen are a group of major road and rail crossings over the River Waal that form a key transport link in the eastern Netherlands.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Nijmegen railway bridge over the Waal	2
N322 Waal bridge near Nijmegen	1
Nijmegen bridges	1
Waal bridges	1
Waal bridges at Nijmegen canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13411312 — 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: Waal bridges at Nijmegen
Context triple: [municipality of Nijmegen, hasTransportInfrastructure, Waal bridges at Nijmegen]

A. Merwede Bridge at Dordrecht
The Merwede Bridge at Dordrecht is a major road and rail bridge spanning the Beneden Merwede River, serving as an important traffic and transport link in the Dutch city of Dordrecht.
B. Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge
The Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge is a major road and rail bridge in the Netherlands spanning the Hollandse IJssel, serving as a key connection between Krimpen aan den IJssel and the surrounding region.
C. Philipsdam bridge
Philipsdam bridge is a major Dutch road and water-control structure that carries traffic across the Scheldt–Rhine Canal as part of the Delta Works infrastructure.
D. IJmeer bridge
The IJmeer bridge is a proposed infrastructure project intended to create a direct connection across the IJmeer lake, improving transport links between Amsterdam and surrounding areas.
E. IJssel bridge
The IJssel bridge is a notable road and rail crossing over the river IJssel near Kampen in the Netherlands, serving as a key regional transport link.
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: Waal bridges at Nijmegen
Target entity description: The Waal bridges at Nijmegen are a group of major road and rail crossings over the River Waal that form a key transport link in the eastern Netherlands.

A. Merwede Bridge at Dordrecht
The Merwede Bridge at Dordrecht is a major road and rail bridge spanning the Beneden Merwede River, serving as an important traffic and transport link in the Dutch city of Dordrecht.
B. Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge
The Krimpen aan den IJssel bridge is a major road and rail bridge in the Netherlands spanning the Hollandse IJssel, serving as a key connection between Krimpen aan den IJssel and the surrounding region.
C. Philipsdam bridge
Philipsdam bridge is a major Dutch road and water-control structure that carries traffic across the Scheldt–Rhine Canal as part of the Delta Works infrastructure.
D. IJmeer bridge
The IJmeer bridge is a proposed infrastructure project intended to create a direct connection across the IJmeer lake, improving transport links between Amsterdam and surrounding areas.
E. IJssel bridge
The IJssel bridge is a notable road and rail crossing over the river IJssel near Kampen in the Netherlands, serving as a key regional transport link.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arch bridge ⓘ group of bridges ⓘ railway bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ
connects	north bank of the Waal at Nijmegen ⓘ south bank of the Waal at Nijmegen ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
crosses	River Waal ⓘ River Waal ⓘ River Waal ⓘ River Waal ⓘ
hasHeritageElement	Waalbrug ⓘ
hasPart	De Oversteek ⓘ N322 Waal bridge near Nijmegen ⓘ linked to: Waal bridges at Nijmegen Nijmegen rail bridge over the Waal ⓘ linked to: Nijmegen railway bridge Spoorbrug Nijmegen ⓘ linked to: Nijmegen railway bridge Waalbrug ⓘ
infrastructureType	river crossing ⓘ
locatedIn	Nijmegen ⓘ Nijmegen ⓘ Nijmegen ⓘ Nijmegen ⓘ
locatedInRegion	eastern Netherlands ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway	Waal, main distributary of the Rhine ⓘ linked to: Waal
near	German border ⓘ
partOf	Dutch national road network ⓘ Dutch rail network ⓘ linked to: Dutch railway network
serves	city of Nijmegen ⓘ linked to: Nijmegen regional traffic between Randstad and Germany ⓘ
significance	key transport link in eastern Netherlands ⓘ
usedFor	bicycle traffic ⓘ pedestrian traffic ⓘ rail transport ⓘ road transport ⓘ

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