Tilikum Crossing
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Tilikum Crossing is a cable-stayed bridge in Portland, Oregon, designed to carry light rail, buses, streetcars, cyclists, and pedestrians while prohibiting private car traffic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tilikum Crossing canonical | 6 |
| Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T807214 — 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: Tilikum Crossing Context triple: [MAX Light Rail, notableStructure, Tilikum Crossing]
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A.
Amador Causeway
Amador Causeway is a scenic coastal roadway and recreational area in Panama City that connects the mainland to several Pacific islands and offers views of the Panama Canal and city skyline.
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B.
North Bridge
North Bridge is a historic wooden bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the site of the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775.
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C.
Whitney Portal Road
Whitney Portal Road is a scenic mountain road in California that climbs from the Owens Valley to the trailhead and campground area at the base of Mount Whitney.
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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.
Hathaway Bridge
Hathaway Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in Bay County, Florida, carrying traffic across St. Andrew Bay as part of a key Gulf Coast transportation route.
- 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: Tilikum Crossing Target entity description: Tilikum Crossing is a cable-stayed bridge in Portland, Oregon, designed to carry light rail, buses, streetcars, cyclists, and pedestrians while prohibiting private car traffic.
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A.
Amador Causeway
Amador Causeway is a scenic coastal roadway and recreational area in Panama City that connects the mainland to several Pacific islands and offers views of the Panama Canal and city skyline.
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B.
North Bridge
North Bridge is a historic wooden bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the site of the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775.
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C.
Whitney Portal Road
Whitney Portal Road is a scenic mountain road in California that climbs from the Owens Valley to the trailhead and campground area at the base of Mount Whitney.
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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.
Hathaway Bridge
Hathaway Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in Bay County, Florida, carrying traffic across St. Andrew Bay as part of a key Gulf Coast transportation route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-stayed bridge
ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tilikum Crossing
ⓘ
surface form:
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People
|
| carries |
MAX Orange Line
ⓘ
Portland Streetcar ⓘ buses ⓘ cyclists ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| cityServed | Portland ⓘ |
| connects |
OMSI area
ⓘ
South Waterfront ⓘ
surface form:
South Waterfront district
inner Southeast Portland ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Willamette River ⓘ |
| design | cable-stayed ⓘ |
| designer |
CH2M Hill
ⓘ
T.Y. Lin ⓘ
surface form:
T.Y. Lin International
|
| feature |
LED lighting system
ⓘ
separate paths for bicycles and pedestrians ⓘ transit-only traffic lanes ⓘ |
| length | about 1720 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oregon
ⓘ
Portland ⓘ
surface form:
Portland, Oregon
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainSpanLength | about 780 feet ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | TriMet ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Chinook word "Tilikum" meaning "people" or "tribe" ⓘ |
| notableFor | first major U.S. bridge designed to carry transit, cyclists, and pedestrians but no private cars ⓘ |
| numberOfPylons | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 3 ⓘ |
| opened | 2015-09-12 ⓘ |
| openedToPedestriansAndCyclists | 2015-08-09 ⓘ |
| openedToTransit | 2015-09-12 ⓘ |
| owner | TriMet ⓘ |
| partOf |
MAX Light Rail
ⓘ
surface form:
MAX Light Rail system
Portland Streetcar ⓘ
surface form:
Portland Streetcar system
TriMet ⓘ
surface form:
TriMet transit network
|
| prohibits | private automobile traffic ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| trafficTypeAllowed |
bicycles
ⓘ
buses ⓘ light rail ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ streetcars ⓘ |
| trafficTypeProhibited | private motor vehicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tilikum Crossing Description of subject: Tilikum Crossing is a cable-stayed bridge in Portland, Oregon, designed to carry light rail, buses, streetcars, cyclists, and pedestrians while prohibiting private car traffic.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People