Harvard Bridge
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Harvard Bridge is a long roadway bridge in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for carrying Massachusetts Avenue over the Charles River and for its quirky "smoot" length measurement.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harvard Bridge canonical | 6 |
| Massachusetts Avenue Bridge | 3 |
| Mass Ave Bridge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T89930 — 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: Harvard Bridge Context triple: [Charles River, hasBridge, Harvard Bridge]
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A.
Madison Avenue Bridge
The Madison Avenue Bridge is a historic swing bridge in New York City that carries Madison Avenue traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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B.
Mystic River Bridge
The Mystic River Bridge, officially known as the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge, is a major steel cantilever roadway bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Mystic River between Charlestown and Chelsea.
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C.
Broadway Bridge
The Broadway Bridge is a movable bridge in New York City that carries Broadway and the subway across the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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D.
Willis Avenue Bridge
The Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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E.
Park Avenue Bridge
The Park Avenue Bridge is a vertical-lift railroad bridge in New York City that carries Metro-North Railroad tracks between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- 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: Harvard Bridge Target entity description: Harvard Bridge is a long roadway bridge in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for carrying Massachusetts Avenue over the Charles River and for its quirky "smoot" length measurement.
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A.
Madison Avenue Bridge
The Madison Avenue Bridge is a historic swing bridge in New York City that carries Madison Avenue traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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B.
Mystic River Bridge
The Mystic River Bridge, officially known as the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge, is a major steel cantilever roadway bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Mystic River between Charlestown and Chelsea.
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C.
Broadway Bridge
The Broadway Bridge is a movable bridge in New York City that carries Broadway and the subway across the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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D.
Willis Avenue Bridge
The Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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E.
Park Avenue Bridge
The Park Avenue Bridge is a vertical-lift railroad bridge in New York City that carries Metro-North Railroad tracks between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beam bridge
ⓘ
roadway bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Harvard Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Mass Ave Bridge
Harvard Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
|
| bodyOfWater | Charles River ⓘ |
| carries |
Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge)
ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Avenue
|
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
City of Cambridge ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge
|
| connects |
Back Bay
ⓘ
surface form:
Back Bay, Boston
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ MIT campus ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Charles River ⓘ |
| crossesBetween | MIT campus and Boston’s Back Bay ⓘ |
| crossesFrom |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
|
| crossesTo |
City of Cambridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge
|
| hasCoordinate | 42.354°N 71.090°W ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
landmark associated with MIT
ⓘ
site of annual smoot repainting ⓘ |
| hasDeck | roadway deck ⓘ |
| hasDesign | multi-span girder bridge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bicycle lanes
ⓘ
sidewalks on both sides ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 4 motor vehicle lanes ⓘ |
| hasLength |
364.4 smoots
ⓘ
approximately 2,164 feet ⓘ approximately 660 meters ⓘ |
| hasLengthUnit | smoot ⓘ |
| hasMeasurementMarkings | smoot marks painted along sidewalk ⓘ |
| hasSidewalk |
east sidewalk
ⓘ
west sidewalk ⓘ |
| hasTraffic |
bicycles
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
MIT student prank tradition
ⓘ
smoot length measurement ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Massachusetts Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harvard University ⓘ |
| opened | 1891 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge)
ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Avenue
|
| reconstructed | late 1980s ⓘ |
| region | Greater Boston ⓘ |
| roadType | urban arterial ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harvard Bridge Description of subject: Harvard Bridge is a long roadway bridge in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for carrying Massachusetts Avenue over the Charles River and for its quirky "smoot" length measurement.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
subject surface form:
Storrow Drive
this entity surface form:
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
this entity surface form:
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
this entity surface form:
Mass Ave Bridge
subject surface form:
Charles River (Boston and Cambridge)