Long Bridge
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Long Bridge is a major railroad bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., carrying freight and passenger trains between the District of Columbia and Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Long Bridge canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90884 — 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: Long Bridge Context triple: [14th Street Bridge complex, hasPart, Long Bridge]
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A.
Trinity Bridge
Trinity Bridge is a distinctive three-way footbridge in Greater Manchester, England, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava to link Salford and Manchester across the River Irwell.
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B.
Dumbarton Bridge
The Dumbarton Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area that provides a key east–west crossing between the Peninsula and the East Bay.
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C.
Wellington Bridge
Wellington Bridge is a roadway bridge in the Boston area that carries traffic across the Mystic River between Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts.
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D.
Adelphi Footbridge
Adelphi Footbridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Irwell in Salford, England, providing a crossing between key areas of the city.
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E.
Forth Bridge
The Forth Bridge is a historic cantilever railway bridge in Scotland, renowned as an iconic feat of Victorian engineering and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 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: Long Bridge Target entity description: Long Bridge is a major railroad bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., carrying freight and passenger trains between the District of Columbia and Virginia.
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A.
Trinity Bridge
Trinity Bridge is a distinctive three-way footbridge in Greater Manchester, England, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava to link Salford and Manchester across the River Irwell.
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B.
Dumbarton Bridge
The Dumbarton Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area that provides a key east–west crossing between the Peninsula and the East Bay.
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C.
Wellington Bridge
Wellington Bridge is a roadway bridge in the Boston area that carries traffic across the Mystic River between Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts.
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D.
Adelphi Footbridge
Adelphi Footbridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Irwell in Salford, England, providing a crossing between key areas of the city.
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E.
Forth Bridge
The Forth Bridge is a historic cantilever railway bridge in Scotland, renowned as an iconic feat of Victorian engineering and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railroad bridge
ⓘ
truss bridge ⓘ |
| approachLocation |
Arlington, Virginia
ⓘ
Southwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| carries |
freight trains
ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ |
| connects |
District of Columbia
ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Potomac River ⓘ |
| deckType | deck truss ⓘ |
| function | rail transportation corridor between Washington, D.C. and Virginia ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPrecursor |
Long Bridge (1809 wooden bridge)
ⓘ
Long Bridge (Civil War-era structure) ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for its original long wooden structure across Potomac flats ⓘ |
| hasNavigationClearance | fixed-span bridge with limited vertical clearance for river traffic ⓘ |
| hasUpgradePlan | Long Bridge expansion project between D.C. and Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | CSX Transportation ⓘ |
| near |
L’Enfant Plaza
ⓘ
Pentagon ⓘ
surface form:
The Pentagon
|
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1904 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | CSX Transportation ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
14th Street Bridge complex
ⓘ
Memorial Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Arlington Memorial Bridge
|
| partOf |
CSX RF&P Subdivision
ⓘ
surface form:
CSX Transportation RF&P Subdivision
Northeast Corridor ⓘ
surface form:
Northeast Corridor freight and passenger route
|
| passesNear |
East Potomac Park
ⓘ
Long Bridge Park, Arlington ⓘ |
| plannedAdditionalTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| plannedPurpose | increase rail capacity over the Potomac River ⓘ |
| railLine | former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad route ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mid-Atlantic states
ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| replaced | earlier Long Bridge structures dating to the 19th century ⓘ |
| riverMile | approximately Potomac River mile 110 ⓘ |
| significance | primary rail crossing of the Potomac River for Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| strategicRole | critical bottleneck in Washington-area rail network ⓘ |
| structureType | steel truss ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amtrak
ⓘ
CSX Transportation ⓘ Virginia Railway Express ⓘ |
| usedDuring | American Civil War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter rail
ⓘ
freight rail ⓘ intercity passenger rail ⓘ |
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: Long Bridge Description of subject: Long Bridge is a major railroad bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., carrying freight and passenger trains between the District of Columbia and Virginia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.