Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
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The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge in New York City that connects the Queens neighborhood of Broad Channel with the Rockaway Peninsula across Jamaica Bay.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2444589 — 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: Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge Context triple: [Broad Channel, hasBridge, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge]
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A.
Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical-lift bridge in New York City that connects Brooklyn to the Rockaway Peninsula across Rockaway Inlet.
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B.
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge is a major New York City toll bridge complex connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx across the East River and surrounding waterways.
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C.
Bayonne Bridge
The Bayonne Bridge is a historic steel arch bridge connecting Staten Island, New York, to Bayonne, New Jersey, and is notable for its large span and role as a key transportation link in the New York Harbor area.
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D.
Newburgh–Beacon Bridge
The Newburgh–Beacon Bridge is a pair of toll bridges carrying Interstate 84 across the Hudson River between Newburgh and Beacon in New York State.
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E.
Tappan Zee Bridge
The Tappan Zee Bridge was a major highway span in New York that carried traffic across the Hudson River between Westchester and Rockland counties, north of New York City.
- 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: Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge Target entity description: The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge in New York City that connects the Queens neighborhood of Broad Channel with the Rockaway Peninsula across Jamaica Bay.
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A.
Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical-lift bridge in New York City that connects Brooklyn to the Rockaway Peninsula across Rockaway Inlet.
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B.
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge is a major New York City toll bridge complex connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx across the East River and surrounding waterways.
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C.
Bayonne Bridge
The Bayonne Bridge is a historic steel arch bridge connecting Staten Island, New York, to Bayonne, New Jersey, and is notable for its large span and role as a key transportation link in the New York Harbor area.
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D.
Newburgh–Beacon Bridge
The Newburgh–Beacon Bridge is a pair of toll bridges carrying Interstate 84 across the Hudson River between Newburgh and Beacon in New York State.
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E.
Tappan Zee Bridge
The Tappan Zee Bridge was a major highway span in New York that carried traffic across the Hudson River between Westchester and Rockland counties, north of New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
girder bridge
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road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ toll bridge ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borough | Queens ⓘ |
| carries |
Cross Bay Boulevard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges completed in 1939
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Bridges in Queens, New York ⓘ Road bridges in New York City ⓘ Steel girder bridges in the United States ⓘ Toll bridges in New York City ⓘ |
| connects |
Broad Channel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockaway Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsNeighborhood |
Broad Channel, Queens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockaway Beach, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Rockaway Freeway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shore Front Parkway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | Cross Bay Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | connects Queens communities across Jamaica Bay ⓘ |
| hasApproach |
Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cross Bay Boulevard in Rockaway Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasToll | yes ⓘ |
| lanes | 4 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
Queens ⓘ |
| locatedInBay | Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | MTA Bridges and Tunnels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | military veterans ⓘ |
| officialName | Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1939 ⓘ |
| owner | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| partOf | New York City parkway and bridge system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructed | 1970 ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Broad Channel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockaway Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopened | 1970 ⓘ |
| roadType | arterial highway ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| tollCollection | open-road cashless tolling ⓘ |
| tollSystem | E-ZPass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trafficDirection | bidirectional ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge Description of subject: The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge in New York City that connects the Queens neighborhood of Broad Channel with the Rockaway Peninsula across Jamaica Bay.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.