Dauphin Island Bridge
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The Dauphin Island Bridge is a long concrete bridge in coastal Alabama that carries traffic over the Mississippi Sound between the mainland and the barrier island community of Dauphin Island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dauphin Island Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4656223 — 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: Dauphin Island Bridge Context triple: [Dauphin Island, connectedBy, Dauphin Island Bridge]
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A.
Pensacola Bay Bridge
The Pensacola Bay Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in Florida that spans Pensacola Bay, connecting the city of Pensacola to Gulf Breeze and serving as a key transportation link along the Gulf Coast.
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B.
Biloxi Bay Bridge
The Biloxi Bay Bridge is a prominent coastal highway bridge in Mississippi that connects the cities of Biloxi and Ocean Springs across Biloxi Bay.
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C.
Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge
The Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge is a Potomac River crossing in Washington, D.C., named in honor of an Air Florida Flight 90 crash hero and carrying traffic as part of the 14th Street Bridge complex.
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D.
Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical-lift bridge in Wilmington, North Carolina, serving as a key transportation link across the Cape Fear River.
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E.
Hernando de Soto Bridge
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a large steel arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between Memphis, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
- 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: Dauphin Island Bridge Target entity description: The Dauphin Island Bridge is a long concrete bridge in coastal Alabama that carries traffic over the Mississippi Sound between the mainland and the barrier island community of Dauphin Island.
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A.
Pensacola Bay Bridge
The Pensacola Bay Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in Florida that spans Pensacola Bay, connecting the city of Pensacola to Gulf Breeze and serving as a key transportation link along the Gulf Coast.
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B.
Biloxi Bay Bridge
The Biloxi Bay Bridge is a prominent coastal highway bridge in Mississippi that connects the cities of Biloxi and Ocean Springs across Biloxi Bay.
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C.
Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge
The Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge is a Potomac River crossing in Washington, D.C., named in honor of an Air Florida Flight 90 crash hero and carrying traffic as part of the 14th Street Bridge complex.
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D.
Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical-lift bridge in Wilmington, North Carolina, serving as a key transportation link across the Cape Fear River.
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E.
Hernando de Soto Bridge
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a large steel arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between Memphis, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge
ⓘ
concrete bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
Alabama State Route 193
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
| connects |
Dauphin Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mainland Alabama ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Mississippi Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
automobiles
ⓘ
light trucks ⓘ |
| environment | coastal ⓘ |
| function | vehicular traffic link between mainland and Dauphin Island ⓘ |
| hasApproachFrom | Cedar Point, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasImportance |
critical evacuation route for Dauphin Island
ⓘ
key tourism access route ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 2 ⓘ |
| hasNavigationClearance | sufficient for small vessels under main span ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Mobile, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | Dauphin Island, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
high-rise main span
ⓘ
low-level trestle approaches ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| isOnRoute | State Route 193 southern terminus ⓘ |
| isPartOfNetwork | Alabama state highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gulf Coast of the United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mobile County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion | Mississippi Sound barrier island area ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mississippi Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Alabama Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| officialName | Dauphin Island Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1982 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | State of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | transportation infrastructure of Alabama ⓘ |
| passesOver | shallow coastal waters ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Dauphin Island, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal Alabama ⓘ |
| replaced | original Dauphin Island Bridge destroyed by Hurricane Frederic ⓘ |
| roadType | state highway bridge ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| usage | primary road access to Dauphin Island ⓘ |
| wasDamagedBy | Hurricane Frederic (previous bridge) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dauphin Island Bridge Description of subject: The Dauphin Island Bridge is a long concrete bridge in coastal Alabama that carries traffic over the Mississippi Sound between the mainland and the barrier island community of Dauphin Island.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.