William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge
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The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span toll bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50/301 across the Chesapeake Bay, linking Maryland’s eastern and western shores.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3966933 — 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: William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge Context triple: [Maryland Transportation Authority, operates, William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge]
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A.
Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge
The Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge is a major concrete segmental bridge carrying traffic across the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington as part of the Portland metropolitan highway system.
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Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a bascule drawbridge in Bay City, Michigan, that carries vehicular traffic across the Saginaw River.
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C.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a major Ohio River crossing that connects Steubenville, Ohio, with Weirton, West Virginia, serving as a key regional transportation link.
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D.
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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E.
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge
The John P. Grace Memorial Bridge was a cantilever truss bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, that carried U.S. Route 17 and served as a primary crossing between Charleston and Mount Pleasant for much of the 20th century.
- 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: William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge Target entity description: The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span toll bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50/301 across the Chesapeake Bay, linking Maryland’s eastern and western shores.
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A.
Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge
The Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge is a major concrete segmental bridge carrying traffic across the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington as part of the Portland metropolitan highway system.
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B.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a major Ohio River crossing that connects Steubenville, Ohio, with Weirton, West Virginia, serving as a key regional transportation link.
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C.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a bascule drawbridge in Bay City, Michigan, that carries vehicular traffic across the Saginaw River.
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D.
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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E.
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge
The John P. Grace Memorial Bridge was a cantilever truss bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, that carried U.S. Route 17 and served as a primary crossing between Charleston and Mount Pleasant for much of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge
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cantilever bridge ⓘ dual-span bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ toll bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
U.S. Route 301
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges in Maryland
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Crossings of the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ Road bridges in the United States ⓘ Toll bridges in the United States ⓘ |
| commonName | Chesapeake Bay Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Maryland Eastern Shore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maryland Western Shore ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Annapolis metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | vehicular traffic crossing of Chesapeake Bay ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
NERFINISHED
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Queen Anne's County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maryland Transportation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Preston Lane Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 2 ⓘ |
| officialName | William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1952 ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | 1952 ⓘ |
| owner | State of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Route 301 corridor
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 50 corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mid-Atlantic states
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surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| roadTypeCarried | limited-access highway ⓘ |
| secondSpanOpened | 1973 ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| toll | yes ⓘ |
| waterway | Chesapeake Bay mainstem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge Description of subject: The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span toll bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50/301 across the Chesapeake Bay, linking Maryland’s eastern and western shores.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.