San Bernardino Tunnel
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The San Bernardino Tunnel is a major road tunnel in the Swiss Alps that provides a key north–south transit route between German-speaking and Italian-speaking Switzerland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Bernardino road tunnel | 2 |
| San Bernardino Road Tunnel | 1 |
| San Bernardino Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6572040 — 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: San Bernardino Tunnel Context triple: [A13 motorway (Switzerland), hasTunnels, San Bernardino Tunnel]
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A.
Tehachapi Crossing tunnels
The Tehachapi Crossing tunnels are a series of large water conveyance tunnels that carry California Aqueduct flows beneath the Tehachapi Mountains as part of the State Water Project.
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B.
Patterson Pass Tunnel
Patterson Pass Tunnel is a key water conveyance tunnel in California that carries supplies for the State Water Project’s South Bay Aqueduct through the Diablo Range.
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C.
Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel
The Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel is a high-altitude vehicular tunnel through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, carrying Interstate 70 beneath the Continental Divide.
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D.
O'Neill Tunnel
The O'Neill Tunnel is a major highway tunnel in downtown Boston that carries Interstate 93 beneath the city as part of the Big Dig project.
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E.
Bosley Tunnel
Bosley Tunnel is a historic narrowboat canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, forming part of the Macclesfield Canal navigation route.
- 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: San Bernardino Tunnel Target entity description: The San Bernardino Tunnel is a major road tunnel in the Swiss Alps that provides a key north–south transit route between German-speaking and Italian-speaking Switzerland.
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A.
Tehachapi Crossing tunnels
The Tehachapi Crossing tunnels are a series of large water conveyance tunnels that carry California Aqueduct flows beneath the Tehachapi Mountains as part of the State Water Project.
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B.
Patterson Pass Tunnel
Patterson Pass Tunnel is a key water conveyance tunnel in California that carries supplies for the State Water Project’s South Bay Aqueduct through the Diablo Range.
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C.
Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel
The Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel is a high-altitude vehicular tunnel through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, carrying Interstate 70 beneath the Continental Divide.
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D.
O'Neill Tunnel
The O'Neill Tunnel is a major highway tunnel in downtown Boston that carries Interstate 93 beneath the city as part of the Big Dig project.
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E.
Bosley Tunnel
Bosley Tunnel is a historic narrowboat canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, forming part of the Macclesfield Canal navigation route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | road tunnel ⓘ |
| bypasses | San Bernardino Pass ⓘ |
| connects |
German-speaking Switzerland
ⓘ
Hinterrhein ⓘ Italian-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Italians
Mesolcina ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1962 ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevation |
around 1600 metres above sea level
ⓘ
around 5250 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| hasDirection | bidirectional ⓘ |
| hasSafetyUpgrades | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | typically 80 km/h ⓘ |
| importance |
key alternative to Gotthard road tunnel
ⓘ
major north–south transit route in Switzerland ⓘ |
| lanes | 2 ⓘ |
| languageRegionNorth | German ⓘ |
| languageRegionSouth | Italian ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 4.1 miles
ⓘ
approximately 6.6 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Swiss Alps
ⓘ
canton of Graubünden ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hinterrhein River
ⓘ
village of San Bernardino ⓘ |
| locatedOn | A13 motorway ⓘ |
| namedAfter | San Bernardino Pass ⓘ |
| opened | 1967 ⓘ |
| operator |
Federal Roads Office of Switzerland
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Federal Roads Office
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| partOf | European route E43 ⓘ |
| region | Alpine transit corridor ⓘ |
| roadNumber | A13 ⓘ |
| roadType | national motorway ⓘ |
| safetyUpgrade |
emergency exits
ⓘ
fire safety measures ⓘ ventilation improvements ⓘ |
| toll | no separate tunnel toll ⓘ |
| trafficType | road traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
long-distance freight traffic
ⓘ
tourist traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Bernardino Tunnel Description of subject: The San Bernardino Tunnel is a major road tunnel in the Swiss Alps that provides a key north–south transit route between German-speaking and Italian-speaking Switzerland.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: San Bernardino Tunnel
linked to: San Bernardino Tunnel
linked to: San Bernardino Tunnel