Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge

E683535

cable-stayed bridge highway bridge

The Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge is a prominent cable-stayed highway bridge in Mobile, Alabama, notable for its distinctive design and its connection to the historic Africatown community.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Africatown Bridge	1
Cochrane–Africatown Bridge	1
Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7695538 — 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: Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge
Context triple: [Mobile River, hasBridge, Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge]

A. 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.
B. Varina-Enon Bridge
The Varina-Enon Bridge is a cable-stayed highway bridge in Virginia that carries Interstate 295 over the James River between Henrico and Chesterfield counties.
C. Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
The Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge is a distinctive double-arch concrete bridge in Tennessee known for its dramatic span over a wooded valley along the historic Natchez Trace route.
D. Ravenel Bridge
The Ravenel Bridge is a prominent cable-stayed bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, known for its striking modern design and role as a key transportation link across the Cooper River.
E. Big Black River bridge
Big Black River bridge is a strategic crossing over Mississippi’s Big Black River that played a key role in the American Civil War, particularly during the Vicksburg Campaign.
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: Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge
Target entity description: The Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge is a prominent cable-stayed highway bridge in Mobile, Alabama, notable for its distinctive design and its connection to the historic Africatown community.

A. 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.
B. Varina-Enon Bridge
The Varina-Enon Bridge is a cable-stayed highway bridge in Virginia that carries Interstate 295 over the James River between Henrico and Chesterfield counties.
C. Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
The Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge is a distinctive double-arch concrete bridge in Tennessee known for its dramatic span over a wooded valley along the historic Natchez Trace route.
D. Ravenel Bridge
The Ravenel Bridge is a prominent cable-stayed bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, known for its striking modern design and role as a key transportation link across the Cooper River.
E. Big Black River bridge
Big Black River bridge is a strategic crossing over Mississippi’s Big Black River that played a key role in the American Civil War, particularly during the Vicksburg Campaign.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cable-stayed bridge ⓘ highway bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Africatown Bridge ⓘ linked to: Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge Cochrane–Africatown Bridge ⓘ linked to: Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge
approachFrom	Interstate 165 ⓘ
carries	four lanes of traffic ⓘ
category	Bridges in Alabama ⓘ Buildings and structures in Mobile, Alabama ⓘ Cable-stayed bridges in the United States ⓘ Road bridges in Alabama ⓘ
city	Mobile ⓘ
connects	Africatown ⓘ downtown Mobile ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crosses	Mobile River ⓘ
design	cable-stayed ⓘ
function	vehicular traffic crossing of Mobile River ⓘ
hasDeckType	road deck ⓘ
hasLanes	4 ⓘ
hasToll	no ⓘ
hasType	extradosed cable-stayed bridge ⓘ
isPartOfNetwork	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
locatedIn	Mobile County, Alabama ⓘ Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
locatedOnRoute	U.S. Route 90 ⓘ U.S. Route 98 ⓘ
maintainedBy	Alabama Department of Transportation ⓘ
material	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Africatown ⓘ John T. Cochrane Sr. ⓘ
namedFor	historic Africatown community ⓘ
notableFor	connection to Africatown community ⓘ distinctive cable-stayed design ⓘ
opened	1991 ⓘ
openedToTraffic	1991 ⓘ
owner	State of Alabama ⓘ linked to: Alabama
partOf	Interstate 165 ⓘ
regionServed	Mobile metropolitan area ⓘ
river	Mobile River ⓘ
state	Alabama ⓘ
trafficType	motor vehicles ⓘ
usage	commuter traffic ⓘ freight traffic ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mobile River → hasBridge → Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge ⓘ

Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Cochrane–Africatown Bridge ⓘ

linked to: Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge

Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Africatown Bridge ⓘ