Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge
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The Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge is a historic vertical-lift railway bridge in Massachusetts that carries trains across the Cape Cod Canal and is notable for its impressive movable-span engineering.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge canonical | 6 |
| Cape Cod Canal bridges | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7455 — 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: Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge Context triple: [Cape Cod, connectedBy, Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge]
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A.
Memorial Bridge
Memorial Bridge is a prominent ceremonial bridge spanning the Potomac River, symbolically linking Arlington National Cemetery with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Key Bridge
Key Bridge is a historic steel-arch bridge spanning the Potomac River, connecting Washington, D.C. to Arlington, Virginia.
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C.
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.
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D.
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a historic 19th-century suspension bridge spanning the East River, renowned as an iconic symbol of New York City and a major connection between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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E.
George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is a major double-decked suspension bridge connecting Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey and serving as a key transportation link in the northeastern United States.
- 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: Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge Target entity description: The Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge is a historic vertical-lift railway bridge in Massachusetts that carries trains across the Cape Cod Canal and is notable for its impressive movable-span engineering.
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A.
Memorial Bridge
Memorial Bridge is a prominent ceremonial bridge spanning the Potomac River, symbolically linking Arlington National Cemetery with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Key Bridge
Key Bridge is a historic steel-arch bridge spanning the Potomac River, connecting Washington, D.C. to Arlington, Virginia.
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C.
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.
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D.
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a historic 19th-century suspension bridge spanning the East River, renowned as an iconic symbol of New York City and a major connection between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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E.
George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is a major double-decked suspension bridge connecting Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey and serving as a key transportation link in the northeastern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
movable bridge
ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ vertical-lift bridge ⓘ |
| architect | Waddell & Hardesty ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Public Works Administration (PWA)
ⓘ
surface form:
Public Works Administration
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| carries |
freight trains
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passenger excursion trains ⓘ rail traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges completed in 1935
ⓘ
Railway bridges in Massachusetts ⓘ Vertical lift bridges in the United States ⓘ |
| clearanceBelowWhenRaised | 135 feet ⓘ |
| connects |
Cape Cod
ⓘ
mainland Massachusetts ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1933 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Cape Cod Canal ⓘ |
| designer | J. A. L. Waddell ⓘ |
| function | to allow both rail traffic and marine navigation via movable span ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| hasLiftMechanism | counterweight system ⓘ |
| hasTowers | 2 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the longest vertical-lift spans in the world at time of completion ⓘ |
| length | 1347 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cape Cod Canal
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Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bourne, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Buzzards Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
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| mainSpanLength | 544 feet ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
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| material | steel ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 1 ⓘ |
| opened | 1935 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| owner |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| parallelTo |
Bourne Bridge
ⓘ
Sagamore Bridge ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Cod Canal transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier swing railroad bridge over Cape Cod Canal ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| structureType | truss bridge ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cape Cod Central Railroad excursion trains
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Mass Coastal Railroad ⓘ |
| verticalLiftSpanLength | 544 feet ⓘ |
| waterway | Cape Cod Canal ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge Description of subject: The Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge is a historic vertical-lift railway bridge in Massachusetts that carries trains across the Cape Cod Canal and is notable for its impressive movable-span engineering.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cape Cod Canal bridges