Casco Bay Bridge
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The Casco Bay Bridge is a major bascule bridge in Portland, Maine, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Fore River and serving as a key transportation link in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Casco Bay Bridge canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7021690 — 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: Casco Bay Bridge Context triple: [Fore River (Maine), hasBridge, Casco Bay Bridge]
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A.
West Boston Bridge
West Boston Bridge was a 19th-century bridge over the Charles River in Boston that historically connected Boston to Cambridge before being superseded by the Longfellow Bridge.
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B.
Mid-Bay Bridge
The Mid-Bay Bridge is a toll bridge in Florida that spans Choctawhatchee Bay, providing a direct north–south route between the city of Niceville and the Gulf Coast resort area near Destin.
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C.
Sakonnet River Bridge
The Sakonnet River Bridge is a highway bridge in eastern Rhode Island that carries traffic across the Sakonnet River between Aquidneck Island and the mainland.
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D.
Piscataqua River Bridge
The Piscataqua River Bridge is a major highway bridge carrying Interstate 95 over the Piscataqua River between Maine and New Hampshire in the northeastern United States.
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E.
Manahawkin Bay Bridge
Manahawkin Bay Bridge is a causeway span in New Jersey that serves as the primary roadway link between the mainland and the resort community of Long Beach Island.
- 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: Casco Bay Bridge Target entity description: The Casco Bay Bridge is a major bascule bridge in Portland, Maine, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Fore River and serving as a key transportation link in the region.
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A.
West Boston Bridge
West Boston Bridge was a 19th-century bridge over the Charles River in Boston that historically connected Boston to Cambridge before being superseded by the Longfellow Bridge.
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B.
Mid-Bay Bridge
The Mid-Bay Bridge is a toll bridge in Florida that spans Choctawhatchee Bay, providing a direct north–south route between the city of Niceville and the Gulf Coast resort area near Destin.
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C.
Sakonnet River Bridge
The Sakonnet River Bridge is a highway bridge in eastern Rhode Island that carries traffic across the Sakonnet River between Aquidneck Island and the mainland.
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D.
Piscataqua River Bridge
The Piscataqua River Bridge is a major highway bridge carrying Interstate 95 over the Piscataqua River between Maine and New Hampshire in the northeastern United States.
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E.
Manahawkin Bay Bridge
Manahawkin Bay Bridge is a causeway span in New Jersey that serves as the primary roadway link between the mainland and the resort community of Long Beach Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bascule bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ |
| allows | marine traffic passage when raised ⓘ |
| carries |
State Route 77
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Portland, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1997 ⓘ |
| crosses | Fore River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | key transportation link in the Portland region ⓘ |
| hasApproach |
Portland approach
ⓘ
South Portland approach ⓘ |
| hasBicycleAccess | yes ⓘ |
| hasClearanceWhenClosed | sufficient for many smaller vessels ⓘ |
| hasClearanceWhenOpen | allows passage of larger ships ⓘ |
| hasDesign | double-leaf bascule ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| hasMovableSpan | yes ⓘ |
| hasNavigationChannel | under bascule span ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpans | multiple ⓘ |
| hasSidewalks | yes ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| isOnRoute |
State Route 77 corridor in Maine
ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 corridor in Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cumberland County, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Casco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | 1997 ⓘ |
| partOf | regional transportation network of Greater Portland ⓘ |
| precededBy | Million Dollar Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | Greater Portland metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Million Dollar Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverMouthProximity | near mouth of Fore River into Casco Bay ⓘ |
| roadwayType | multi-lane highway bridge ⓘ |
| safetyImprovementOver | Million Dollar Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
commercial traffic between Portland and South Portland
ⓘ
commuter traffic between Portland and South Portland ⓘ |
| strategicRole | primary crossing of Fore River for U.S. Route 1 in Portland area ⓘ |
| supports |
bicycles
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motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| trafficCapacityImprovementOver | Million Dollar Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanContext | inner harbor of Portland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Casco Bay Bridge Description of subject: The Casco Bay Bridge is a major bascule bridge in Portland, Maine, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Fore River and serving as a key transportation link in the region.
Referenced by (3)
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