Frederick C. Malkus Bridge
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The Frederick C. Malkus Bridge is a major highway bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50 over the Choptank River, serving as a key transportation link on the Eastern Shore.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frederick C. Malkus Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8665394 — 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: Frederick C. Malkus Bridge Context triple: [Choptank River, crossedBy, Frederick C. Malkus Bridge]
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A.
John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge
The John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge is a major toll bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area that carries Interstate 580 across San Francisco Bay between Richmond and San Rafael, California.
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B.
Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge
The Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge carrying U.S. Route 301 across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.
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C.
Frank J. Wood Bridge
The Frank J. Wood Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge in Maine that connects the towns of Brunswick and Topsham.
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D.
Charles R. Fenwick Bridge
The Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is a major Potomac River crossing in the Washington, D.C. area that carries the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro between Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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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: Frederick C. Malkus Bridge Target entity description: The Frederick C. Malkus Bridge is a major highway bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50 over the Choptank River, serving as a key transportation link on the Eastern Shore.
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A.
John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge
The John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge is a major toll bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area that carries Interstate 580 across San Francisco Bay between Richmond and San Rafael, California.
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B.
Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge
The Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge carrying U.S. Route 301 across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.
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C.
Frank J. Wood Bridge
The Frank J. Wood Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge in Maine that connects the towns of Brunswick and Topsham.
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D.
Charles R. Fenwick Bridge
The Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is a major Potomac River crossing in the Washington, D.C. area that carries the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro between Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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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 (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beam bridge
ⓘ
highway bridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Frederick C. Malkus Jr. Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malkus Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approachRoad |
U.S. Route 50 eastbound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 westbound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carries | U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Cambridge, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trappe, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | concrete ⓘ |
| crosses | Choptank River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesNear | Cambridge, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | motor vehicle traffic ⓘ |
| function | key transportation link on the Eastern Shore of Maryland ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maryland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Eastern Shore of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maryland State Highway Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Frederick C. Malkus Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| opened | 1987 ⓘ |
| owner | State of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Highway System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ primary route between Annapolis and Ocean City ⓘ primary route between Washington, D.C. and Ocean City ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Dorchester County, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Talbot County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Choptank River Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedStructureType | drawbridge ⓘ |
| riverMile | near mouth of Choptank River ⓘ |
| roadType | divided highway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederick C. Malkus Bridge Description of subject: The Frederick C. Malkus Bridge is a major highway bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50 over the Choptank River, serving as a key transportation link on the Eastern Shore.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.