Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
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The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T679361 — 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: Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge Context triple: [Chicago River, hasNotableBridge, Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge]
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A.
Wells Street Bridge
Wells Street Bridge is a historic double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago that carries both road traffic and elevated trains across the Chicago River.
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B.
Willis Avenue Bridge
The Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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C.
Newkirk Viaduct
The Newkirk Viaduct is a historic 19th-century railroad bridge in Philadelphia that played a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
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D.
Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge
The Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge in the Omaha–Council Bluffs area that carries Interstate 480 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa.
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E.
Sagamore Bridge
Sagamore Bridge is a major highway bridge in Massachusetts that carries traffic over the Cape Cod Canal, serving as one of the primary gateways to Cape Cod.
- 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: Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge Target entity description: The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
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A.
Wells Street Bridge
Wells Street Bridge is a historic double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago that carries both road traffic and elevated trains across the Chicago River.
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B.
Willis Avenue Bridge
The Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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C.
Newkirk Viaduct
The Newkirk Viaduct is a historic 19th-century railroad bridge in Philadelphia that played a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
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D.
Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge
The Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge in the Omaha–Council Bluffs area that carries Interstate 480 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa.
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E.
Sagamore Bridge
Sagamore Bridge is a major highway bridge in Massachusetts that carries traffic over the Cape Cod Canal, serving as one of the primary gateways to Cape Cod.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic structure
ⓘ
movable bridge ⓘ railroad bridge ⓘ vertical-lift bridge ⓘ |
| architect | Waddell & Harrington ⓘ |
| carries |
freight rail
ⓘ
railroad traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges in Chicago
ⓘ
Railroad bridges in Illinois ⓘ Vertical-lift bridges in the United States ⓘ |
| city |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
| constructionStartDate | 1907 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses |
Chicago River
ⓘ
Chicago River ⓘ
surface form:
North Branch Chicago River
|
| designer | Waddell & Harrington ⓘ |
| engineer |
J. A. L. Waddell
ⓘ
surface form:
John Alexander Low Waddell
|
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| function | rail transport over Chicago River ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic bridge ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Chicago Landmark ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignation | Chicago Landmark ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Near North Side
ⓘ
surface form:
Near North Side, Chicago
downtown Chicago ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Kinzie Street ⓘ |
| location |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maintainedBy | Chicago Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| mechanism | vertical-lift span ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kinzie Street ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic Chicago river crossing
ⓘ
industrial-era engineering ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| owner | City of Chicago ⓘ |
| partOf | Chicago River bridges ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| significance |
example of early vertical-lift bridge design
ⓘ
symbol of Chicago industrial history ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| status |
kept in raised position
ⓘ
mostly disused ⓘ |
| structureType | single-track bridge ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| usedFor | freight access to downtown Chicago ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge Description of subject: The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.