Selmon Expressway
E141498
The Selmon Expressway is a major toll road in Tampa, Florida, providing a key east–west route that connects downtown Tampa with its suburbs and regional highways.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selmon Expressway canonical | 3 |
| Lee Roy Selmon Expressway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T974531 — 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: Selmon Expressway Context triple: [Channelside, transportationAccess, Selmon Expressway]
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A.
Florida State Road 71
Florida State Road 71 is a north–south state highway in Florida’s Panhandle that connects several small communities and rural areas, including the city of Chattahoochee.
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B.
Florida State Road 81
Florida State Road 81 is a north–south state highway in the Florida Panhandle that connects rural communities and provides regional access through Holmes County and surrounding areas.
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C.
Florida State Road 79
Florida State Road 79 is a north–south state highway in the Florida Panhandle that serves as a major route between the Gulf Coast beaches and the Alabama state line.
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D.
Florida State Road 12
Florida State Road 12 is a state highway in Florida’s Panhandle that serves as an important east–west route connecting Quincy with surrounding rural communities.
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E.
Florida State Road 97
Florida State Road 97 is a north–south state highway in the Florida Panhandle that connects rural Escambia County to the Alabama state line near Pensacola.
- 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: Selmon Expressway Target entity description: The Selmon Expressway is a major toll road in Tampa, Florida, providing a key east–west route that connects downtown Tampa with its suburbs and regional highways.
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A.
Florida State Road 71
Florida State Road 71 is a north–south state highway in Florida’s Panhandle that connects several small communities and rural areas, including the city of Chattahoochee.
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B.
Florida State Road 81
Florida State Road 81 is a north–south state highway in the Florida Panhandle that connects rural communities and provides regional access through Holmes County and surrounding areas.
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C.
Florida State Road 79
Florida State Road 79 is a north–south state highway in the Florida Panhandle that serves as a major route between the Gulf Coast beaches and the Alabama state line.
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D.
Florida State Road 12
Florida State Road 12 is a state highway in Florida’s Panhandle that serves as an important east–west route connecting Quincy with surrounding rural communities.
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E.
Florida State Road 97
Florida State Road 97 is a north–south state highway in the Florida Panhandle that connects rural Escambia County to the Alabama state line near Pensacola.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expressway
ⓘ
highway in Florida ⓘ toll road ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Selmon Expy ⓘ |
| category |
Roads in Tampa, Florida
ⓘ
Toll roads in Florida ⓘ |
| connects |
Brandon, Florida
ⓘ
Gandy Boulevard ⓘ Interstate 4 (via connections in Tampa) ⓘ Interstate 75 ⓘ U.S. Route 301 ⓘ Downtown Tampa ⓘ
surface form:
downtown Tampa
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| electronicTollSystem |
SunPass
ⓘ
toll‑by‑plate ⓘ |
| feature | elevated reversible express lanes ⓘ |
| formerName | Southern Crosstown Expressway ⓘ |
| hasAccess | Gandy Bridge area ⓘ |
| hasElectronicTollCollection | yes ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Florida State Road 618
ⓘ
Interstate 75 ⓘ U.S. Route 301 ⓘ U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaneConfiguration | mixture of at‑grade and elevated lanes ⓘ |
| hasReversibleLanes | yes ⓘ |
| hasToll | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hillsborough County, Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tampa, Florida ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lee Roy Selmon ⓘ |
| officialName |
Selmon Expressway
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lee Roy Selmon Expressway
|
| opened | 1970s ⓘ |
| openedSection | initial segments opened in 1976 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority system
|
| passesNear |
Port of Tampa
ⓘ
surface form:
Port Tampa Bay
Ybor City historic district ⓘ
surface form:
Ybor City
|
| passesThrough |
Downtown Tampa
ⓘ
surface form:
downtown Tampa
|
| regionServed | Tampa Bay area ⓘ |
| roadType | limited-access highway ⓘ |
| role | major east–west commuter route in Tampa ⓘ |
| serves | commuters between Brandon and downtown Tampa ⓘ |
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| tollRoad | yes ⓘ |
| transportationMode | motor vehicle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Selmon Expressway Description of subject: The Selmon Expressway is a major toll road in Tampa, Florida, providing a key east–west route that connects downtown Tampa with its suburbs and regional highways.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lee Roy Selmon Expressway