Little Current Swing Bridge
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The Little Current Swing Bridge is a historic swing bridge in Ontario, Canada, that carries traffic between Manitoulin Island and the mainland across the North Channel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Current Swing Bridge canonical | 2 |
| Manitoulin Island–mainland swing bridge at Little Current | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1355963 — 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: Little Current Swing Bridge Context triple: [Manitoulin Island, connectedBy, Little Current Swing Bridge]
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A.
Strawberry Creek bridge
Strawberry Creek bridge is a pedestrian bridge on the UC Berkeley campus that spans Strawberry Creek near Sather Gate, serving as a key walkway between central campus areas.
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B.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
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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C.
Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge
The Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge is a historic suspension bridge in New York that carries traffic across Rondout Creek between the city of Kingston and the hamlet of Port Ewen.
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D.
Benson Bridge
Benson Bridge is a historic pedestrian footbridge that spans the lower falls at Oregon’s Multnomah Falls, offering visitors a close-up view of the cascading water.
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E.
Hawthorne Bridge
Hawthorne Bridge is a historic truss bridge in Portland, Oregon, known as one of the city’s oldest and most heavily used river crossings.
- 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: Little Current Swing Bridge Target entity description: The Little Current Swing Bridge is a historic swing bridge in Ontario, Canada, that carries traffic between Manitoulin Island and the mainland across the North Channel.
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A.
Algonquin Bridge
Algonquin Bridge is a pedestrian bridge located on the Toronto Islands, providing a scenic crossing between parts of the island park system.
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B.
Strawberry Creek bridge
Strawberry Creek bridge is a pedestrian bridge on the UC Berkeley campus that spans Strawberry Creek near Sather Gate, serving as a key walkway between central campus areas.
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C.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
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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D.
Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge
The Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge is a historic suspension bridge in New York that carries traffic across Rondout Creek between the city of Kingston and the hamlet of Port Ewen.
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E.
Benson Bridge
Benson Bridge is a historic pedestrian footbridge that spans the lower falls at Oregon’s Multnomah Falls, offering visitors a close-up view of the cascading water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic structure
ⓘ
movable bridge ⓘ railway bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ swing bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
motor vehicles
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pedestrians ⓘ road traffic ⓘ |
| connects |
Manitoulin Island
ⓘ
mainland of Ontario ⓘ |
| convertedTo | road-only bridge ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crosses |
North Channel
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channel between Goat Island and Manitoulin Island ⓘ |
| designedFor | rail traffic ⓘ |
| hasApproximateMainSpanLength | approximately 112 metres ⓘ |
| hasConstructionStartDate | early 1910s ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | landmark of Manitoulin Island ⓘ |
| hasDesign | truss bridge ⓘ |
| hasFunction | link Manitoulin Island to mainland Ontario ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic bridge ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUse | railway bridge for Algoma Eastern Railway ⓘ |
| hasNavigationClearance | swing span provides passage for ships ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLanes | 1 ⓘ |
| hasOpeningMechanism | pivoting center pier ⓘ |
| hasOpeningSchedule | opens for marine traffic at scheduled times in navigation season ⓘ |
| hasSpanType | swing span ⓘ |
| laterUsedFor | highway traffic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Little Current, Ontario
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion | Lake Huron ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Georgian Bay ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
|
| material | steel ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the only road link to Manitoulin Island from mainland Ontario for many years ⓘ |
| opened | 1913 ⓘ |
| operatesAs | swing bridge for marine traffic ⓘ |
| owner |
Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
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| partOf |
Ontario Highway 6
ⓘ
surface form:
Highway 6 (Ontario)
|
| region | Manitoulin District ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| structureType | steel truss swing bridge ⓘ |
| trafficDirection | alternating one-way traffic ⓘ |
| usedBy |
local traffic
ⓘ
tourist traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Little Current Swing Bridge Description of subject: The Little Current Swing Bridge is a historic swing bridge in Ontario, Canada, that carries traffic between Manitoulin Island and the mainland across the North Channel.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Manitoulin Island–mainland swing bridge at Little Current