Gordie Howe International Bridge
E159333
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a major cable-stayed border crossing under construction between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, intended to improve trade and travel between Canada and the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gordie Howe International Bridge canonical | 5 |
| Gordie Howe International Bridge project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T936869 — 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: Gordie Howe International Bridge Context triple: [Gordie Howe, namesakeOf, Gordie Howe International Bridge]
-
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.
-
B.
Blue Water Bridge
The Blue Water Bridge is a major international twin-span bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the St. Clair River between the United States and Canada.
-
C.
Mackinac Bridge
The Mackinac Bridge is a major suspension bridge in Michigan that connects the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas and is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
-
D.
Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge
The Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge is a major steel cantilever bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Mystic River between Charlestown and Chelsea.
-
E.
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge
The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge is a major floating bridge in Washington State that carries Interstate 90 across Lake Washington, connecting Seattle to its eastern suburbs.
- 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: Gordie Howe International Bridge Target entity description: The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a major cable-stayed border crossing under construction between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, intended to improve trade and travel between Canada and the United States.
-
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.
-
B.
Blue Water Bridge
The Blue Water Bridge is a major international twin-span bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the St. Clair River between the United States and Canada.
-
C.
Mackinac Bridge
The Mackinac Bridge is a major suspension bridge in Michigan that connects the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas and is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
-
D.
Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge
The Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge is a major steel cantilever bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Mystic River between Charlestown and Chelsea.
-
E.
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge
The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge is a major floating bridge in Washington State that carries Interstate 90 across Lake Washington, connecting Seattle to its eastern suburbs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-stayed bridge
ⓘ
international border crossing ⓘ road bridge ⓘ |
| borderBetween |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| bridgeType | cable-stayed ⓘ |
| connects |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
Windsor, Ontario ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| crosses | Detroit River ⓘ |
| function | vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
approach spans
ⓘ
border inspection plazas ⓘ highway interchanges ⓘ main span ⓘ towers ⓘ |
| isPartOfProject |
Gordie Howe International Bridge
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gordie Howe International Bridge project
|
| locatedIn |
Michigan
ⓘ
North America ⓘ Ontario ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gordie Howe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a new major Canada–US border crossing
ⓘ
facilitating international trade ⓘ |
| partOf | Canada–United States border infrastructure ⓘ |
| purpose |
improve trade between Canada and the United States
ⓘ
improve travel between Canada and the United States ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Detroit–Warren–Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Windsor–Detroit metropolitan area
|
| replacesOrSupplements | Ambassador Bridge ⓘ |
| status | under construction ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gordie Howe International Bridge Description of subject: The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a major cable-stayed border crossing under construction between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, intended to improve trade and travel between Canada and the United States.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Gordie Howe International Bridge
→
isPartOfProject
→
Gordie Howe International Bridge
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Gordie Howe International Bridge project