Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
E170156
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge is a major steel bridge that connects Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada with Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA, serving as an important cross-border transportation link.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge canonical | 6 |
| International Bridge (Sault Ste. Marie) | 1 |
| International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1365717 — 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: Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge Context triple: [Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, riverCrossing, Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge]
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A.
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.
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B.
Gordie Howe International Bridge
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.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Confederation Bridge
Confederation Bridge is a long-span bridge in eastern Canada that carries the Trans-Canada Highway across the Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland province of New Brunswick.
- 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: Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge Target entity description: The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge is a major steel bridge that connects Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada with Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA, serving as an important cross-border transportation link.
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A.
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.
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B.
Gordie Howe International Bridge
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.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Confederation Bridge
Confederation Bridge is a long-span bridge in eastern Canada that carries the Trans-Canada Highway across the Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland province of New Brunswick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international bridge
ⓘ
steel bridge ⓘ toll bridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie
|
| borderCrossingType | land border crossing ⓘ |
| carries |
bicycles
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| connects |
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
ⓘ
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
|
| connectsTo |
Highway 17
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 75 ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | St. Marys River ⓘ |
| design | steel truss bridge ⓘ |
| function |
cross-border transportation link
ⓘ
trade corridor between Canada and the United States ⓘ |
| governingAgreements | binational Canada–United States agreements ⓘ |
| hasBorderInspectionStations | yes ⓘ |
| hasCustomsFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| hasPedestrianWalkway | yes ⓘ |
| hasToll | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| latitude | 46.507 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Michigan
ⓘ
North America ⓘ Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| longitude | -84.345 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| near | Soo Locks ⓘ |
| opened | 1962 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1962-10-31 ⓘ |
| owner | Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority ⓘ |
| partOf | Canada–United States border ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Algoma District
ⓘ
Chippewa County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadType |
Huron Street / Highway 17B connection
ⓘ
International Bridge Plaza to Interstate 75 ⓘ |
| significance |
important link on the Lake Superior–Great Lakes corridor
ⓘ
major crossing between Michigan and Ontario ⓘ |
| spans | shipping channel of St. Marys River ⓘ |
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: Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge Description of subject: The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge is a major steel bridge that connects Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada with Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA, serving as an important cross-border transportation link.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
this entity surface form:
International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie
this entity surface form:
International Bridge (Sault Ste. Marie)