Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge
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The Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge is a historic movable bridge in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that carries road and rail traffic across the canal near the St. Marys River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1477020 — 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 Canal Swing Bridge Context triple: [Sault Ste. Marie Canal, hasStructure, Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge]
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A.
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
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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B.
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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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.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Canal Swing Bridge Target entity description: The Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge is a historic movable bridge in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that carries road and rail traffic across the canal near the St. Marys River.
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A.
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
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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B.
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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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.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
movable bridge
ⓘ
road–rail bridge ⓘ swing bridge ⓘ |
| allows | ships to pass when span is open ⓘ |
| carries |
rail traffic
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
| category |
bridges in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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railway bridges in Ontario ⓘ road bridges in Ontario ⓘ swing bridges in Canada ⓘ |
| city |
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Sault Ste. Marie
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| connects |
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Sault Ste. Marie mainland
St. Marys Island ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crosses | Sault Ste. Marie Canal ⓘ |
| design | steel truss swing span ⓘ |
| function | connects mainland Sault Ste. Marie to St. Marys Island ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic bridge ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada ⓘ |
| locatedOn | St. Marys Island access route ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Parks Canada ⓘ |
| movableSpanType | center-pivot swing span ⓘ |
| near | St. Marys River ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | early 20th century ⓘ |
| owner |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Canada
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| partOf | Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site area ⓘ |
| province | Ontario ⓘ |
| purpose | to allow both land transportation and vessel passage on the canal ⓘ |
| region |
Algoma District
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surface form:
Algoma District, Ontario
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| significance | important crossing over Sault Ste. Marie Canal ⓘ |
| structureType | multi-use transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Canadian Pacific Railway
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ |
| usedFor | local and regional transportation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge Description of subject: The Sault Ste. Marie Canal Swing Bridge is a historic movable bridge in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that carries road and rail traffic across the canal near the St. Marys River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.