Chicago Skyway
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The Chicago Skyway is a toll bridge and elevated highway on the South Side of Chicago that links the city’s expressway system to the Indiana Toll Road.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago Skyway canonical | 5 |
| Calumet Skyway | 1 |
| Chicago Skyway (nearby to the east) | 1 |
| Skyway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1916477 — 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: Chicago Skyway Context triple: [Dan Ryan Expressway, connectsTo, Chicago Skyway]
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A.
Park Avenue Viaduct
The Park Avenue Viaduct is an elevated roadway in Midtown Manhattan that carries traffic around Grand Central Terminal, connecting Park Avenue across 42nd Street.
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B.
Bir-Hakeim elevated viaduct
Bir-Hakeim elevated viaduct is a historic two-level bridge in Paris that carries both road traffic and Line 6 of the Paris Métro across the Seine near the Eiffel Tower.
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C.
79th Street Causeway
The 79th Street Causeway is a major east–west roadway and bridge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, connecting mainland Miami to the barrier islands across Biscayne Bay.
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D.
Volodarsky Bridge
Volodarsky Bridge is a road bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, notable for carrying traffic across the Neva River and connecting key districts of the city.
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E.
Riverside Drive Viaduct
Riverside Drive Viaduct is an elevated steel and concrete roadway structure in Manhattan that carries Riverside Drive above the Amtrak rail lines and low-lying areas along the Hudson River.
- 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: Chicago Skyway Target entity description: The Chicago Skyway is a toll bridge and elevated highway on the South Side of Chicago that links the city’s expressway system to the Indiana Toll Road.
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A.
Park Avenue Viaduct
The Park Avenue Viaduct is an elevated roadway in Midtown Manhattan that carries traffic around Grand Central Terminal, connecting Park Avenue across 42nd Street.
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B.
Bir-Hakeim elevated viaduct
Bir-Hakeim elevated viaduct is a historic two-level bridge in Paris that carries both road traffic and Line 6 of the Paris Métro across the Seine near the Eiffel Tower.
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C.
79th Street Causeway
The 79th Street Causeway is a major east–west roadway and bridge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, connecting mainland Miami to the barrier islands across Biscayne Bay.
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D.
Volodarsky Bridge
Volodarsky Bridge is a road bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, notable for carrying traffic across the Neva River and connecting key districts of the city.
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E.
Riverside Drive Viaduct
Riverside Drive Viaduct is an elevated steel and concrete roadway structure in Manhattan that carries Riverside Drive above the Amtrak rail lines and low-lying areas along the Hudson River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elevated highway
ⓘ
toll bridge ⓘ toll road ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges in Chicago
ⓘ
Expressways in Chicago ⓘ Interstate 90 ⓘ Road bridges in Illinois ⓘ Toll roads in Illinois ⓘ |
| concessionaire | Cintra–Macquarie consortium ⓘ |
| concessionLeaseDuration | 99 years ⓘ |
| concessionLeaseStartDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Dan Ryan Expressway
ⓘ
Indiana Toll Road ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Calumet River ⓘ |
| designedFor | automobile traffic ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 57
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 94 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
steel truss bridge
ⓘ
toll plaza ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | 55 mph ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
elevated viaduct
ⓘ
truss bridge ⓘ |
| laterStakeholder |
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board
OMERS Infrastructure ⓘ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 12.6 kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 7.8 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form:
South Side of Chicago
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Illinois ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Skyway Concession Company ⓘ |
| opened | 1958 ⓘ |
| originalName |
Chicago Skyway
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Calumet Skyway
|
| owner | City of Chicago ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chicago expressway system
ⓘ
Interstate Highway System ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Far Southeast Side, Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
East Side, Chicago
South Deering, Chicago ⓘ |
| purpose | link Chicago expressway system to Indiana Toll Road ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
Northwest Indiana ⓘ |
| roadNumber | Interstate 90 ⓘ |
| toll | yes ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Chicago Skyway Description of subject: The Chicago Skyway is a toll bridge and elevated highway on the South Side of Chicago that links the city’s expressway system to the Indiana Toll Road.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Calumet Skyway
this entity surface form:
Skyway
this entity surface form:
Chicago Skyway (nearby to the east)
subject surface form:
Dan Ryan Expressway
subject surface form:
Indiana Toll Road