Charles Berry Bascule Bridge
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The Charles Berry Bascule Bridge is a historic movable drawbridge in Lorain, Ohio, known for carrying U.S. Route 6 over the Black River and serving as a prominent local landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Berry Bascule Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T932047 — 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: Charles Berry Bascule Bridge Context triple: [Lorain, Ohio, hasLandmark, Charles Berry Bascule Bridge]
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A.
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a highway bridge over the Mississippi River near Hannibal, Missouri, named in honor of the famed American author Mark Twain.
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B.
Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge
The Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge in the Omaha–Council Bluffs area that carries Interstate 480 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa.
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C.
Walt Whitman Bridge
The Walt Whitman Bridge is a major suspension bridge connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Gloucester City, New Jersey, and serving as a key highway crossing over the Delaware River.
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D.
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is a major highway bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., carrying traffic between the city and Arlington, Virginia.
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E.
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.
- 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: Charles Berry Bascule Bridge Target entity description: The Charles Berry Bascule Bridge is a historic movable drawbridge in Lorain, Ohio, known for carrying U.S. Route 6 over the Black River and serving as a prominent local landmark.
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A.
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a highway bridge over the Mississippi River near Hannibal, Missouri, named in honor of the famed American author Mark Twain.
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B.
Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge
The Grenville Dodge Memorial Bridge is a major highway bridge in the Omaha–Council Bluffs area that carries Interstate 480 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa.
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C.
Walt Whitman Bridge
The Walt Whitman Bridge is a major suspension bridge connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Gloucester City, New Jersey, and serving as a key highway crossing over the Delaware River.
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D.
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is a major highway bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., carrying traffic between the city and Arlington, Virginia.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bascule bridge
ⓘ
drawbridge ⓘ historic place ⓘ landmark ⓘ movable bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
U.S. Route 6
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Bascule bridges in the United States
ⓘ
Bridges over the Black River (Ohio) ⓘ Landmarks in Lorain, Ohio ⓘ Road bridges in Ohio ⓘ Transportation in Lorain County, Ohio ⓘ |
| city | Lorain ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Lorain County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | Black River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | automobile traffic ⓘ |
| function |
river crossing
ⓘ
vehicular bridge ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| hasMovableSpan | bascule leaves ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
engineering landmark in Lorain
ⓘ
transportation link between east and west Lorain ⓘ |
| hasTraffic |
motor vehicles
ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| isOnRoute | U.S. Route 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lorain County, Ohio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lorain ⓘ
surface form:
Lorain, Ohio
Ohio ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles J. Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs |
historic infrastructure in Lorain
ⓘ
prominent local landmark ⓘ |
| openingMechanism | counterweighted bascule system ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Numbered Highway System
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Highway System
U.S. Route 6 corridor ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Lorain
ⓘ
surface form:
Lorain metropolitan area
|
| riverBasin | Lake Erie watershed ⓘ |
| spans | navigable channel of the Black River ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
| structureType | double-leaf bascule bridge ⓘ |
| usedFor | local and regional transportation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Berry Bascule Bridge Description of subject: The Charles Berry Bascule Bridge is a historic movable drawbridge in Lorain, Ohio, known for carrying U.S. Route 6 over the Black River and serving as a prominent local landmark.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lorain, Ohio