Kingston Bridge, Glasgow
E247334
Kingston Bridge in Glasgow is a major motorway bridge carrying traffic over the River Clyde and serving as a key part of the city’s road network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingston Bridge, Glasgow canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2233187 — 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: Kingston Bridge, Glasgow Context triple: [M8, hasStructure, Kingston Bridge, Glasgow]
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A.
Greyfriars Bridge
Greyfriars Bridge is a road bridge in Shrewsbury, England, carrying traffic across the River Severn near the town centre.
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B.
Ayr Bridge
Ayr Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Ayr in the town of Ayr, Scotland.
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C.
Dumbarton Bridge
The Dumbarton Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area that provides a key east–west crossing between the Peninsula and the East Bay.
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D.
Linlithgow Bridge
Linlithgow Bridge is a village in West Lothian, Scotland, best known as the site of the 1526 Battle of Linlithgow Bridge.
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E.
Pulteney Bridge
Pulteney Bridge is an 18th-century stone bridge in Bath, England, famed for its elegant Georgian architecture and rare design featuring shops built across its full span on both sides.
- 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: Kingston Bridge, Glasgow Target entity description: Kingston Bridge in Glasgow is a major motorway bridge carrying traffic over the River Clyde and serving as a key part of the city’s road network.
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A.
Greyfriars Bridge
Greyfriars Bridge is a road bridge in Shrewsbury, England, carrying traffic across the River Severn near the town centre.
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B.
Ayr Bridge
Ayr Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the River Ayr in the town of Ayr, Scotland.
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C.
Dumbarton Bridge
The Dumbarton Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area that provides a key east–west crossing between the Peninsula and the East Bay.
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D.
Linlithgow Bridge
Linlithgow Bridge is a village in West Lothian, Scotland, best known as the site of the 1526 Battle of Linlithgow Bridge.
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E.
Pulteney Bridge
Pulteney Bridge is an 18th-century stone bridge in Bath, England, famed for its elegant Georgian architecture and rare design featuring shops built across its full span on both sides.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete box girder bridge
ⓘ
motorway bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Clyde Bridges family of crossings in Glasgow ⓘ |
| carries |
M8 motorway
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
| connects |
Anderston
ⓘ
surface form:
Anderston area
Tradeston area ⓘ north bank of the River Clyde ⓘ south bank of the River Clyde ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1967 ⓘ |
| crosses | River Clyde ⓘ |
| crossesAt |
Glasgow city centre (north)
ⓘ
surface form:
Glasgow city centre
|
| design | box girder ⓘ |
| hasApproachRoad | M8 junctions on both banks ⓘ |
| hasClearanceBelow | sufficient for river navigation ⓘ |
| hasDeckType | dual carriageway ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
key strategic route for cross‑city traffic
ⓘ
link between east and west Glasgow ⓘ |
| hasIssue | congestion at peak times ⓘ |
| hasLanes |
5 lanes eastbound
ⓘ
5 lanes westbound ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Clyde Arc bridge
ⓘ
Glasgow city centre (north) ⓘ
surface form:
Glasgow city centre
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) area
|
| hasNumberOfSpans | 10 ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | east–west ⓘ |
| hasStatus | one of the busiest road bridges in Europe ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Clyde crossings ⓘ |
| isToll | no ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Glasgow
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Transport Scotland ⓘ |
| material | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kingston district of Glasgow ⓘ |
| opened | 1970 ⓘ |
| openedBy |
Elizabeth II
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Elizabeth II
|
| partOf |
Clyde corridor of the Scottish trunk road network
ⓘ
Glasgow road network ⓘ M8 motorway ⓘ
surface form:
M8 motorway corridor
|
| trafficVolume | over 150000 vehicles per day ⓘ |
| underwent |
major structural repairs in the 1990s
ⓘ
strengthening works in the 2000s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kingston Bridge, Glasgow Description of subject: Kingston Bridge in Glasgow is a major motorway bridge carrying traffic over the River Clyde and serving as a key part of the city’s road network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.