Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge
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The Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge is a historic swing-span railway bridge in Portland, Oregon, carrying freight and passenger trains across the North Portland Harbor channel of the Columbia River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BNSF Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge | 1 |
| Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2227747 — 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: Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge Context triple: [Portland bridge system, hasPart, Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge]
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A.
Bixby Creek Bridge
Bixby Creek Bridge is an iconic reinforced-concrete arch bridge along California’s scenic Highway 1, renowned for its dramatic coastal setting and frequent appearance in photography and film.
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B.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
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C.
Newkirk Viaduct
The Newkirk Viaduct is a historic 19th-century railroad bridge in Philadelphia that played a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
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D.
Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge
The Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge is a major floating bridge in Washington State that carries Interstate 90 across Lake Washington between Seattle and Mercer Island.
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E.
Garcon Point Bridge
Garcon Point Bridge is a toll bridge in Florida that spans Pensacola Bay, connecting the Garcon Point peninsula with the mainland near Milton and Gulf Breeze.
- 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: Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge Target entity description: The Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge is a historic swing-span railway bridge in Portland, Oregon, carrying freight and passenger trains across the North Portland Harbor channel of the Columbia River.
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A.
Bixby Creek Bridge
Bixby Creek Bridge is an iconic reinforced-concrete arch bridge along California’s scenic Highway 1, renowned for its dramatic coastal setting and frequent appearance in photography and film.
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B.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
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C.
Newkirk Viaduct
The Newkirk Viaduct is a historic 19th-century railroad bridge in Philadelphia that played a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
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D.
Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge
The Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge is a major floating bridge in Washington State that carries Interstate 90 across Lake Washington between Seattle and Mercer Island.
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E.
Garcon Point Bridge
Garcon Point Bridge is a toll bridge in Florida that spans Pensacola Bay, connecting the Garcon Point peninsula with the mainland near Milton and Gulf Breeze.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic bridge
ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ swing bridge ⓘ truss bridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
BNSF Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge
North Portland Harbor Railroad Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon Slough Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carries |
freight trains
ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges in Portland, Oregon
ⓘ
Railroad bridges in Oregon ⓘ Steel truss bridges in the United States ⓘ Swing bridges in the United States ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1908 ⓘ |
| crosses |
Columbia River
ⓘ
North Portland Harbor ⓘ |
| design | swing-span truss ⓘ |
| function | rail transport ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
approach truss spans
ⓘ
pivot pier for swing span ⓘ |
| hasMovableSpan | swing span ⓘ |
| hasNavigationChannel | swing span provides opening for river traffic ⓘ |
| hasOwnerHistory | originally built for a predecessor of BNSF Railway ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Multnomah County
ⓘ
surface form:
Multnomah County, Oregon
Oregon ⓘ Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Portland, Oregon
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOnWaterBody |
North Portland Harbor
ⓘ
surface form:
North Portland Harbor channel
|
| maintainedBy | BNSF Railway ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | multiple ⓘ |
| opened | 1908 ⓘ |
| owner | BNSF Railway ⓘ |
| partOf |
BNSF Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
BNSF Railway network
rail corridor along the Columbia River ⓘ |
| purpose | to carry rail traffic across North Portland Harbor ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| regionServed | Portland metropolitan area ⓘ |
| riverBank | connects mainland Portland to Hayden Island area ⓘ |
| trafficType | rail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amtrak trains
ⓘ
BNSF Railway ⓘ
surface form:
BNSF Railway trains
commuter and intercity rail services in the Portland area ⓘ |
| waterway |
Columbia River
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia River system
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge Description of subject: The Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge is a historic swing-span railway bridge in Portland, Oregon, carrying freight and passenger trains across the North Portland Harbor channel of the Columbia River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
BNSF Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge