Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
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The Forth Road Bridge in Scotland is a major suspension bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, linking Edinburgh to Fife and serving as a key transport route in the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Forth Road Bridge defences | 1 |
| Forth Road Bridge, Scotland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3773430 — 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: Forth Road Bridge, Scotland Context triple: [M90, connects, Forth Road Bridge, Scotland]
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A.
Dornoch Firth Bridge
The Dornoch Firth Bridge is a long causeway and bridge in the Scottish Highlands that carries road traffic across the Dornoch Firth, significantly shortening the route between Inverness and the far north.
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B.
Porthill Bridge
Porthill Bridge is a historic pedestrian suspension bridge in Shrewsbury, England, linking the town to the Porthill area across the River Severn.
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C.
Kincardine Bridge
Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge over the River Forth in Scotland that serves as a key crossing point connecting Fife with the Central Belt road network.
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D.
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.
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E.
Clackmannanshire Bridge
Clackmannanshire Bridge is a road bridge in central Scotland that carries traffic across the Firth of Forth, providing an alternative crossing to the nearby Kincardine Bridge.
- 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: Forth Road Bridge, Scotland Target entity description: The Forth Road Bridge in Scotland is a major suspension bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, linking Edinburgh to Fife and serving as a key transport route in the region.
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A.
Dornoch Firth Bridge
The Dornoch Firth Bridge is a long causeway and bridge in the Scottish Highlands that carries road traffic across the Dornoch Firth, significantly shortening the route between Inverness and the far north.
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B.
Porthill Bridge
Porthill Bridge is a historic pedestrian suspension bridge in Shrewsbury, England, linking the town to the Porthill area across the River Severn.
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C.
Kincardine Bridge
Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge over the River Forth in Scotland that serves as a key crossing point connecting Fife with the Central Belt road network.
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D.
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.
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E.
Clackmannanshire Bridge
Clackmannanshire Bridge is a road bridge in central Scotland that carries traffic across the Firth of Forth, providing an alternative crossing to the nearby Kincardine Bridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road bridge
ⓘ
suspension bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
cyclists
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| connects |
Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCost | £19.5 million (approximate original cost) ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| crosses | Firth of Forth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deckMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| designer |
Freeman Fox & Partners
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mott, Hay and Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aerodynamic truss deck
ⓘ
suspended deck ⓘ two main towers ⓘ |
| hasToll | false ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| latitude | 56.007 ⓘ |
| listingAuthority | Historic Environment Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Firth of Forth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longitude | -3.404 ⓘ |
| mainSpanLength | 1006 metres ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Transport Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the longest suspension bridges in Europe at time of opening ⓘ |
| numberOfMainSpans | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfSideSpans | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1964-09-04 ⓘ |
| openedBy | Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedToPedestrians | 1964-09-04 ⓘ |
| owner | Scottish Ministers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelStructure |
Forth Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queensferry Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | cross-Forth transport corridor ⓘ |
| pylonMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| region |
Fife
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedByForMostMotorTraffic | Queensferry Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadCarries |
A90 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M90 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tollsAbolished | 2008 ⓘ |
| totalLength | 2512 metres ⓘ |
| towerHeight | 156 metres ⓘ |
| trafficType | road traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Forth Road Bridge, Scotland Description of subject: The Forth Road Bridge in Scotland is a major suspension bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, linking Edinburgh to Fife and serving as a key transport route in the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.