Severn Bridge

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road bridge suspension bridge

Severn Bridge is a major suspension bridge in the United Kingdom that spans the River Severn and connects England with South Wales.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Severn Bridge canonical	22
Second Severn Crossing	9
Severn Bridge (via M48)	1
Severn Bridge crossing	1
Severn Estuary crossings	1
Severn crossings (historically)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T332991 — 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: Severn Bridge
Context triple: [Severn, hasBridge, Severn Bridge]

A. Long Bridge
Long Bridge is a major railroad bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., carrying freight and passenger trains between the District of Columbia and Virginia.
B. Trinity Bridge
Trinity Bridge is a distinctive three-way footbridge in Greater Manchester, England, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava to link Salford and Manchester across the River Irwell.
C. Gapstow Bridge
Gapstow Bridge is a picturesque stone arch bridge in New York City's Central Park, known for its iconic views of the park and Midtown Manhattan skyline.
D. Runnymede Bridge
Runnymede Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in Surrey, England, carrying the M25 motorway near the historic meadow of Runnymede.
E. Richmond Bridge
Richmond Bridge is an 18th-century stone arch bridge in southwest London, renowned as the oldest surviving bridge across the River Thames in the city.
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: Severn Bridge
Target entity description: Severn Bridge is a major suspension bridge in the United Kingdom that spans the River Severn and connects England with South Wales.

A. Long Bridge
Long Bridge is a major railroad bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., carrying freight and passenger trains between the District of Columbia and Virginia.
B. Trinity Bridge
Trinity Bridge is a distinctive three-way footbridge in Greater Manchester, England, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava to link Salford and Manchester across the River Irwell.
C. Gapstow Bridge
Gapstow Bridge is a picturesque stone arch bridge in New York City's Central Park, known for its iconic views of the park and Midtown Manhattan skyline.
D. Runnymede Bridge
Runnymede Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in Surrey, England, carrying the M25 motorway near the historic meadow of Runnymede.
E. Richmond Bridge
Richmond Bridge is an 18th-century stone arch bridge in southwest London, renowned as the oldest surviving bridge across the River Thames in the city.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road bridge ⓘ suspension bridge ⓘ
carries	cyclists ⓘ motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ
connects	England ⓘ Monmouthshire ⓘ South Gloucestershire ⓘ Wales ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1961 ⓘ
coordinateRegion	near Aust, South Gloucestershire ⓘ near Beachley, Monmouthshire ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses	Severn ⓘ surface form: River Severn River Wye ⓘ
design	suspension bridge ⓘ
designer	Freeman Fox & Partners ⓘ Mott, Hay and Anderson ⓘ
engineer	Gilbert Roberts ⓘ William Brown ⓘ
hasApproachStructure	Beachley Viaduct ⓘ Wye Bridge ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade I listed structure ⓘ
listingAuthority	Historic England ⓘ
locatedIn	South Wales ⓘ southwest England ⓘ surface form: South West England
mainSpanLength	about 988 metres ⓘ
maintainedBy	National Highways ⓘ
material	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Severn ⓘ surface form: River Severn
notableFeature	first major UK bridge to use an aerofoil box-girder deck ⓘ
officialName	Severn Bridge self-link ⓘ
openedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
openingDate	1966-09-08 ⓘ
owner	UK government ⓘ surface form: UK Government
partOf	M48 motorway ⓘ Severn Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Severn Estuary crossings
regionServed	Bristol area ⓘ South Wales ⓘ
replacedBy	Severn Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Severn Crossing
roadDeck	aerodynamic box girder ⓘ
tollRemovalDate	2018-12-17 ⓘ
tollStatus	tolls removed ⓘ
totalLength	about 1600 metres ⓘ
towerHeight	about 136 metres ⓘ
trafficDirection	two-way ⓘ