Tinsley Viaduct
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Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier steel box-girder road bridge near Sheffield, England, notable for carrying the M1 motorway and local traffic across the Don Valley and adjacent waterways.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tinsley Viaduct canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5047904 — 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: Tinsley Viaduct Context triple: [Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, hasBridge, Tinsley Viaduct]
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A.
Calder Viaduct
Calder Viaduct is a historic railway viaduct in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, carrying tracks over the South Calder Water.
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B.
Lechmere Viaduct
Lechmere Viaduct is a historic concrete arch bridge in Boston that carries MBTA Green Line trains across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge.
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C.
Medway Viaducts
Medway Viaducts are a set of major bridges in Kent, England, carrying road and high-speed rail traffic across the River Medway as part of key national transport routes.
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D.
Meldon Viaduct
Meldon Viaduct is a historic 19th-century wrought-iron railway viaduct in Devon, England, notable for its dramatic height and scenic setting above the West Okement River.
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E.
Bowen Bridge
Bowen Bridge is a major concrete highway bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, carrying traffic across the Derwent River as part of the city’s northern transport corridor.
- 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: Tinsley Viaduct Target entity description: Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier steel box-girder road bridge near Sheffield, England, notable for carrying the M1 motorway and local traffic across the Don Valley and adjacent waterways.
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A.
Calder Viaduct
Calder Viaduct is a historic railway viaduct in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, carrying tracks over the South Calder Water.
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B.
Lechmere Viaduct
Lechmere Viaduct is a historic concrete arch bridge in Boston that carries MBTA Green Line trains across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge.
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C.
Medway Viaducts
Medway Viaducts are a set of major bridges in Kent, England, carrying road and high-speed rail traffic across the River Medway as part of key national transport routes.
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D.
Meldon Viaduct
Meldon Viaduct is a historic 19th-century wrought-iron railway viaduct in Devon, England, notable for its dramatic height and scenic setting above the West Okement River.
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E.
Bowen Bridge
Bowen Bridge is a major concrete highway bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, carrying traffic across the Derwent River as part of the city’s northern transport corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road bridge
ⓘ
steel box-girder bridge ⓘ viaduct ⓘ |
| carries |
M1 motorway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local road traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Box girder bridges in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Bridges in South Yorkshire ⓘ Viaducts in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crosses |
Don Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Valley industrial area NERFINISHED ⓘ River Don NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheffield Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ railway lines in the Don Valley ⓘ |
| design | box-girder ⓘ |
| function | to carry road traffic across the Don Valley and adjacent waterways ⓘ |
| hasLaneConfiguration |
multiple lanes in each direction on lower deck
ⓘ
multiple lanes in each direction on upper deck ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark | Tinsley cooling towers site ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDecks | 2 ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| length |
1033 metres
ⓘ
3389 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ South Yorkshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Meadowhall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rotherham NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowerDeckCarries |
A631 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local distributor roads ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Highways ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first two-tier road bridge in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
carrying motorway and local traffic on separate decks ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 32 ⓘ |
| opened | 1968 ⓘ |
| openedBy | Harold Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | National Highways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | M1 motorway route between London and Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ |
| roadNetwork | Strategic Road Network of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | two-tier bridge ⓘ |
| trafficType | motor vehicles ⓘ |
| underwent | strengthening works after box-girder bridge failures in the 1970s ⓘ |
| upperDeckCarries | M1 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tinsley Viaduct Description of subject: Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier steel box-girder road bridge near Sheffield, England, notable for carrying the M1 motorway and local traffic across the Don Valley and adjacent waterways.
Referenced by (1)
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