Hood Canal Bridge
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The Hood Canal Bridge is a long floating bridge in Washington State that carries State Route 104 across Hood Canal, connecting the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hood Canal Bridge canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5470200 — 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: Hood Canal Bridge Context triple: [Hood Canal, hasBridge, Hood Canal Bridge]
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A.
Sauvie Island Bridge
Sauvie Island Bridge is a steel truss bridge in Oregon that connects Sauvie Island to the mainland near Portland, carrying traffic over the Multnomah Channel.
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B.
Camano Gateway Bridge
The Camano Gateway Bridge is a roadway bridge in Washington State that provides the primary connection between Camano Island and the mainland.
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C.
Olympia bridge
Olympia bridge is a bridge spanning the Alfeios River near the ancient site of Olympia in Greece, serving as a key local crossing point in the region.
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D.
Marquam Bridge
The Marquam Bridge is a major double-decked freeway bridge in Portland, Oregon, carrying Interstate 5 across the Willamette River.
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E.
Yaquina Bay Bridge
The Yaquina Bay Bridge is an iconic 1930s Art Deco–style arch bridge on the Oregon coast, renowned for its elegant design and role as a key crossing on U.S. Route 101.
- 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: Hood Canal Bridge Target entity description: The Hood Canal Bridge is a long floating bridge in Washington State that carries State Route 104 across Hood Canal, connecting the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas.
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A.
Sauvie Island Bridge
Sauvie Island Bridge is a steel truss bridge in Oregon that connects Sauvie Island to the mainland near Portland, carrying traffic over the Multnomah Channel.
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B.
Camano Gateway Bridge
The Camano Gateway Bridge is a roadway bridge in Washington State that provides the primary connection between Camano Island and the mainland.
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C.
Olympia bridge
Olympia bridge is a bridge spanning the Alfeios River near the ancient site of Olympia in Greece, serving as a key local crossing point in the region.
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D.
Marquam Bridge
The Marquam Bridge is a major double-decked freeway bridge in Portland, Oregon, carrying Interstate 5 across the Willamette River.
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E.
Yaquina Bay Bridge
The Yaquina Bay Bridge is an iconic 1930s Art Deco–style arch bridge on the Oregon coast, renowned for its elegant design and role as a key crossing on U.S. Route 101.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
floating bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ |
| allows | marine traffic passage via movable span ⓘ |
| approachRoad |
State Route 3 (east connection via SR 104)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 101 (west terminus via SR 104) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carries | State Route 104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collapseCause | storm ⓘ |
| collapsed | 1979 ⓘ |
| connects |
Kitsap Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsCityNear |
Port Gamble area
ⓘ
Shine, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Hood Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| design | floating pontoon ⓘ |
| function | regional transportation link ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 2 ⓘ |
| hasMovableSpan | yes ⓘ |
| hasNavigationChannel | center span ⓘ |
| hasSidewalk | no continuous pedestrian sidewalk ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| locatedInCounty |
Jefferson County, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kitsap County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Washington State Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movableSpanType | drawspan ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William A. Bugge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the few floating bridges over saltwater
ⓘ
being one of the longest floating bridges in the world ⓘ |
| officialName | William A. Bugge Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1961 ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | August 1961 ⓘ |
| owner | State of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Washington State Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfRoute | SR 104 corridor between US 101 and SR 3 ⓘ |
| reconstructed |
1982
ⓘ
2009 ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Kitsap Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterCollapse | October 1982 ⓘ |
| roadTypeCarried | state highway ⓘ |
| structureMaterial |
concrete pontoons
ⓘ
steel superstructure ⓘ |
| trafficType | motor vehicles ⓘ |
| underwentMajorRehabilitation | 2003–2009 ⓘ |
| waterBodyArmOf | Puget Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterwayTypeCrossed | saltwater fjord ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hood Canal Bridge Description of subject: The Hood Canal Bridge is a long floating bridge in Washington State that carries State Route 104 across Hood Canal, connecting the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.