Clark Bridge
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The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River that connects Alton, Illinois, to Missouri and serves as a prominent regional transportation landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clark Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4259840 — 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: Clark Bridge Context triple: [Alton, Illinois, hasLandmark, Clark Bridge]
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A.
Rockwell Bridge
Rockwell Bridge is a roadway bridge in Metro Manila, Philippines, that connects the Rockwell Center area to neighboring districts across the Pasig River.
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B.
Jones Bridge
Jones Bridge is a historic neoclassical bridge in Manila, Philippines, known for connecting key districts across the Pasig River and serving as an iconic city landmark.
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C.
William Jolly Bridge
The William Jolly Bridge is a major heritage-listed road bridge in Brisbane, Australia, known for its distinctive concrete arches and role in connecting the city's inner suburbs across the Brisbane River.
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D.
Greystone Bridge
Greystone Bridge is a historic stone road bridge in southwest England that carries traffic across the River Tamar between Devon and Cornwall.
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E.
Hawthorne Bridge
Hawthorne Bridge is a historic truss bridge in Portland, Oregon, known as one of the city’s oldest and most heavily used river crossings.
- 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: Clark Bridge Target entity description: The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River that connects Alton, Illinois, to Missouri and serves as a prominent regional transportation landmark.
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A.
Rockwell Bridge
Rockwell Bridge is a roadway bridge in Metro Manila, Philippines, that connects the Rockwell Center area to neighboring districts across the Pasig River.
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B.
Jones Bridge
Jones Bridge is a historic neoclassical bridge in Manila, Philippines, known for connecting key districts across the Pasig River and serving as an iconic city landmark.
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C.
William Jolly Bridge
The William Jolly Bridge is a major heritage-listed road bridge in Brisbane, Australia, known for its distinctive concrete arches and role in connecting the city's inner suburbs across the Brisbane River.
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D.
Greystone Bridge
Greystone Bridge is a historic stone road bridge in southwest England that carries traffic across the River Tamar between Devon and Cornwall.
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E.
Hawthorne Bridge
Hawthorne Bridge is a historic truss bridge in Portland, Oregon, known as one of the city’s oldest and most heavily used river crossings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-stayed bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ |
| carries | U.S. Route 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Alton, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1994 ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | 1980s ⓘ |
| crosses | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesNear | Alton, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredIn | NOVA documentary Super Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDesign | cable-stayed ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringSignificance | example of modern cable-stayed bridge over Mississippi River ⓘ |
| hasFunction | vehicular traffic crossing ⓘ |
| hasLanes | four traffic lanes ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpans | multiple spans ⓘ |
| hasPedestrianAccess | no dedicated pedestrian walkway ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| hasType | highway bridge ⓘ |
| isLandmarkOf |
Alton, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRegionalLandmark | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear | Downtown Alton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedUpstreamOf | St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Illinois Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1994 ⓘ |
| partOf | regional transportation network of Greater St. Louis area ⓘ |
| replaced | Old Clark Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
commuters between Illinois and Missouri
ⓘ
freight traffic across Mississippi River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clark Bridge Description of subject: The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River that connects Alton, Illinois, to Missouri and serves as a prominent regional transportation landmark.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.