Rabindra Setu
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Rabindra Setu, popularly known as Howrah Bridge, is a historic cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, serving as a vital transport link and iconic city landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rabindra Setu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9263786 — 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: Rabindra Setu Context triple: [Howrah Bridge Act, appliesTo, Rabindra Setu]
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A.
Vivekananda Setu
Vivekananda Setu is a historic multi-span bridge over the Hooghly River near Kolkata, India, serving as a key road and rail link between Howrah and the city.
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B.
Buriganga Bridge
Buriganga Bridge is a key roadway bridge in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that facilitates major traffic across the Buriganga River and connects important parts of the capital city.
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C.
Bogibeel Bridge
Bogibeel Bridge is a major combined road and rail bridge over the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, known as one of the country’s longest river bridges and a key transport link for the region.
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D.
Sangam Bridge
Sangam Bridge is a prominent road bridge in Pune, India, that spans the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers and serves as an important local transport link.
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E.
Munger Ganga Bridge
Munger Ganga Bridge is a major rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges River in Bihar, India, connecting Munger district to the northern bank and significantly improving regional transport links.
- 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: Rabindra Setu Target entity description: Rabindra Setu, popularly known as Howrah Bridge, is a historic cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, serving as a vital transport link and iconic city landmark.
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A.
Vivekananda Setu
Vivekananda Setu is a historic multi-span bridge over the Hooghly River near Kolkata, India, serving as a key road and rail link between Howrah and the city.
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B.
Buriganga Bridge
Buriganga Bridge is a key roadway bridge in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that facilitates major traffic across the Buriganga River and connects important parts of the capital city.
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C.
Bogibeel Bridge
Bogibeel Bridge is a major combined road and rail bridge over the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, known as one of the country’s longest river bridges and a key transport link for the region.
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D.
Sangam Bridge
Sangam Bridge is a prominent road bridge in Pune, India, that spans the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers and serves as an important local transport link.
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E.
Munger Ganga Bridge
Munger Ganga Bridge is a major rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges River in Bihar, India, connecting Munger district to the northern bank and significantly improving regional transport links.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge
ⓘ
cantilever bridge ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Howrah Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Howrah Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carries |
motor vehicles
ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ |
| city |
Calcutta
ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
|
| connects |
Howrah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1942 ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| crosses | Hooghly River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| design | cantilever ⓘ |
| doesNotCarry | railway traffic ⓘ |
| footpathWidth | about 1.5 metres ⓘ |
| hasFootpath | yes ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| length | about 705 metres ⓘ |
| lighting | illuminated at night ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
West Bengal ⓘ |
| locatedOver | Hooghly River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSpanLength | about 457 metres ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Kolkata Port Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rabindranath Tagore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
B.B.D. Bagh area of Kolkata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howrah railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLanes | 8 ⓘ |
| opened | 1943 ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | February 1943 ⓘ |
| partOf | Kolkata metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Old Howrah Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverBank1 | Howrah side ⓘ |
| riverBank2 | Kolkata side ⓘ |
| significance |
iconic symbol of Kolkata
ⓘ
major transport link between Howrah and Kolkata ⓘ |
| state | West Bengal ⓘ |
| traffic | one of the busiest cantilever bridges in the world ⓘ |
| usage |
pedestrian movement
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ |
| width | about 22 metres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rabindra Setu Description of subject: Rabindra Setu, popularly known as Howrah Bridge, is a historic cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, serving as a vital transport link and iconic city landmark.
Referenced by (1)
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