Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
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The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Mississippi River, serving as a major transportation link and prominent architectural feature near Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10155109 — 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: Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Context triple: [Cape Girardeau, Missouri, hasLandmark, Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge]
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A.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a vehicular bridge spanning the Taunton River, connecting the communities of Somerset and Fall River in southeastern Massachusetts.
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B.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a major Ohio River crossing that connects Steubenville, Ohio, with Weirton, West Virginia, serving as a key regional transportation link.
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C.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a roadway bridge in Maine that carries traffic across the Fore River, connecting the cities of Portland and South Portland.
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D.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a bascule drawbridge in Bay City, Michigan, that carries vehicular traffic across the Saginaw River.
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E.
William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge
The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span toll bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50/301 across the Chesapeake Bay, linking Maryland’s eastern and western shores.
- 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: Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Target entity description: The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Mississippi River, serving as a major transportation link and prominent architectural feature near Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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A.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a major Ohio River crossing that connects Steubenville, Ohio, with Weirton, West Virginia, serving as a key regional transportation link.
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B.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a roadway bridge in Maine that carries traffic across the Fore River, connecting the cities of Portland and South Portland.
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C.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a vehicular bridge spanning the Taunton River, connecting the communities of Somerset and Fall River in southeastern Massachusetts.
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D.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge is a bascule drawbridge in Bay City, Michigan, that carries vehicular traffic across the Saginaw River.
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William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge
The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span toll bridge in Maryland that carries U.S. Route 50/301 across the Chesapeake Bay, linking Maryland’s eastern and western shores.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-stayed bridge
ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
U.S. Route 60
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 62 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Cape Girardeau, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 1990s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesBetween |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| crossesWaterway | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deckType | concrete ⓘ |
| design | cable-stayed ⓘ |
| function | vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| hasApproachSpans | multiple ⓘ |
| hasFeature | cable-stayed main span ⓘ |
| hasLanes | 4 ⓘ |
| hasPylons | 2 ⓘ |
| hasTowers | 2 ⓘ |
| isLandmarkOf | Cape Girardeau, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMajorTransportationLinkFor | Cape Girardeau metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnBorderBetween |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | U.S. Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isProminentArchitecturalFeatureOf | Cape Girardeau skyline ⓘ |
| locale |
Alexander County, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainSpanLength | approximately 350 meters ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Missouri Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bill Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForOccupationOfEponym | U.S. Congressman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedInHonorOf | Bill Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 3 ⓘ |
| officialName | Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 2003 ⓘ |
| openingDate | December 13, 2003 ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Old Mississippi River Bridge at Cape Girardeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedStructureType | through truss bridge ⓘ |
| riverMile | approximately 52 on the Upper Mississippi River ⓘ |
| state |
Illinois
ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ |
| totalLength | approximately 1,200 meters ⓘ |
| trafficType | motor vehicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Description of subject: The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Mississippi River, serving as a major transportation link and prominent architectural feature near Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.