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Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge. The Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, is a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island (northeastern United States). The bridge, part of RI 138, connects the city of Newport on Aquidneck ...
Work on the Newport Pell Bridge and toll gantry has resulted in traffic tie-ups lasting more than an hour on some days.
The increase in traffic created by the Washington Bridge closure combined with work RITBA was doing Tuesday on the Newport Pell Bridge in which a series of 5 to 10-minute traffic stoppages in the ...
Aquidneck Island is served by three bridges: The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (1969) connects it to Jamestown on nearby Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, and subsequently to the mainland on the western side of the bay.
Conanicut Island (/ kəˈnænəkʌt / kə-NAN-ə-kut) is an island in Narragansett Bay in the American state of Rhode Island. The second-largest in the Bay, it is connected on the east to Newport on Aquidneck Island by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, and on the west to North Kingstown on the mainland via the Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge. The town of Jamestown ...
Although come next year the bridge will have been named for Pell longer than it was officially the Newport Bridge, Rhode Islanders, especially those in Newport and Jamestown, show little sign of ...
Aerial view of Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The bridge, opened in 1969 and renamed for U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island in 1992, connects the city of ...
Draft reports for studies looking at the feasibility of safety barriers on the Newport Pell Bridge and the Sakonnet River Bridge are due later this year.