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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).
Harbor Bridge Project under construction: 506.4 m (1,661 ft) ... Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge: 488 m (1,600 ft) ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
English: 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 ...
Vehicles back up on Route 138 eastbound in Jamestown on Monday, Oct. 23, as the second week of construction on the Newport Pell Bridge toll gantry takes place.
A crew of nearly 200 constructed the bridge and the work was completed without a single fatality. This claim however is contested as a fatality took place during the construction of the coffer dams on September 18, 1939. [2] On July 27, 1940, the bridge opened for traffic and a 90 cent toll ($19.57 in 2023) was charged on the North Kingstown side.
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Conanicut Island Conanicut Island from the south. Conanicut Island (/ k ə ˈ n æ n ə k ʌ t / 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 ...