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With traffic backing up to the Jamestown Bridge, some have taken to exiting Route 138 and traveling onto local roads in an effort to circumvent the long line of vehicles.
The bridge was the only toll road in Rhode Island until August 19, 2013, when the Authority began collecting tolls on the new Sakonnet River Bridge. [9] However, toll collection on that bridge ended on June 20, 2014. [10] Cash tolling was discontinued on the bridge in October 2021 in favor of all-electronic tolling through EZ-Pass or bill-by ...
In September, RITBA accepted a $10.7 million bid from Cumberland-based to construct a new toll gantry and shift the highway in Jamestown to meet modern design standards.
The Jamestown Bridge was destroyed in a controlled demolition in April 2006. On April 18, 2006, the main span of the Jamestown Bridge was brought down by Department of Transportation employee Wilfred Hernandez, using 75 pounds (34 kg) of RDX explosives and 350 shaped charges. TNT charges were later used to remove the concrete piers. On May 18 ...
Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission: I-80: 2,465.0 751.3 $3.00 Cash, Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass (Toll westbound only) Dingman's Ferry Bridge: Dingmans Choice and Delaware Bridge Co. PA 739 / CR 560: 530.0 161.5 Cash only, the last privately-owned toll bridge on the Delaware Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge
The current bridge is a box girder bridge that opened in 2012 at a cost of $120 million (USD). The previous bridge was a truss bridge that was built in 1956 and demolished in 2012 due to structural deficiencies. The truss bridge had previously served as a replacement for the Stone Bridge, about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the south.
Nov. 21—JAMESTOWN — Jamestown residents could see an increase in utility fees after the Jamestown Finance and Legal Committee unanimously recommended approval of proposed changes to them for 2024.
The Mount Hope Bridge was purchased by the State of Rhode Island in 1954, with the company in receivership. The bridge's toll was eventually reduced from 60 cents to 30 cents for a one-way trip. It was finally discontinued in 1998, after calculations indicated that the toll was not high enough to cover the cost of collecting it.