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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 ...
The older bridge was demolished in April 2006. It is a post-tensioned , double-cell concrete box girder bridge with four travel lanes separated by a concrete Jersey barrier . It links North Kingstown, Rhode Island with the island town of Jamestown, Rhode Island , with a total length of 7,350 feet (2,240 m).
Conanicut Island is a beautiful place, but for morning commuters a trip to Jamestown has become a less-than-pleasant experience. Work on the Newport Pell Bridge and toll gantry requires travelers ...
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.
Traffic travels across the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Thursday night Jan. 11, 2024 as crews close the right lanes going in and out of town to traffic.
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.The E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG) consists of member agencies in several states, which use the same technology and allow travelers to use the same transponder on toll roads throughout the network.
Tolls would increase by 25 cents on Jan. 5, 2025, followed by additional 25-cent increases between 2026 and 2028, in addition to automatic toll hikes based on inflation.