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The Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge, constructed in 1992, connects Jamestown with mainland Rhode Island. Jamestown was a bustling summer destination in the early 1900s, and it had nine hotels in 1903. The golden age of large resort hotels was brief, however, in Jamestown and elsewhere, and patronage rapidly declined in the 1920s.
Route 138 begins in Exeter at the Connecticut state line in the west and runs to the Massachusetts state line in Tiverton in the east, and is the only state-numbered route to completely cross Rhode Island. Route 138 also keeps the same route number on the other side of both state lines. Route 138 is a major thoroughfare in southern Rhode Island.
The lower portion's layout is in part determined by its hill topography, with winding roads, while the upper portion has a more rectilinear grid street pattern. The district is roughly bounded on the east by Jamestown Harbor, on the north by Emerson Road, Prudence Lane, and Whittier Road, on the west by Plymouth Road (only as far as Longfellow ...
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-394, "Benjamin Carr Farm, Route 138 (Eldred Avenue) & Helm Street, Jamestown, Newport County, RI", 4 photos, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. RI-398, " Friends' Burial Ground, Eldred & Beacon Avenues, Jamestown, Newport County, RI ", 3 photos, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page
The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is a concrete box girder highway bridge which spans the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, United States. It is part of Rhode Island Route 138 and is on the route to Newport, Rhode Island for traffic heading northbound from Interstate 95 .
Route 117 south (Broad Street) Northern terminus of Route 117: 51.1: 82.2: I-95 / US 6 to I-195 east: Exit 36B on I-95 / US 6: 51.6: 83.0: US 44 west (Smith Street) Southern terminus of concurrency with US 44: Francis Street Bridge over the Woonasquatucket River: 52.0: 83.7: US 44 east (Canal Street / North Main Street) Northern terminus of ...
Jamestown: Continuously operating gateway to Narragansett Bay since 1749; part of the Lighthouses of Rhode Island Thematic Resource (TR) 3: Thomas Carr Farmstead Site (Keeler Site RI-707) November 1, 1984 : Address Restricted: Jamestown: 4: Conanicut Battery: July 2, 1973 : West of Beaver Tail Rd.
The Jamestown Bridge (usually referred to as the Old Jamestown Bridge to avoid confusion with its replacement, the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge) was a cantilever truss bridge that connected Conanicut Island to mainland North Kingstown, Rhode Island, spanning the West passage of Narragansett Bay.