In 1992, Gov. Bruce Sundlun proposed renaming the bridge after Sen. Claiborne Pell, who served in the U.S. Senate from 1961 to 1997.

One bridge in Rhode Island made the list. The Claiborne Pell Bridge, as seen from Rose Island lighthouse in Newport on Dec 5, 2023.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is working on the National Transportation Safety Board’s request to figure out how vulnerable the Pell Bridge is to collapse from vessel collisions ...

Pell left office. They kept waiting. Most people kept calling it the Newport Bridge, as that’s what all the signs said. A full decade later, in 2002, the signs bearing Pell’s name were installed.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) to perform a vulnerability assessment on the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge. Donald ...

A massive commercial ship passes under the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge in Newport, R.I., on May 27, 2021. Lane Turner/Globe Staff ...

(WJAR) — Several NBC 10 viewers reached out to Ask Alison about the construction work on the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge. Robert said his commute over the bridge sometimes takes more than 45 ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has chosen an engineering firm to conduct a vulnerability assessment of the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge.

Work on the Newport Pell Bridge began on Oct. 16 with traffic eastbound reduced to one lane in a 900-yard stretch between the old toll plaza and the bridge.

The Newport Pell Bridge is among 68 bridges across the U.S. flagged in a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for further evaluation—part of a nationwide push to ...

The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge is one of 68 bridges in 19 states that Homendy suggested undergo a vulnerability assessment because they were built over a waterway that is “frequented by ocean ...