The Sakonnet River Bridge is a step closer to a new name. Last week, the Rhode Island House of Representatives approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Samuel Azzinaro to rename the span as the ...

The bridge will now officially be know as the "Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge." A native of Tiverton, Potts served in the Rhode Island National Guard for over 14 years and was ...

The Sakonnet River Bridge officially has a new name. On June 11, Gov. Dan McKee signed legislation to rename the span connecting Tiverton and Portsmouth in honor of Staff Sgt. Christopher Potts .

More than a dozen veterans and their family members showed up at a Thursday hearing of the Rhode Island House Committee on Special Legislation to support a bill that would rename the Sakonnet ...

Sakonnet Bridge to be renamed for Tiverton veteran. Posted: June 11, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025. Ssgt. Christopher Potts was killed in Iraq in 2004. More for You.

Opened just a mile away from the Sakonnet River in Little Compton 50 years ago, Sakonnet Vineyard is not only the oldest vineyard in Rhode Island, but in all of New England.