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 ...

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has started an assessment of the Claiborne Pell Bridge as the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended dozens of bridges ...

The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge in Rhode Island was included in the report. The NTSB says the bridges identified need to be evaluated to determine their risk, and a lack of evaluation does not ...

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.

NTSB urges RITBA to assess Newport Pell Bridge by: Sarah Bawden Posted: Mar 20, 2025 / 06:32 PM EDT Updated: Mar 21, 2025 / 06:32 PM EDT ...

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 bridge, which is named after late Sen. Claiborne Pell, connects Newport to Jamestown, carrying Route 138 over Narragansett Bay. The span first opened in 1969 and is the longest suspension ...

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 ...