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.

The new bridge started being built in 1985 and was completed in October 1992. Maintenance on the old bridge ceased when the new bridge went into use. The old Jamestown Bridge has been declared a hazard to navigation by the U.S. Coast Guard, and must be removed.

Jul 9, 2024 · With all the talk this year of issues with the Washington Bridge, we thought we'd look back at another span that captured headlines for quite a while: the old Jamestown Bridge. In 2003, NBC...

Thirty years ago, on Saturday, October 17, 1992, about 40,000 people ran, walked, or strolled across the newly opened 7,350-foot-long Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge. It was a beautiful autumn day. The West Passage gleamed in the sun. More fanfare celebrated the opening of the bridge for vehicular traffic the following Monday.

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.

The Old Jamestown Bridge, which spanned the west passage of Narragansett Bay, was constructed as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied significant financial assistance for the then-$3 million project, which opened for traffic in 1940.

Construction of the Jamestown Bridge between Saunderstown in South County on mainland Rhode Island and Jamestown on Conanicut Island began in December of 1938. On 27 July 1940 – approximately nineteen months later – traffic began to flow across the bridge.

Planning for the original Jamestown Bridge began in 1920 and was spurred by financial troubles at the Newport Ferry Company. These plans were bolstered in 1934 when the state of Rhode Island sought Federal aid to build bridges over the West Passage and East Passage of Narragansett Bay.

The old Stone Bridge, built in 1907 to carry what would become RI 138, still has stubs on both sides, after the middle was destroyed by Hurricane Carol while being used as a fishing bridge. It was replaced by the Sakonnet River Bridge on RI 24 .

Apr 18, 2006 · The landmark Jamestown Bridge, which for decades served as part of a crucial link across Narragansett Bay for motorists traveling to and from Newport, was demolished Tuesday.