Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge
Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′ 11 " N , 71 ° 20 ′ 25" W.
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| Official name | Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge | |
| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | Rhode Island State Route 138 | |
| Crossing of | Narragansett Bay | |
| place | between Jamestown and Newport | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| overall length | 3428 m | |
| width | 15 m | |
| Longest span | 488 m | |
| height | 122 m | |
| Clear height | 63 m | |
| vehicles per day | 27000 | |
| completion | June 28, 1969 | |
| toll | $ 4 each way | |
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The Claiborne Pell Bridge , commonly known as Newport Bridge, is a suspension bridge maintained by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority and spanning the East Passage of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island in the northeastern United States . It connects the city of Newport on Aquidneck Island with Jamestown on Conanicut Island . The bridge has four lanes of traffic (two in each direction) and is part of Rhode Island State Route 138 . It is a toll bridge with a toll of $ 4 for cars (as of 2019). The bridge is the only toll road in Rhode Island.
The main span of the Newport Bridge is 488 m. This makes it number 70 of the longest suspension bridges in the world and number 1 of the longest suspension bridges in New England . The total length is 3,428 m. Its main pillar extends 122 m above the water surface and the street height reaches 66 m.
The bridge was built by the Parsons Brinckerhoff Company from 1966 to 1969 and cost $ 54,742,000.
The bridge was renamed after US Senator Claiborne Pell in 1992, but it is still known as the Newport Bridge among residents and historians. The bridge is pictured on the State Quarters of Rhode Island.
Bicycles are not allowed on this bridge, but the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus route 64 has bike racks for traffic on weekdays and Saturdays.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scholar search of December 16, 2008
- ↑ [1] of August 31, 2007
- ↑ Bike Rhode Island ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Guide to Bicycling in the Ocean State 2005-2006, Rhode Island Department of Transportation
