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North Kingstown, Rhode Island: Locale: Newport County, Rhode Island, USA: Dates of operation: 1979 (Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway) 1997 (Newport Dinner Train) 2014 (as Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad)–present: Technical; Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Other; Website: trainsri.com
The Mount Hope Bridge is a two-lane suspension bridge spanning the Mount Hope Bay in eastern Rhode Island at one of the narrowest gaps in Narragansett Bay. The bridge connects the Rhode Island towns of Portsmouth and Bristol and is part of Route 114. Its towers are 285 feet (87 m) tall, the length of the main span is 1,200 feet (370 m), and it ...
A 1910 map showing nearly the maximum extent of Rhode Island's railroads. As of February 2022, a total of five railroads operate in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.Freight services are largely operated by the Providence and Worcester Railroad, which interchanges with the state's only other freight railroad, the Seaview Transportation Company, a switching and terminal railroad serving the Port ...
Bristol Ferry Light with the base of the Mount Hope Bridge on left. Bristol Ferry Light is a historic lighthouse in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States.It is located on the shores of Narragansett Bay at Bristol Point, the northern land point of Mount Hope Bay at the base of the Mount Hope Bridge.
Barrington - 16,819; Bristol - 22,469; Warren - 11,360 [4]; The East Bay contains multiple beaches. The public beaches include: Barrington Town Beach, Bristol Town Beach, First Beach, Fogland Beach, Fort Adams Beach, Goosewing Beach, Grinnell's Beach, King Park Beach, Jamestown Town Beach, Second Beach, Sandy Point Beach, South Shore Beach, Teddy's Beach, Third Beach and Warren Town Beach.
It is the longest state numbered route in Rhode Island, and the second longest highway after US 1. Route 138 begins in Exeter at the Connecticut state line in the west and runs to the Massachusetts state line in Tiverton in the east, and is the only state-numbered route to completely cross Rhode Island. Route 138 also keeps the same route ...
Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 square miles (380 km 2), 120.5 square miles (312 km 2) of which is in Rhode Island. [1] The bay forms New England 's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. [ 2 ]
The East Bay Bike Path is a 14.5-mile (23.3 km) paved rail trail in Rhode Island.The path originates in Providence and India Point Park, crosses the Seekonk River via the George Redman Linear Park (opened September 2015 [1]) and the Washington Bridge, and continues southeast to Bristol along the shoreline of Narragansett Bay.