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The tourist train ran past the Hummocks station built in 2017 to the end of the track on June 15, 2021 to the Sakonnet River rail bridge site. This was the first Old Colony & Newport train past the derail about 200 feet (61 m) from the bridge's western pier. The last train from the previous operators on this segment was 1988.
Sakonnet River Bridge is a four-lane bridge spanning the Sakonnet River in eastern Rhode Island. The bridge carries RI 24 and RI 138 between the communities of Portsmouth and Tiverton, Rhode Island. The current bridge is a box girder bridge that opened in 2012 at a cost of $120 million (USD).
Below is a list of all current and former crossings over the Sakonnet River. The list begins at the headwaters and goes downstream. Sakonnet River Rail Bridge (formerly Old Colony and Newport Railway), removed; Old Sakonnet River Bridge (RI 24/138) Replacement Sakonnet River Bridge; opened September 2012.
Neil Lynch, of Tiverton, waves to drivers crossing the Sakonnet River Bridge on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Lynch calls himself Sakonnet Santa, and spreads his Christmas cheer throughout town.
Mount Hope Bay is a tidal estuary located at the mouth of the Taunton River on the Massachusetts and Rhode Island border. It is an arm of Narragansett Bay. The bay is named after Mount Hope, a small hill located on its western shore in what is now Bristol, Rhode Island. It flows into the East Passage of Narragansett Bay and also the Sakonnet ...
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The Stone Bridge was a bascule bridge that carried Rhode Island Route 138 over the Sakonnet River between Portsmouth and Tiverton. The span was built in 1907, replacing an earlier wooden bridge. It was severely damaged by Hurricane Carol in 1954, and replaced in 1956 by the Sakonnet River Bridge.
RI regulators have resumed considering SouthCoast Wind's proposal for a cable that would run up the Sakonnet River from its wind farm off Nantucket. RI regulators reopen permitting process for ...