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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).
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The Sakonnet River rail bridge was damaged in 1988 and removed in 2007, isolating the line from the national rail network. Despite this, the for-profit Newport Dinner Train began sharing the line in 1997, offering dinner trains and other tourist-based operations.
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.
NJ Transit was not able to provided an estimated repair time as of Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Rail tickets and passes are being cross-honored by NJ Transit and private carrier buses, Hemphil said.
A century-old rail lift bridge that crosses the U.S.-Canada border near the cities of International Falls, Minnesota, and Fort Frances, Ontario, has collapsed, and it's unclear when the area will ...