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The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is a 3,000-foot (910 m) long tidal flood barrier spanning the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island, located 750 feet (230 m) upstream from Fox Point. It was constructed between 1960 and 1966 to protect the low-lying downtown area of the city from damaging storm surge and floods associated with hurricanes ...
Burrillville was also one of seven towns in Rhode Island where independent candidate Ross Perot finished in second place during the 1992 presidential election. Perot received 2,018 votes (31.47 percent) behind Bill Clinton 's 2,454 votes (38.27 percent) and ahead of George H. W. Bush 's 1,880 (29.32 percent).
With the I-195 bridge closed, driving into Providence from Greater Fall River was a nightmare for commuters on the first day. 'A lot of road rage': Greater Fall River drivers share commutes from ...
Route 114 is a 45.7-mile-long (73.5 km) numbered state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. [1] It connects the city of Newport to the city of Woonsocket.Route 114 was a major north–south artery for its entire length until the arrival of the Interstate Highway System.
The original intention was to have I-295 act as a full ring road around the Providence metropolitan area with the alignment roughly following Rhode Island Route 37 across Narragansett Bay and continuing in a northern direction with a major interchange located at I-195 exit 2 in Swansea, Massachusetts, before heading west toward Attleboro. Due ...
The Providence River is a tidal river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 8 miles (13 km). It flows approximately 8 miles (13 km). There are no dams along the river's length, although the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is located south of downtown to protect the city of Providence from damaging tidal floods.
Last February, state officials announced a new partnership with St. Mary’s to build an $11-million, 12-bed facility on the agency’s North Providence campus for adolescent girls needing ...
The Central Falls Mill Historic District is located between Roosevelt Avenue and the Blackstone River in Central Falls, Rhode Island.It encompasses a collection of six mill buildings, as well as a stone dam which impounds the river, representing the finest mill constructions in the city during the 19th century.