Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge
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This article is about the current bridge. For the original and now demolished structure, see Jamestown Bridge. For other Verrazzano-named bridges, see Verrazano Bridge (disambiguation).
The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is a concrete box girder highway bridge which spans the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, United States. It is part of Rhode Island Route 138 and is on the route to Newport, Rhode Island for traffic heading northbound from Interstate 95.
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Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 41.5279°N 71.4037°W / 41.5279; -71.4037 |
Carries | 4 lanes of Route 138 |
Crosses | West Passage of Narragansett Bay |
Locale | North Kingstown, Rhode Island to Jamestown, Rhode Island |
Maintained by | Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) |
Characteristics | |
Design | post-tensioned, double-cell concrete box girder |
Material | Concrete |
Total length | 7,350 feet (2,240 m) |
Width | 72 feet (22 m) |
Height | 135 feet (41 m) |
Longest span | 636 feet (194 m) |
History | |
Construction start | 1985 |
Construction end | 1992 |
Opened | October 20, 1992 |
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