The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge was finished in 1992. It spans the West Passage of scenic Narragansett Bay and is on the route to tony Newport, Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has lifted the access restrictions it imposed on the Newport Pell Bridge and the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge due to high winds. The agency lifted the ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway after a motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash on the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge Thursday afternoon, ...

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority announced on Friday that it will be doing infrastructure repairs and upgrades on the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge for six weeks.According to a press ...

PROVIDENCE — The Mount Hope Bridge cannot bear the weight of suicide prevention barriers, and it would cost up to $10.3 million to install a wire net fence barrier on the Jamestown Verrazzano ...

The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is named after Giovanni da Verrazzano, who is said to have been the first European to explore Narragansett Bay.

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority says one lane will be closed on the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge all week. The authority said the eastbound inside, high ...

On the newer, wider and shorter Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, drivers go even faster, hitting an average speed of 59 mph. The speed limit on that bridge is 45 mph.

DiPalma said the likelihood of funding for barriers on the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge being included in this year’s budget is extremely low. RITBA spokesperson Cara Cromwell said the agency had ...

The Verrazzano Bridge, which connects Jamestown to mainland Rhode Island in New England. This version is free. Saturday September 6, 2014. (Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimo) ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. — The North Kingstown Fire and Police Departments responded Sunday night to reports of a person who jumped from the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) – For 66 years, the 1.3-mile steel and concrete Jamestown bridge marked the landscape of Narragansett Bay.Before the Jamestown-Verrazzano bridge opened in 1992, the old ...