Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge

Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge
The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge in August 2009
Coordinates41°31′40″N 71°24′13″W / 41.5279°N 71.4037°W / 41.5279; -71.4037
Carries4 lanes of Route 138
CrossesWest Passage of Narragansett Bay
LocaleNorth Kingstown, Rhode Island to Jamestown, Rhode Island
Maintained byRhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA)
Characteristics
Designpost-tensioned, double-cell concrete box girder
MaterialConcrete
Total length7,350 feet (2,240 m)
Width72 feet (22 m)
Height135 feet (41 m)
Longest span636 feet (194 m)
History
Construction start1985
Construction end1992
OpenedOctober 20, 1992
Location
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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.