Stone Bridge (Rhode Island)

Stone Bridge
Stone Bridge
Coordinates41°37′33″N 71°13′02″W / 41.62573°N 71.21716°W / 41.62573; -71.21716
Carries Route 138
CrossesSakonnet River
LocalePortsmouth and Tiverton, Rhode Island
Characteristics
Designsteel
History
Opened1795, 1810, 1907
Closed1956
Location
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The Stone Bridge was a bascule bridge that carried Rhode Island Route 138 over the Sakonnet River between Portsmouth and Tiverton. The span was built in 1907, replacing an earlier wooden bridge. It was severely damaged by Hurricane Carol in 1954, and replaced in 1956 by the Sakonnet River Bridge.