NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has chosen an engineering firm to conduct a vulnerability assessment of the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has begun to study the potential impact of a vessel strike at the Newport Pell Bridge. Nearly a year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland ...

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority announced a weekend lane closure and traffic pattern changes on the Newport Pell Bridge to accommodate construction activities. Beginning on Friday ...

The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge in Rhode Island was included in the report. The NTSB says the bridges identified need to be evaluated to determine their risk, and a lack of evaluation does not ...

wrote the agency has contacted an engineering firm to complete a vulnerability assessment of the 56-year-old bridge that connects Newport and Jamestown over Narragensett Bay, and is commonly known ...