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Is the Newport Bridge at risk of a vessel strike? What's being done to find out
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has responded to a letter from the National Transportation Safety Board ...
Newport’s Pell Bridge begins vulnerability assessment, as recommended for dozens of US bridges after Baltimore collapse
The bridge is among 68 nationwide - including Boston’s Tobin Bridge and Cape Cod’s Borne and Sagamore bridges - that do not ...
Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority begins Newport Pell Bridge risk assessment
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority responded to the NTSB’s recommendation to assess the Newport Pell Bridge after ...
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Rhode Island authorizes Newport Pell Bridge risk assessment
The Rhode Island agency that oversees the Newport Pell Bridge on Monday [04/21] released its response to the National ...
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Is the Newport Bridge at risk of a vessel strike? What's being done to find out
This list included the Clairborne Pell Bridge which connects Jamestown and Newport, because it was built prior to current risk thresholds accepted by the NTSB. While RITBA states it has already ...
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Is the Newport Bridge at risk of a vessel strike? What's being done to find out
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 ...