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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 regarding Pell Bridge.
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 ...
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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 ...
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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RITBA conducting risk assessment of Newport Pell Bridge
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority said it is conducting a risk assessment of the Newport Pell Bridge in response ...
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RITBA picks engineering firm for Newport Bridge risk assessment
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.
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Ex-Sen. Claiborne Pell, proponent of student grants, dies
After Pell's retirement from the Senate, Rhode Island renamed its Newport Bridge the Claiborne Pell Bridge, and Salve Regina University established the Pell Center of International Relations and ...