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Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority records (2001-35)

Rhode Island State Archives

Rhode Island State Archives
337 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-222-2353
Fax: 401-222-3199
email: statearchives@sos.ri.gov

Inventory

Series 1. Photographs
Box 1-3

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1-50 Newport Bridge-Progress
Contents Note: Progress photographs detail the building of the Newport Bridge, 1966-1967 - 8x10 black and white photographs mounted on linen. Includes extensive annotations. Arranged by date and contract number. Photographs numbered.
1966-1967
Box 2, Folder 1-45 Newport Bridge-Progress
Contents Note: Progress photographs detail the building of the Newport Bridge, 1968-1969 - 8x10 black and white photographs mounted on linen. Includes extensive annotations. Arranged by date and contract number. Photographs numbered.
1968-1969
Box 3, Folder 1-5 Mount Hope Bridge Maintenance Report
Contents Note: Consists of 20 photographs originally stored in adhesive photo albums with annotations. Preservation photocopies made of photo album annotations and foldered with original photographs.
1987
Box 3, Folder 6-58 Mount Hope Bridge-Projects
Contents Note: Consists of photographs originally stored in adhesive photo albums with annotations. Preservation photocopies made of photo album annotations and foldered with original photographs.
1983-1986
Box 3, Folder 59-60 Mount Hope Bridge-Maintenance
Contents Note: Consists of two photo albums. Minimal descriptions. One album of photographs has ink citations noting roll and picture number.
circa 1990
Box 5 Opening Mount Hope Bridge
Contents Note: 8x10 black and white photographs by Acme, framed by Hutchinson’s Art Shop, Fall River, MA.
1929 October 24
Box 5, Folder 1-2 Opening of the Mount Hope Bridge between Bristol and Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Contents Note: At the dedication exercises photo shows - left to right- Chief Crazt [Crazy?] Bull, Governor Norman Case, Senator William Vanderbilt of R.I. as the Indians presented birch bark scrolls.
Box 5, Folder 3 Dignitaries and representatives of the Algonquin and Wampanoag tribes cross the bridge.
Box 5, Folder 4 Representatives of the Armed Forces and Algonquin and Wampanoag tribes cross the bridge.
Box 5, Folder 5 Dignitaries, Algonquin and Wampanoag Indians and military personnel cross the bridge (long view).
Box 5, Folder 6 Female members of the Algonquin and Wampanoag tribes cross the bridge.
Box 5, Folder 7 Dedication exercises invitation, framed

Series 2. Scrapbooks
Box 4

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 1 Clippings: News Media-General
Contents Note: Mount Hope Bridge- preservation photocopies of original scrapbook.
1985-1986
Box 4, Folder 2 Clippings: News Media-Deck Project
Contents Note: Preservation photocopies of original scrapbook documenting the closing and repairs to the Mount Hope Bridge for the deck project.
1985-1986

Series 3. Drawings

Container Description Date
Oversize 1 Highway Safety Improvements: Mount Hope Bridge
Contents Note: Consists of drawings of the the Highway Safety Improvements, 2000 of the Mount Hope Bridge to Old Ferry Road in Bristol. Includes preliminary Kiosk sketch for the Mount Hope Bridge Highway safety improvements of Route 114 Ferry Road. Shows from elevation and kiosk details. Also includes information tablets (for kiosk) regarding the Kings Philip Trail, Construction of the Bridge and the Grand Opening (October 24, 1929) - photocopy 22x36.
2000
Oversize 2 Newport/Pell Bridge Plan and Elevation
Contents Note: Newport/Pell Bridge Plan and Elevation, March 2000 - 11x14 photocopy of drawing of plan and elevation of the Newport/Pell Bridge East passage Narragansett Bay.
2000 March