I read an article with pictures in the local paper where i live and they mentioned rail tours where you can see this bridge.The fascinating part is they use what they call rail bikes where you pedal a 2 person or 4 person rail car on tracks of course.Also they mention that this rail line was once part of the Old Colony Railroad which operated in the 1800's.They schedule the rail rides for when people are not on the tracks when trains pass.From what i've seen of the pictures this sounds like an adventure for anyone who wants to do this.The rail cars are very interesting to look at by the pictures i saw.Never seen them before.Because of the mention of the bridge i put this article on this site.
connects Bristol County, R.I., with Newport County, R.I., but site does not let you indicate that
Wayne, thank you very much for that pretty, pretty picture of the Mt.Hope Bridge. I paint (not professionally), and I'm painting it from your angle but at night though. So I'm using your photograph as a focal point. Thank you, I will post a picture of the painting afterward. I remember playing under that bridge while my sisters gathered mussels, over 45 years ago......
Great Story! Many people read this site and you woudn't know it...but a story like yours is a great one.
I live near this bridge, actually about 30 seconds from where the photo was taken. I love this bridge. When the state was replacing the cabling in 2000 they announced that the decorative lights were not going to be replaced. I and many others wrote letters to newspapers, historic preservation agencies, and government agencies.
We were successful in having new lights installed. The tradition had been that the lights were lit only on national holidays. When I came back from NYC in October 2001 (I had been working the Red Cross response to 9/11) the lights were on at night and have been ever since.
Those lights lifted my spirit that night and have ever since!
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