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Stone Bridge
Photos
Photo provided by the Providence Public Library
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
BH Photo #336053
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Double leaf bascule bridge over Sakonnet River on Stone Bridge Road
- Location
- Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1907; Damaged by Hurricane Carol 1954; Closed 1955; Replaced 1956
- Builders
- - Augustus Smith
- Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
- Design
- Double leaf bascule
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.62566, -71.21702 (decimal degrees)
41°37'32" N, 71°13'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/315314/4610589 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fall River
- Inventory number
- BH 68954 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 19, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- January 13, 2018: New photos from Dave King
- April 24, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- September 6, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- December 17, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 21, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 20, 2015: Added by Luke
Related Bridges
- Sakonnet River Bridge (Successor)
- Stone Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Sources
- City of Tiverton - Imagery
- Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Volume 19 - Book
- Luke
- Douglas Butler
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Rhode Island Stone Bridge Report of the Board of Commission - Report
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This bridge is similar to the old spit bridge a Strauss double leaf heel trunnion bascule bridge which is replaced with a single leaf bascule bridge crossing the Middle Harbor in Sydney Australia South Wales.