Newport Pell Bridge
The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, a suspension bridge that connects Newport and Jamestown, crossing the Narragansett Bay. It was built in 1969 and is featured on the reverse of the Rhode Island quarter. CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia Matt H. Wade - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:UpstateNYer Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia / Matt H. Wade

Drivers traveling on the Newport Claiborne Pell Bridge are urged to adjust travel time as several lane closures are expected during the week of June 23 – 29, 2024.

Currently, no lane closures are planned for the Route 138 Connector and Sakonnet River Bridge.

Weekly Lane Closure Updates 6/23/2024 – 6/29/2024

Newport Claiborne Pell Bridge
Westbound Right Lane Closure- 6/24 to 6/26- 7 am to 3 pm
Westbound Left Lane Closure- 6/27- 7 am to 3 pm
Westbound Left Lane Closure- 6/28- 7 am to 2 pm
Eastbound Left Lane Closure- 6/26- 9 am to 3 pm

Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge
Eastbound Right Lane Closure- 6/27- 9 am to 3 pm

Route 138 Connector
There are currently no lane closures planned for the Route 138 Connector.

Mount Hope Bridge
Alternating Lane Closures- 6/24 – 9 am to 2 pm
Alternating Lane Closures- 6/25 – 9 am to 3 pm

Sakonnet River Bridge
There are currently no lane closures planned for the Sakonnet River Bridge.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...

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2 Comments

  1. Does anyone in this state communicate? It’s so ironic to this lifelong Rhode Islander that everyone seems to operate in their own silos. THE biggest event in a long while with 100,000 expected as well as more minor but well attended events like Newport Pride (oh and let’s not forget the normal weekend throng) and the state throws lane closures in to the mix? Insane.

  2. With the shit show they have on the Washington Bridge close lanes on the Newport Bridge. Only in RI
    Go Democrats

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