Crawford Street Bridge (Providence, Rhode Island)
Former bridge in Providence, Rhode Island / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the bridge in Providence. For the bridge in Toronto, see Crawford Street Bridge.
The Crawford Street Bridge was a concrete and steel bridge over the Providence River in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was originally built from 1873 to 1904 and then rebuilt starting in 1930. Composed of a set of interconnected bridges that span the river, it had a total area of over 3 acres (1.2 hectares) and covered nearly a quarter of a mile of the river. At 1,147 feet (350 m) wide,[2] it was the world's widest bridge, and listed in the 1988 Guinness Book of World Records.[3]
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Crawford Street Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 41.8242°N 71.4079°W / 41.8242; -71.4079 |
Crosses | Providence River |
Locale | Providence, Rhode Island |
Official name | Robert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1873 |
Rebuilt | 1930, 1982 |
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Daily traffic | automobiles and pedestrians |
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As part of a downtown redevelopment project, the massive bridge was substantially demolished in 1982, replaced with several narrower bridges for individual streets and exposing the Providence River to create a more pedestrian-friendly cityscape.[4]