Mount Hope Bridge
The Mount Hope Bridge was originally proposed in 1920, and the New Hope Bridge Company was incorporated in 1927, after a few years of resistance from the Rhode Island General Assembly and with the influence of state senator and business leader William Henry Vanderbilt III.Serious structural problems were discovered four months before it was to open, forcing the contractor to disassemble and reassemble portions of the bridge.In 2007, Bicycles were permitted on the bridge, but bicyclists were advised by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation to use extreme caution.[5] The bridge is in close proximity to the East Bay Bikeway which runs from Providence to Bristol, RI.Earlier discussions of adding a full, off-road bike route to the bridge were cancelled in April 2022.
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