Jamestown Bridge

One of the best sunsets I’ve ever seen have been over the Jamestown bridge.

Neat bridge and if you’re feeling adventurous, take the exit just over it on Conanicut Island. I’m sure the locals don’t like tourists wandering through their neighborhood but you’ll be able to get a good picture from under the bridge. Just be sure to respect the environment and don’t leave your car for too long or the five-​oh might show up.

This is the only bridge that I’ve ever reviewed. Because of this and because the Jamestown bridge connects two great bodies of land, I give it 5 stars!

Yeah I know its just a bridge, but it sports some pretty nice views. Also has a good size guardrail so when your rubber necking checking out the scenery there is something to bounce off before you take a nosedive a hundred feet down! Gives you that warm and fuzzy!

great views on this bridge. very nice

It’s a bridge. No need to buy that amphibious car! yay!

Not very beautiful. Old one used to be dope — especially the see thru part at the top. In high school we’d walk up there and smoke cigarettes or… POT!

A cool
bridge with
great views
I love going over bridges, especially really big bridges. I realize that some people think reviewing a bridge is stupid but real cool ones deserve to be reviewed. Here I am actually reviewing two bridges, the old Jamestown Bridge and its replacement the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.
Everyone calls the new one the Jamestown Bridge, just like the older one. The first bridge was built in 1940 and was the very first bridge to Conanicut Island. This opened things up for people living there because they didn’t have to rely on just ferries any more. There were plans to keep the old bridge open for bikes and pedestrians but the old bridge was found to be in such lousy condition that they were afraid it would fall and end up killing people. So they finally got around to blowing it in April, 2006.
The new bridge was completed and opened in 1992 and is much wider and higher than the previous one. Great fun to drive over and look at down at Plum Beach Lighthouse, Dutch Island, ships and the water. It’s such a great view that it’s difficult to keep my eyes on the road, so I frequently weave around a bit. Scares the hell out of my wife which is always cool.
Unlike the Newport Bridge (Pell), there is no toll to cross the Jamestown Bridge. Unfortunately bikes and people are not allowed on the new bridge which is to bad because it would be a great place for a walk. It can get a bit feisty in the winter, especially during snow or ice storms, but the highway guys do a good job of keeping it passable so there really aren’t that many fatal accidents.
I’ve been over both bridges a zillion times and still love it. Crossing into Jamestown over the bridge is something I’ll never get tired of. Here’s a cool video of the demolition of the old bridge.