The Mount Hope Bridge will close to all traffic on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. and remain totally closed until Monday, Aug. 18 at 5 a.m. The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is closing the bridge, ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — The Mount Hope Bridge reopened ahead of schedule after closing Thursday night to undergo much-needed resurfacing work. (Lee Dooley/WPRI-TV) The last time the bridge, which goes ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority officials say a recent inspection of the Mt. Hope Bridge found the nearly century-old span to be in “fair” condition, but they’re refusing to ...

PROVIDENCE — Drivers who rely on Rhode Island’s Mount Hope Bridge to get to Newport for a summer getaway are going to have to find a workaround this weekend. The historic 1929 bridge connecting ...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority said its made repairs to few square yards of the Mount Hope Bridge surface on Wednesday. This comes around a month after the bridge was closed for a ...

(WJAR) — The Mount Hope Bridge is now closed for repaving, and East Bay drivers are feeling the effects. There are detours set up as traffic is closed on both directions. It will be shut through the ...

From a distance the beauty of the Mount Hope Bridge is on regular display for all who approach this engineering masterpiece. For families and workers who rely on it for a daily commute, the up close ...

Newport faces a significant school budget deficit due to the end of ESSR funding, making regionalization unlikely. The Revolution Wind project, crucial for Rhode Island's clean energy future, has been ...