This series is of Department of Public Works map copies of bridge plans from the WW II era.

Proposals for road and bridge construction projects. These proposals called for the expenditure of federal funds for at least part of thecost of the project. Many of the projects were to be funded under programs of the Works Progress Administration. Proposals include location of work, type of work to be done, estimated costs of th project and usually the amount of that cost wanted from the federal government. Included are documents related to the construction of the Jamestown Bridge.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Coastal Resources records include a wealth of information related to the activities of the Harbor Commission, the Commission of Dams and Reservoirs, The Division of Harbors and Rivers and the Division of Coastal Resources. The records comprising this collection include reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, maps and aerial photographs.

This series contains photographs, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks created by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.