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Mount Hope bridge.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Annual Report of the Mount Hope Bridge Authority, Rhode Island

 Item — Folder 1. Annual Report of the Mount Hope Bridge Authority, Rhode Island (1636-1018)
Identifier: 1636-1018
Dates: November 1969

Mount Hope Bridge negatives

 Series — Box Mount Hope Bridge negatives, 1925-1956
Identifier: 2015-34
Scope and Contents

These records consist of black-and-white 4" x 5" negatives of the Mount Hope Bridge (RIDOT Bridge #300) which connects the Rhode Island towns of Portsmouth and Bristol and is part of Route 114. The photographs primarily document the building of the bridge from 1928-1930.

Dates: 1925-1956

Turnpike and Bridge Authority photographs, scrapbooks and drawings, c. 1929-2000, bulk: 1966-2000

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2001-35
Abstract

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority was created in 1954 by the Rhode Island General Assembly as a corporate body with authority to construct, acquire, maintain and operate bridge projects as defined by law. The collection consists of photographs, news clippings, plan drawings and related ephemera documenting building, opening and maintenance of both the Newport Bridge and the Mount Hope Bridge.

Dates: c. 1929-2000; Majority of material found within 1966-2000