The Pawtucket River Bridge, which was lit for the first time Saturday night. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 23:48:12 GMT (1744847292261) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.0.0 (common) ...

When Slater Mill opened in 1793, it signaled the eventual demise of river herring and other migratory fish in the Blackstone ...

In 2007 a weight restriction was placed on the Pawtucket River Bridge. Many truckers who ignored the weight restrictions were fined. ALSO READ: Boston Celtics celebrate NBA Championship at the ...

Rhode Island transportation officials said construction has begun on one of two bridges so deteriorated that trucks are limited to 18 tons and two axles.

The Pawtucket River Bridge, with its lighting, arch design and Art Deco sculptures, is a crown jewel for our state and a vivid example of what can be accomplished when art and engineering collide ...

PAWTUCKET — At sunset, Pawtucket’s planning chief and state transportation officials gathered near the Route 95 bridge, a project five years in the making. Only those who happened to pass by ...

Pawtucket police on Sunday pulled a body from the Seekonk River. Police were on the water and along the shoreline opposite the stadium at Tidewater Landing for hours. They said they received ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — He’s credited as lobbying the Rhode Island Department of Transportation to build a new bridge for Interstate 95 across the Pawtucket River. Now, that bridge is being ...

The Elizabeth Webbing Falls Hydroelectric Project is proposed on the Blackstone River running between Pawtucket and Central ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. – A body was pulled from the Seekonk River in Pawtucket on Sunday night, according to police.. Authorities and firefighters responded just after 5:30 p.m. to the area near 21 ...

The Wicasuck Falls were about 4 miles north of Pawtucket where the river swept around a considerable island of the same name. This offered good fishing for the Indians and early settlers. The island ...

This hard-working town, located near the falls of the Blackstone River and the upper tidewaters of Narragansett Bay, likes to reinvent itself. It was here, some 220 years ago, that the first ...