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May 18, 2006
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Coverage
04/20/2006
Bridge project will last into fall
JAMESTOWN -- While many Rhode Islanders took a day off work to bid farewell to the old Jamestown Bridge on Tuesday, the demolition of the 1,100-foot-long center section was actually just the beginning of the end of the storied span.
04/19/2006
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What a blast!
The final moments of the old Jamestown Bridge had been carefully choreographed. Rhode Island's political leaders each had a hand on the plunger -- the type used to set off explosions in cartoons. Shortly before 11 a.m. as the crowd began a final...
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For many, demolition was not to be missed
J.R. Culotta of Westerly got up at 2 a.m. and arrived about 3:30. He breathed a sigh of relief as he parked at the University of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay Campus and looked around.
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04/18/2006
Old
Jamestown bridge falls into history
NARRAGANSETT
-- If you blinked, you missed it. And nobody wanted to miss it. Hundreds stood
on the beach of the University of Rhode Island's Bay campus this morning, staring
east toward the doomed Jamestown bridge, while the strong wind made their eyes
water.
Spectators' review: 'Pretty cool'
NARRAGANSETT -- Esther Eberly of South Kingstown had a front row seat for the explosion today.
She got there early and staked out a spot for her beach chair.
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