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| First of 14, ArtInRuins 1872-1977 "There are few perfect examples of the way New Englanders call things by what they used to be, and this is one of them. Named simply after the color it was painted, the original “Red Bridge” was a wooden drawbridge structure built in 1793." |
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| Fifth of 14, ArtInRuins |
The girders of the replacement bridge were painted red to keep the "Red Bridge" tradition alive.
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| Street View, Jun 2021 |
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| Bridges Now and Then posted "PROVIDENCE, RI -- 5/29/1959 That cagey old Red Bridge knows how to get a cool shower on a hot day. She just refuses to close." (Providence Journal Photo Archives) Dave Frieder: The same situation has happened with the NYC Harlem River bridges! Also in ProvidenceJournal [This web page has several more photos of bridges on the this river.] |
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