New: (Satellite)
Normally, I would not use a 2008 Street View because of their quality, but this is the only view available since the bridge was soon torn down. I included the arch of the replacement I-195 bridge on the right side. I'm guessing that this old bridge was a steel-girder bridge.
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| Street View, Oct 2008 |
They left the piers.
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| Street View, Sep 2012 |
The Michael S. Van Lessten Memorial Pedestrain Bridge was built on the old piers.
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| Justin Case, Aug 2019 |
I-195+new US-6
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| Street View, Aug 2025 |
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| Street View, Aug 2024 |
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| Greenmark Geography posted Providence took down a freeway bridge and kept its piers for something better. Until 2009, I-195 crossed the Providence River right at the south edge of downtown, on a stretch of highway that was about 45 years old. The 2008 view on top shows the bridge full of traffic. Rhode Island's $610 million Iway project moved the interstate south, onto a new eight-lane bridge. The last piece of the new highway opened in late 2009, and the old one came down over the next few years, freeing about 20 acres of downtown land. The highway bridge went too, but its piers stayed in the river. In August 2019, a $21.9 million pedestrian bridge opened on top of them, with new parks at both ends. Since 2020 it has carried the name of civil rights advocate Michael S. Van Leesten. Have you walked across it yet? |
This is how US-6 used the old bridge. I'll bet US-6 used to use Angell and Waterman Streets to get through town.
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| 1996/2000 Providence Quad @ 24,000 |
This map blend shows how US-6 was moved further downstream on the river.
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| This is a blend of the 1996 map with a current map. |
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