Slide Title
Preview
Date
1-1-1979
Description
The intersection of College St and Memorial Blvd in Downtown Providence in 1979. Its neighbor bridge, the Crawford Street Bridge was narrowed around the same time of this ones' completion. The slimming of Crawford Street's pedestrian-focused bridge co-instituted this and it as vehicular traffic driven bridges.
Rights
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Building Type
Bridge
Subject Headings
Bridges -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Downtown districts -- ; Colonial revival (Architecture); Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
College St
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester and Warner, William, "College Street Bridge" (1979). Browse All. 974.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/974
Keywords
downtown, Providence downtown, bridge, Crawford Street Bridge
Notes
Bibliography: http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/01/us/providence-losing-a-bridge-to-gain-a-riverbank.html "Crawford Street Bridge," in Virtual Exhibits, Item #202, http://sos.ri.gov/virtualarchives/items/show/202 (accessed December 7, 2015).