NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. --Since the Jamestown Bridge first opened, Rhode Islanders have alternately embraced it as an enduring landmark or loathed its narrow lanes and car-shaking winds that always seemed worse on the see-through grating high above Narragansett Bay.
Smoke rises as the old Jamestown Bridge falls 135 feet into the waters of Narragansett Bay today in North Kingstown, R.I. The landmark bridge, built in 1940, connected North Kingstown and Jamestown. The steel center span of 1100 feet, which rose 240 feet, was dropped into the bay using 75 pounds of explosives. Before the Jamestown Bridge opened, Conanicut Island's only link to the rest of the state was an unreliable ferry system that often did not run in bad weather. Traffic is now routed across the nearby Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge, which was closed for the demolition.(AP Photo)
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. --Since the Jamestown Bridge first opened, Rhode Islanders have alternately embraced it as an enduring landmark or loathed its narrow lanes and car-shaking winds that always seemed worse on the see-through grating high above Narragansett Bay. 
Smoke rises as the old Jamestown Bridge falls 135 feet into the waters of Narragansett Bay today in North Kingstown, R.I. The landmark bridge, built in 1940, connected North Kingstown and Jamestown. The steel center span of 1100 feet, which rose 240 feet, was dropped into the bay using 75 pounds of explosives. Before the Jamestown Bridge opened, Conanicut Island's only link to the rest of the state was an unreliable ferry system that often did not run in bad weather. Traffic is now routed across the nearby Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge, which was closed for the demolition.(AP Photo)
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