

Amy Mendillo for Providence Monthly
- Dec 1, 2020
Competition Underway for Railway Bridge
Fox Point neighbors have been debating the fate of the Crook Point Bascule Bridge, the railway bridge over the Seekonk River that has been frozen in the “up” position for nearly 45 years. Several neighbors spoke in favor of restoring the structure at a pre-Covid FPNA meeting, saying that the bridge provides a special, even iconic, sense of place for residents and passersby. Others pointed to the dire state of the City budget—and to another costly bridge recently erected on th