Crawford Street Bridge (Providence, Rhode Island)

This article is about the bridge in Providence. For the bridge in Toronto, see Crawford Street Bridge.

Crawford Street Bridge
Crawford Street Bridge in 2019
Coordinates41°49′27″N 71°24′28″W / 41.8242°N 71.4079°W / 41.8242; -71.4079
CrossesProvidence River
LocaleProvidence, Rhode Island
Official nameRobert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge
History
Opened1873
Rebuilt1930, 1982
Statistics
Daily trafficautomobiles and pedestrians
Location
Interactive map of Crawford Street Bridge

The Crawford Street Bridge was a concrete and steel bridge over the Providence River in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was originally built from 1873 to 1904 and then rebuilt starting in 1930. Composed of a set of interconnected bridges that span the river, it had a total area of over 3 acres (1.2 hectares) and covered nearly a quarter of a mile of the river. At 1,147 feet (350 m) wide, it was the world's widest bridge, and listed in the 1988 Guinness Book of World Records.

As part of a downtown redevelopment project, the massive bridge was substantially demolished in 1982, replaced with several narrower bridges for individual streets and exposing the Providence River to create a more pedestrian-friendly cityscape.

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