Pell Bridge cycling lanes, Rhode Island design, RISD Interior Architecture students proposal images
Pell Bridge pedestrian and cycling lanes, Rhode Island
August 12, 2021
Location: Rhode Island, USA
RISD Interior Architecture students propose innovative designs for adding pedestrian and cycling lanes to iconic Pell Bridge.

Crossing the Pell photos : Jo Sittenfeld, Courtesy Rhode Island School of Design
Pell Bridge cycling and pedestrian lanes
The Pell Bridge measures 2.1 miles across and rises to a peak that stands 400 feet off the water to allow Navy aircraft carriers to pass underneath the roadbed below. Students began by creating a 3D model of the existing bridge structure.
Providence, RI, August 2021 ? Rhode Island School of Design?s Interior Architecture students have created innovative design proposals to add pedestrian and cycling lanes to Pell Bridge, an iconic suspension bridge connecting Newport and Jamestown, RI.
When the state of Rhode Island completed the iconic Newport Bridge in 1969, the massive steel-framed suspension bridge connecting Jamestown and Newport stood as a testament to economic and technological progress. Measuring 2.1 miles across (about the length of Central Park in NYC) and rising to a peak that stands 400 feet off the water in order to allow Navy aircraft carriers to pass underneath the roadbed below, the bridge offers motorists spectacular views of Narragansett Bay.

In 2019, when the state celebrated the 50th anniversary of the structure...