[3] A few weeks later, it was used as a detour during the emergency closure of the westbound half of the parallel Washington Bridge.

[1] The bridge and the Rhode Island portion of the expressway were named after then-former RIDPW chief engineer George H.

[1] Between 1967 and 1969, the first (and only) section to be completed was built, consisting of the bridge itself, its western approach (tying into a partially built interchange with the one-way pair of South Angell Street and Waterman Street), and an eastern approach including two partially-built interchanges at Massasoit Avenue and Broadway in East Providence.

However, they believe there could have been a proposal for (what local roadgeek and historian Steve Anderson refers to as) "part of a larger plan to provide a marked parallel route for US 1A / RI 114 south to I-195 and Veterans [Memorial] Parkway."

Some problems noted are cracks in the concrete pier caps & rusting steel beams.

[7] Transit and bike advocates have asked for years that the bridge be replaced by a more multimodal structure.

[11] While the bridge will include bike/pedestrian infrastructure, the interchange design on the east side of the Seekonk River has faced criticism for a lack of any way for pedestrians or cyclists to safely cross traffic lanes.

[12] The rebuild freed 25 acres of land for redevelopment, and also reduced the bridge width to serve local traffic rather than the never-built expressway.