[2] The bridge was removed from service in 1980 after being damaged by an overweight train loaded with military equipment, which severed the rail connection to the island.

The bridge swing structure was removed in late 2006 and the supporting piers were demolished by explosion on February 9, 2007.

[4] After the Anthony Road overpass in Portsmouth was rebuilt in 2019, work was done repairing several washouts to allow use to end of track.

The tourist train ran past the Hummocks station built in 2017 to the end of the track on June 15, 2021 to the Sakonnet River rail bridge site.

The railroad track now officially ends at a bumper post at the foot of an electrical transmission tower on the bridge's western pier point.