Acrow Bridges Restore Key Links on Rhode Island’s East Bay Bike Path
Prefabricated modular steel bridges provide a permanent, durable solution for popular recreational trail Parsippany, New Jersey – Acrow , a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce the successful completion and opening of two of its modular steel bridges along Rhode Island’s East Bay Bike Path, enhancing safety, connectivity, and long-term resilience for one of the region’s most heavily used recreational corridors. The East Bay Bike Path is a 14.5-mile paved recreational trail extending from Providence to Bristol serving cyclists, pedestrians, commuters and visitors who rely on the route for both daily transportation and recreation. Two critical bridges along the path, located in the towns of Barrington and Warren, were originally constructed in the 1880s as railroad bridges and later converted for bike use in the 1980s. Due to deterioration, both structures were closed by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) in 2019....