The Claiborne Pell Bridge (Newport Harbor Light to the left), the suspension bridge traverses the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay connecting Newport on Aquidneck Island (Rhode Island) with Conanicut Island.
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About Rhode Island
Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is not an island. It is the smallest of the 50 US states by area and situated on the East Coast of the United States in the New England Region. Compared, it is just about twice the size of the city of Phoenix in Arizona.
Rhode Island has land borders with only two other states, on the north and east with Massachusetts and in the west with Connecticut. In the south, RI is bounded by the straits of Block Island Sound and Rhode Island Sound. It shares a short maritime border with New York State between Block Island, RI and Long Island, NY. Narragansett Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, extends deep into the southeastern portion of Rhode Island.
Short History
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was created in the 17th century. English colonists first settled on present-day Aquidneck Island (Rhode Island) in the 1630s.
Nearly one and a half century later, in 1776, the colony declared independence from the British Crown as the first of the thirteen original American colonies. However, it was the last to sign the Constitution, so it became the 13th constituent US state.
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Covenant Document Welcoming the King of Glory into Rhode Island