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Minor accident causes backup on Newport Bridge, Jamestown RI

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Claiborne Pell/Newport Bridge, RI-138, Jamestown, RI 02835

There was a minor accident on the Newport Bridge causing traffic to back up eastbound. A license plate was found lying on the bridge roadway.

Audio|Source: Southern Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts, and Eastern Connecticut Public Safety
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Just to let you know, there's a lot of backup coming eastbound.
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I had a report that there might have been like a fender bender or something that went off the bridge.
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Someone had called in and said that there's a license plate on the bridge.
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So once it clear, right now it's backed up all the way across, but once it's cleared a little bit, maybe you can take a run over and see if you can find a license plate in the road.

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Location mentioned:
Claiborne Pell/Newport Bridge, RI-138, Jamestown, RI 02835

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