Hey I just wanted to thank everyone for all the support here. Whether you're from Rhode Island or somewhere far away like Massachusetts it's cool that we all share this interest in historic abandoned places. I have fun working on these videos and I'm glad you're enjoying them. It's important that we preserve their history, and for those of us that explore them, to always treat them with respect. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go drink some coffee milk.
Just so you know the Risd Riot story goes further. There is a burned out car in the middle of the tunnel rumored to be a police or Risd cruiser set aflame that night. spammming
Pretty sure someone broke the lock on the east entrance of the tunnel, cause my buddy and I walked the whole thing about two years ago. The West Entrance is still sealed tho so we had to walk all the way back
I think I've seen that bridge when I was kid my moms sister lived in RI. A lot of stuff went to the way side when Conrail was formed in April 1 of 1976. I could probably get you more information on that line along with the average car count, number of industries served that helped decide to abandon direct from the case study in 1974 / 1975. All I need to know is what division it fell under when Conrail took over.
I shared this on my Facebook page.... I thought it was excellent and so did everyone that watched it. I lived in Rehoboth for 45 years and spent plenty of time in Providence.... never knew this story ... so thank you
In the late 70s we decided to walk thru the tunnel. Got about 1/4 the way thru and it was way to yucky and creepy for us. We left very quickly. I remember the riots very well. Loved living in Providence from 1972 to 1989. The East side is gorgeous area.
This has been on my feed for some time , today I figured I would watch. So happy I did. You are a great storyteller. As a Rhode Islander I see that bridge every day on my commute . I hope they leave it there is something about it that is beautiful.
Yes, it was in my line of vision every weekday during my high school years. I walked down Francis Street to downtown. We would walk under the farthest right tunnel under the railroad which was a bus stop for travelers leaving downtown for Smith Hill. I headed towards Dorrance Street and the bus stops on Westminster Street near the Arcade.
Love the pictures of Crooks Point Bridge. If you look at the pipe going up the side of the bridge to the navigation lights up on top was a project that we did on that bridge in Spring of 2019. When I was up there hanging from the basket attached to a crane, the view was amazing. 150’ straight up. Thanks again for the memory.
A bunch of friends and myself (in the early 80's) ventured into the tunnel from the North Main St./Steeple St. entrance. If you look closely at the green wall @1:49 you see a door above the white car. You can barely see the large lock right in the center of the cars hood. At the time it was only a plywood wall and door. The only thing in that tunnel was garbage, train track, storm drains. and man hole covers with one cover missing. a pall of in fell in with one leg. As at times there was 0% light and we only had 2 small disposable flashlights that was sold at the time at the checkout of most stores. There was a strange purple and sometime green fog in it also. It came out down from Gano St. We took the bus back.
Jason! As a native Rhode Islander who moved to the West Coast in 1987 I can recall seeing this upright from I-195 when we’d go to that megaplex cinema complex in Seekonk. You did an amazing job in this and the tunnel detail was fascinating lore I had no idea about. And what about those crazed RISD mobs! 😂 That was my favorite TIL moment for me from your very entertaining slice of history from the state I was born in and you gave it a positive spin with an obvious love of where you come from and that did not exist when I graduated high school in 1979 from Woonsocket HS. Not much appreciation of the fascinating history of the state and the localities. Thanks for loving where you are from, it’s really impressive.
that's so funny because when we did our Roger Williams cemetery explore on Thanksgiving, our plan was to go check out the tunnel but we ran out of time. We weren't even sure that it was even accessible but we wanted to check it out! Anyway, great video tour as always and wonderful history! :)
Moved here in 2013 and that tunnel was at the end of our street (Amy St.) I've always wondered where that thing went, but was too lazy to look it up. Thank you for the info and inspiration...
Thank you for posting, Jason and thanks for your channel. I learned of you and your work from Channel 5 in Boston and this was the first vid of yours I watched. I climbed this bridge when I was still an ironworker and was building an addition on the Salvation Army building nearby. I even have a photo taken by a friend as proof. I subscribed to your channel and I'll be watching more soon. Thanks again.
It's actually not managed by the city of Providence but the RIn Department of Transportation. Actually, to prevent the bridge to be torn down, the city of Providence organized a competition to save the bridge! Finalists for the competition are to be proclaimed in the end of January, you should check it out if you're interested
This is awesome!!! I lived on Warren Avenue when I was a kid right off the Washington bridge. I remember always being intrigued by this train bridge. I was born in 1978 so I guess it was out of commission for a couple of years before I came along. Thank you very much for making this video!!!
Jason, I love your well rounded research and expert storytelling to paint a vivid history of these artifacts. Narration, pacing, historical timeline, then and now comparisons...everything a history geek could ask for. Well done!
Wow, this videos was amazingly well-done. The animations were incredible, and the history and route explanations came up exactly as I was wondering about them! And you even show the inside of the tunnel!! Just discovered your channel, cheers!
Hey, really great video! I fist climbed it shortly after moving to providence years back and have climbed or visited it many times since. I very much agree with the view of it as a counterculture center point here.
At 3:41 what's referred to and shown as "trestles" is actually a viaduct that connected Union Station to the tunnel's west portal. That viaduct, along with a connected embankment (solid section left of bridge in picture at 3:55) was demolished in 1983 to make way for the Providence River Relocation Project. Here's the Historic American Engineering Survey documentation where the photos came from. www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ri0396/ For some reason people like to call any long elevated structure and or just a bridge a trestle if built by a railroad. It's only a trestle if it's roughly triangular in shape, and they're always built of wood or steel. If it crosses just one street or river (with no angled supports), it's a bridge. Longer spans consisting of multiple connected bridges are viaducts.
As we slowly wake up to the need for public transportation, this tunnel and rail right-of-way may someday be needed again. It was shortsighted to give up the connection between the downtown station and the tunnel portal.
Weird question but could you share with me the raw footage from 5:10 ish stamp. That footage is not from 1993 but probably 2000 or so when they cleaned up and paved the west side entrance. Curious time capsule. Please lmk.
The reason why the bridge will not come crashing down is because it has a counter weight that balances it. The motor that was use to lift and lower it is no more the 25 HP.
Hey Jason, you seem local,. I'm in the Massachusetts area and there is a really funky weird old Recreation Center at the Hyde Park Dedham line that is totally abandoned. They used to have these lavish pons and activities for handicapped kids. You can still see where all the Water Works were and the benches on the sides of the sidewalks for their completely grown over. also a few miles away is a highway to Nowhere where they Highway Department started building a four-lane highway into Boston and then was shut down because it was intended to go through Fenway Park in the Back Bay fens and it got shut down. Portions of the highway are still there and you could stand on the pavement and see where the construction phases were because of the way the trees are growing back in the distance is pretty cool shoot me an email to you I can give you some background on the stuff and let you know the locations if you're interested Ron@kaminski-construction.com Ronald Tartaglia
ofc they would demolish it, they should take the whole bridge itself and just toss it on land i’m sure the artists of the bridge would love to see their work somewhere random
WooHoo! My video made it in! As soon as i saw that you were talking about the tunnel i said to myself "i bet its going to show part of my video at some point". (even though it was taken in 2001 and was just a urban exploration with friends, not a RISD riot lol). th-cam.com/video/WsGhKWbKJDA/w-d-xo.html I recently discovered your channel a few months ago, and LOVE your work, keep it up!
I grew up in East Providence, born in ‘75, so you can imagine how this thing is one of my earliest memories when out and about. I’m slightly obsessed with it and have spent countless hours photographing the bridge from every angle. I recently left RI and got back into photography via DJI. I can’t wait to get back to RI for a visit. My first stop with the drone will be this spot. I was actually putting together a project similar to this, with the history and such, but my god this was amazing to watch. Seeing the bridge from all the different angles and aspects is amazing. Your video and editing are top notch. I’m so glad I came upon this video. It made my day. I subscribed, can’t wait to see more. Kudos!
The production quality on this is absolutely fantastic. The editing, pacing, camera footage and storytelling is top notch. You absolutely nailed it! Thank you so much for the time you put into it.
My childhood friend died jumping off this bridge Derek Lumner. Rip Derek Lumner still have our pic on jungle Jim as kids on mantle, your friend Bernie Ringuette.i thought you made it an swam across but when you couldn't be found i knew it was bad.every hardcore band still says you're name.
I walked through the tunnel in 1970 with my new girlfriend @ night!50 years ago. It was freaky. Bats & the sound of water dripping. Half way through, turned our flashlight off. Black? Lol kinda scary, but @ 15 you don’t have much fear. Came out the other side in a baseball field. Then had to go BACK again though it! Made some Big points with that gal. Dated for 10 years! Lol
You didn't include the reason for that scorched car frame you showed for a few seconds- it was a police cruiser. The college kids attacked it, the cop ran away, and they lit it on fire.
I can tell you: I can't remember when it was I want to guess the mid 90's. there was a massive underage party in the tunnel. they had a pro-sound-system, the noise DID enter into the near by houses. The cops came into the tunnel and they were surrounded by a 100 kids and left the tunnel. a cruiser was left behind and firebombed. That is when they sealed up both sides of the tunnel with a steal wall.
Wow, my heart literally skipped a beat when your camera climbed the bridge; I felt my legs tingling as if I were climbing it myself! As a Rhode Island lifer, PC alum and all around townie, I can’t express how thrilled I am that I came across your channel. Your videos are breathtakingly beautiful and you have some serious editing skills. Bravo sir, and thank you
When I was a kid i remember the fire department having to hose down the bridge on hot days because the heat would expand it and it would be stuck in the down position.
Whoever says there’s no need to reactivate the line has clearly never crossed the I-195 bridge at rush hour. Personally I think it would make a phenomenal route for commuter/light rail between downtown, Brown and East Providence. They could even lay tracks alongside the East Bay bike path and run trains all the way down to Bristol.
2003-2004 the bridge side was open, or at least unlocked. We had a few parties there back then, it was always the same day as the feast at fox point. That kept the police busy so they ignored us. As a photography student at the time I have a lot of great shots of the entrance back then.
Great video. Sadly, it's (the bridge) a place where many lives have been lost from death by suicide. You could also accidently fall to your death due to its crumbling decaying wood and disrepair. It's very sad to see these historical icons of our past allowed to be laid to waste. I recently found out that many Irish Immigrants including my gr gr grandfather carved out and built the tunnel. Then they would go to St. Joseph's Church on Hope St. to build that after working on the tunnel. Still putting dates together but the opening in 1908 (shown in a shot) coincides with the late 1800 build of St. Joseph's. I wonder how long it took to build the tunnel ? Fantastic video and beautiful shots. Maybe a follow up exploring the creation of the tunnel and the folks who built it ? Happy Holidays to everyone, stay safe and healthy !
I was born and raised in RI, but moved to Maine 42 years ago. I never knew this existed! Thanks for an informative and interesting video. Very well done and nice to have this piece of history preserved in this form. Thank you!
Going inside that tunnel was surreal. The moment you go inside, you feel the temperature drop a good 20-30 degrees, and the darkness is overwhelming like you said. I brought tactical flashlights and really could not see much. I went in the middle of the summer and there was so much water on there, an entire plastic chair was upright completely underwater. I've seen other videos of people getting through to the other end, and those secret passages from houses, seem to only have been a rumor.
I've been through it also.....I used to live in fox point.......spot on about the drop in temperature..... and it had a weird kind smell too.......I walked through it with my father when I was around 11 or 12....
Love this video! I’m from fox point east side of providence. I lived up the street from it. I see it thru my window every morning. I climbed it partied on it and loved every min of it ! I love fox point !
Wow, another fantastic video! I’ve heard some rumors about incorporating the bridge into a potential all new light-rail line for the surrounding area, as well as possibly converting the area to some sort of park. Of course, knowing the city it’ll most likely either be a)demolished, or b)not demolished due to budget constraints
Hey I just wanted to thank everyone for all the support here. Whether you're from Rhode Island or somewhere far away like Massachusetts it's cool that we all share this interest in historic abandoned places. I have fun working on these videos and I'm glad you're enjoying them. It's important that we preserve their history, and for those of us that explore them, to always treat them with respect. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go drink some coffee milk.
Just so you know the Risd Riot story goes further. There is a burned out car in the middle of the tunnel rumored to be a police or Risd cruiser set aflame that night.
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I'm from Australia, that's further away than Massachusetts.
Pretty sure someone broke the lock on the east entrance of the tunnel, cause my buddy and I walked the whole thing about two years ago. The West Entrance is still sealed tho so we had to walk all the way back
I think I've seen that bridge when I was kid my moms sister lived in RI. A lot of stuff went to the way side when Conrail was formed in April 1 of 1976. I could probably get you more information on that line along with the average car count, number of industries served that helped decide to abandon direct from the case study in 1974 / 1975. All I need to know is what division it fell under when Conrail took over.
@@onrr1726 please do that
My grandfather was the operator of that bridge, he actually was the last person to leave it in the upright position.
What an incredible claim to fame!
I appreciate the update.
Wow!! That's awesome to hear.
Thats sick !!
Prove it.
Hello from Rhode Island!!! Lived here my entire life!
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I worked on a film in the late 80's and a car was hung off of the bridge. Being paid to crawl all over that bridge was so cool.
What was the movie called? I’ve heard about this but I’ve never found the movie
@@talenft A Matter of Degrees
I saw that movie! Great addition to the comments!! DD
I shared this on my Facebook page.... I thought it was excellent and so did everyone that watched it. I lived in Rehoboth for 45 years and spent plenty of time in Providence.... never knew this story ... so thank you
In the late 70s we decided to walk thru the tunnel. Got about 1/4 the way thru and it was way to yucky and creepy for us. We left very quickly. I remember the riots very well. Loved living in Providence from 1972 to 1989. The East side is gorgeous area.
This has been on my feed for some time , today I figured I would watch. So happy I did. You are a great storyteller. As a Rhode Islander I see that bridge every day on my commute . I hope they leave it there is something about it that is beautiful.
It sure is beautiful!
Was just reading about the bridge and tunnel recently while getting homesick. Glad I was able to walk on it before I moved
Are you from providence? Do you remember the city bus station downtown that was round ? Do.you remember the train round house ?
Yes, it was in my line of vision every weekday during my high school years. I walked down Francis Street to downtown. We would walk under the farthest right tunnel under the railroad which was a bus stop for travelers leaving downtown for Smith Hill. I headed towards Dorrance Street and the bus stops on Westminster Street near the Arcade.
Love the pictures of Crooks Point Bridge. If you look at the pipe going up the side of the bridge to the navigation lights up on top was a project that we did on that bridge in Spring of 2019. When I was up there hanging from the basket attached to a crane, the view was amazing. 150’ straight up. Thanks again for the memory.
My apologies. That was Spring 2020.
A bunch of friends and myself (in the early 80's) ventured into the tunnel from the North Main St./Steeple St. entrance. If you look closely at the green wall @1:49 you see a door above the white car. You can barely see the large lock right in the center of the cars hood. At the time it was only a plywood wall and door. The only thing in that tunnel was garbage, train track, storm drains. and man hole covers with one cover missing. a pall of in fell in with one leg. As at times there was 0% light and we only had 2 small disposable flashlights that was sold at the time at the checkout of most stores. There was a strange purple and sometime green fog in it also. It came out down from Gano St. We took the bus back.
Jason! As a native Rhode Islander who moved to the West Coast in 1987 I can recall seeing this upright from I-195 when we’d go to that megaplex cinema complex in Seekonk. You did an amazing job in this and the tunnel detail was fascinating lore I had no idea about. And what about those crazed RISD mobs! 😂 That was my favorite TIL moment for me from your very entertaining slice of history from the state I was born in and you gave it a positive spin with an obvious love of where you come from and that did not exist when I graduated high school in 1979 from Woonsocket HS. Not much appreciation of the fascinating history of the state and the localities. Thanks for loving where you are from, it’s really impressive.
Didn't want this experience to end...wonderfully educational, creepy, and fascinating all at the same time. Merry Christmas, Jason.
I agree! I watched all his videos in one night and now I get amped when I see a new video drop!
that's so funny because when we did our Roger Williams cemetery explore on Thanksgiving, our plan was to go check out the tunnel but we ran out of time. We weren't even sure that it was even accessible but we wanted to check it out! Anyway, great video tour as always and wonderful history! :)
I remember as a kid walking in that tunnel with my cousin. Must have been insane.
Moved here in 2013 and that tunnel was at the end of our street (Amy St.) I've always wondered where that thing went, but was too lazy to look it up. Thank you for the info and inspiration...
Thank you for posting, Jason and thanks for your channel. I learned of you and your work from Channel 5 in Boston and this was the first vid of yours I watched. I climbed this bridge when I was still an ironworker and was building an addition on the Salvation Army building nearby. I even have a photo taken by a friend as proof. I subscribed to your channel and I'll be watching more soon. Thanks again.
I first saw the bridge when I visited Rhode Island in 1984, now some 36+ years later, i get to hear its story. Thank you!
Your work is absolutely stunning!!
You continue to outdo yourself. So fascinating. Thank you!
I love it....every time I eat at Waterman Grille I watch it...
Your abandoned videos are so well produced and researched. They are very enjoyable to watch and are a history lesson. Great work!
It's actually not managed by the city of Providence but the RIn Department of Transportation. Actually, to prevent the bridge to be torn down, the city of Providence organized a competition to save the bridge! Finalists for the competition are to be proclaimed in the end of January, you should check it out if you're interested
This is awesome!!! I lived on Warren Avenue when I was a kid right off the Washington bridge. I remember always being intrigued by this train bridge. I was born in 1978 so I guess it was out of commission for a couple of years before I came along. Thank you very much for making this video!!!
I have actual nightmares about this bridge and have since I was a kid thanks to Annie.
Jason, I love your well rounded research and expert storytelling to paint a vivid history of these artifacts. Narration, pacing, historical timeline, then and now comparisons...everything a history geek could ask for. Well done!
Wow, this videos was amazingly well-done. The animations were incredible, and the history and route explanations came up exactly as I was wondering about them! And you even show the inside of the tunnel!! Just discovered your channel, cheers!
Great Job!!! The cinematography on this was Awesome!!! Keep up the great work, I am looking forward to seeing more!
Amazing job on this video. You made me realize that my videos are seriously lacking. A lot of work went into this. Very very nice.
fellow Rhode Islander and live on the east side! awesome shots 👍🏽
We walked through that tunnel back in the 70’s, spooky as fuck
Good work, its similar tunnel at Jersey City, NJ called Dead Man Tunnel
Another banger 🔥 👌
check out the ice house and the abandoned Borden estate in fall river!
Jason, this video is awesome. Looking forward to watching more
Hey, really great video! I fist climbed it shortly after moving to providence years back and have climbed or visited it many times since. I very much agree with the view of it as a counterculture center point here.
At 3:41 what's referred to and shown as "trestles" is actually a viaduct that connected Union Station to the tunnel's west portal. That viaduct, along with a connected embankment (solid section left of bridge in picture at 3:55) was demolished in 1983 to make way for the Providence River Relocation Project. Here's the Historic American Engineering Survey documentation where the photos came from. www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ri0396/ For some reason people like to call any long elevated structure and or just a bridge a trestle if built by a railroad. It's only a trestle if it's roughly triangular in shape, and they're always built of wood or steel. If it crosses just one street or river (with no angled supports), it's a bridge. Longer spans consisting of multiple connected bridges are viaducts.
As we slowly wake up to the need for public transportation, this tunnel and rail right-of-way may someday be needed again. It was shortsighted to give up the connection between the downtown station and the tunnel portal.
Excellent.
I would be at City Hall digging through the blueprints for the tunnel and find the secret doors
Fascinating video! The city should turn the tunnel into a marketplace of sorts. Maybe host a flea market there. That would be pretty cool 😎
Nice job with the vid....as a train geek it is greatly appreciated!!👍👍👍👍
I don’t subscribe to much, but I like your style and narration. Keep up there good work.
Great job !
Rhode Island here. Try Ladd school and Hanson City. Keep going.🤙
5:55 Narrator: "What's Inside?"
5:57 Me: "Mad Asbestos..."😩😂😂😂
Great video.
I really need to visit the bridge before its gone
Weird question but could you share with me the raw footage from 5:10 ish stamp. That footage is not from 1993 but probably 2000 or so when they cleaned up and paved the west side entrance. Curious time capsule. Please lmk.
Great video and story! Thank you!!
great video hope the bridge gets fix up to be used by trains again Also have a Happier New Year 2021 👍😢🎆
Those look like catenary supports on the bridge, but electric trains are neither mentioned or shown in the video.
The reason why the bridge will not come crashing down is because it has a counter weight that balances it. The motor that was use to lift and lower it is no more the 25 HP.
Several vehicles were cooked here. Allegedly. 😂
Hey Jason, you seem local,. I'm in the Massachusetts area and there is a really funky weird old Recreation Center at the Hyde Park Dedham line that is totally abandoned. They used to have these lavish pons and activities for handicapped kids. You can still see where all the Water Works were and the benches on the sides of the sidewalks for their completely grown over. also a few miles away is a highway to Nowhere where they Highway Department started building a four-lane highway into Boston and then was shut down because it was intended to go through Fenway Park in the Back Bay fens and it got shut down.
Portions of the highway are still there and you could stand on the pavement and see where the construction phases were because of the way the trees are growing back in the distance is pretty cool
shoot me an email to you I can give you some background on the stuff and let you know the locations if you're interested
Ron@kaminski-construction.com
Ronald Tartaglia
There’s one like this In Myrtle Beach well similar Only difference it’s Technically still active
What’s the name of the one in Myrtle beach?
Excellent video
Hey this is a very informative vid. But does any one have a full map of this line? Also at the WYE is the other line still active or no?
FYI for anyone who cares, the abandoned car in the tunnel is a 4cyl foxbody mustang.
ofc they would demolish it, they should take the whole bridge itself and just toss it on land i’m sure the artists of the bridge would love to see their work somewhere random
Great production! And yes, sadly, it's permitted for demolition.
When I was little I climbs tht bridge can’t believe it’s still up
Reminds me of “Annie” where she climbed the bridge from the kidnappers.
I see the vandles managed to get into the tunnel.
Would it be possible to lower it just for the hell of it and to the other side of the river where do the tracks lead
It's sad how people leave perfectly good infrastructure to rot
If from Rhode Island we call it the Red Bridge.
Was this the bridge in th err film, Great Gadsby or th err film Annie?
I'd risk jail just to enter that tunnel.
omg theres a fucking swing at the top
So how did you get inside the tunnel?
They installed a swing on the top
Im from RI my cousin jumped off there last summer drunk bastard
WooHoo! My video made it in! As soon as i saw that you were talking about the tunnel i said to myself "i bet its going to show part of my video at some point". (even though it was taken in 2001 and was just a urban exploration with friends, not a RISD riot lol). th-cam.com/video/WsGhKWbKJDA/w-d-xo.html
I recently discovered your channel a few months ago, and LOVE your work, keep it up!
Pretty sure inside that tunnel it's actually the Upside Down.
Nah, more parties are inside the tunnel.
That bridge is gone now.
Really sad that it went to waste.
Back in the day, my friends & I would often go through that tunnel on our way to climbing the bridge. It was like our own LORD OF THE RINGS adventure.
I grew up in East Providence, born in ‘75, so you can imagine how this thing is one of my earliest memories when out and about. I’m slightly obsessed with it and have spent countless hours photographing the bridge from every angle. I recently left RI and got back into photography via DJI. I can’t wait to get back to RI for a visit. My first stop with the drone will be this spot. I was actually putting together a project similar to this, with the history and such, but my god this was amazing to watch. Seeing the bridge from all the different angles and aspects is amazing. Your video and editing are top notch. I’m so glad I came upon this video. It made my day. I subscribed, can’t wait to see more. Kudos!
The production quality on this is absolutely fantastic. The editing, pacing, camera footage and storytelling is top notch.
You absolutely nailed it! Thank you so much for the time you put into it.
The term RISD Riots made me laugh. Those art school students are the most dangerous of all!
Police escalated the situation in riot gear marching up the street. Beating and dragging and pepper spray.
My childhood friend died jumping off this bridge Derek Lumner. Rip Derek Lumner still have our pic on jungle Jim as kids on mantle, your friend Bernie Ringuette.i thought you made it an swam across but when you couldn't be found i knew it was bad.every hardcore band still says you're name.
So sorry to hear that 😞
Wow so sorry for your loss 😢
I walked through the tunnel in 1970 with my new girlfriend @ night!50 years ago. It was freaky. Bats & the sound of water dripping. Half way through, turned our flashlight off. Black? Lol kinda scary, but @ 15 you don’t have much fear. Came out the other side in a baseball field. Then had to go BACK again though it! Made some Big points with that gal. Dated for 10 years! Lol
Why did you break up after 10 years?
You didn't include the reason for that scorched car frame you showed for a few seconds- it was a police cruiser. The college kids attacked it, the cop ran away, and they lit it on fire.
did you use matches or a lighter?
@@user-ik4br3nk2w it was in the early 90's, so I was like, 8. I also lived 1,500 miles away.
I can tell you: I can't remember when it was I want to guess the mid 90's. there was a massive underage party in the tunnel. they had a pro-sound-system, the noise DID enter into the near by houses. The cops came into the tunnel and they were surrounded by a 100 kids and left the tunnel. a cruiser was left behind and firebombed. That is when they sealed up both sides of the tunnel with a steal wall.
Crazy theres swings at the top
You did our bridge right bro. Thank you for bringing it into the spotlight.
I'm so glad you finally made a video about the bridge and tunnel. I have spent plenty of times hanging out on that bridge and partying in that tunnel.
Yeah tunnel parties!
Wow, my heart literally skipped a beat when your camera climbed the bridge; I felt my legs tingling as if I were climbing it myself! As a Rhode Island lifer, PC alum and all around townie, I can’t express how thrilled I am that I came across your channel. Your videos are breathtakingly beautiful and you have some serious editing skills. Bravo sir, and thank you
Omg me too!
Providence R.I. undoubtedly is the most beautiful City in the U.S.
When I was a kid i remember the fire department having to hose down the bridge on hot days because the heat would expand it and it would be stuck in the down position.
Whoever says there’s no need to reactivate the line has clearly never crossed the I-195 bridge at rush hour. Personally I think it would make a phenomenal route for commuter/light rail between downtown, Brown and East Providence. They could even lay tracks alongside the East Bay bike path and run trains all the way down to Bristol.
2003-2004 the bridge side was open, or at least unlocked. We had a few parties there back then, it was always the same day as the feast at fox point. That kept the police busy so they ignored us. As a photography student at the time I have a lot of great shots of the entrance back then.
Watching this right now in a abandoned train 😂
@Maximilian Lockard yuh you can follow my Instagram and see it if you want @despondent.grunge
Great video. Sadly, it's (the bridge) a place where many lives have been lost from death by suicide. You could also accidently fall to your death due to its crumbling decaying wood and disrepair. It's very sad to see these historical icons of our past allowed to be laid to waste. I recently found out that many Irish Immigrants including my gr gr grandfather carved out and built the tunnel. Then they would go to St. Joseph's Church on Hope St. to build that after working on the tunnel. Still putting dates together but the opening in 1908 (shown in a shot) coincides with the late 1800 build of St. Joseph's. I wonder how long it took to build the tunnel ? Fantastic video and beautiful shots. Maybe a follow up exploring the creation of the tunnel and the folks who built it ? Happy Holidays to everyone, stay safe and healthy !
Who here from when it was set on fire
I was born and raised in RI, but moved to Maine 42 years ago. I never knew this existed! Thanks for an informative and interesting video. Very well done and nice to have this piece of history preserved in this form. Thank you!
Going inside that tunnel was surreal. The moment you go inside, you feel the temperature drop a good 20-30 degrees, and the darkness is overwhelming like you said. I brought tactical flashlights and really could not see much. I went in the middle of the summer and there was so much water on there, an entire plastic chair was upright completely underwater. I've seen other videos of people getting through to the other end, and those secret passages from houses, seem to only have been a rumor.
I've been through it also.....I used to live in fox point.......spot on about the drop in temperature..... and it had a weird kind smell too.......I walked through it with my father when I was around 11 or 12....
Tons of rats!
Love this video! I’m from fox point east side of providence. I lived up the street from it. I see it thru my window every morning. I climbed it partied on it and loved every min of it ! I love fox point !
Wow, another fantastic video! I’ve heard some rumors about incorporating the bridge into a potential all new light-rail line for the surrounding area, as well as possibly converting the area to some sort of park. Of course, knowing the city it’ll most likely either be a)demolished, or b)not demolished due to budget constraints
im the kind of person that looks at old things and wonders about the were or are. its not always easy. thanks for doing what you're doing:)
So lucky to grow up in providence in the 60,70,80s so much culture. Great video
Great mini documentary. Awesome editing and voice over. Cheers from the western side of Providence, RI
Good news. They didn't demolish it. They put lights on it.