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The Sakonnet River is a tidal strait in the state of
Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
which flows approximately 14 miles between
Mount Hope Bay Mount Hope Bay is a tidal estuary located at the mouth of the Taunton River on the Massachusetts and Rhode Island border. It is an arm of Narragansett Bay. The bay is named after Mount Hope, a small hill located on its western shore in what is ...
and
Rhode Island Sound Rhode Island Sound is a strait of water off the coast of the U.S. state of Rhode Island at the mouth of Narragansett Bay. It forms the eastern extension of Block Island Sound and opens out the Atlantic Ocean between Block Island and Martha's Vin ...
. It separates Aquidneck Island from the eastern portion of Newport County.


Crossings

Below is a list of all crossings over the Sakonnet River. The list begins at the headwaters and goes downstream. * Sakonnet River rail bridge (formerly Old Colony and Newport Railway), removed. * Old Sakonnet River Bridge ( RI 24/ 138) * Replacement Sakonnet River Bridge; opened September 2012. * Stone Bridge (formerly RI 138, destroyed by
Hurricane Carol Hurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island in the United States. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it ...
in 1954)


Tributaries

* Quaket River * Sapowet Creek * Almy Brook * Little Creek


See also

*
List of rivers in Rhode Island This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Rivers in bold are considered major rivers either geographically or historically. By stream network All rivers eventually empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Rivers are listed in order from we ...
*
Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering , of which is in Rhode Island. The bay forms New England's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. Sm ...
* Quaket River


References

* Maps from the
United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
Rivers of Newport County, Rhode Island Rivers of Rhode Island Straits of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay {{RhodeIsland-river-stub