Reimagined and rebuilt Henderson Bridge fully opens

Reimagined and rebuilt Henderson Bridge fully opens

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — East Providence and the East Side of Providence are now connected by a brand-new bridge. Over the past week and a half, traffic has been shifted onto the newly built Henderson Bridge from the old bridge, which has been structurally deficient since the mid-1990s, according to the R.I. Department of Transportation (RIDOT). "This is one of those projects that was just sitting there for decades, like many other projects bef…