West Passage
West Passage is a channel in Newport County, Rhode Island. West Passage is situated nearby to the neighborhood Narragansett Terrace, as well as near Jamestown Shores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plum Beach Lighthouse and Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.
Plum Beach Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plum Beach Light, built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was built using pneumatic caisson engineering.
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is a concrete box girder highway bridge which spans the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. It is part of Rhode Island Route 138 and is on the route to Newport, Rhode Island for traffic heading northbound from Interstate 95.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saunderstown and Wickford.
Saunderstown
Village
Photo: Gibbystuart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saunderstown is a small village and historic district spread across the four towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Exeter and North Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Saunderstown is situated 2½ miles southwest of West Passage.
Wickford
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wickford is a small village and seaport in North Kingstown that seems to keep its historical charm despite being a tourist attraction. The tides lap its grounded shores and echo a story of its distinguished past.
Jamestown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jamestown is village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.
West Passage
- Type: Channel
- Also known as: “Narragansett Passage” and “Western Passage”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.5426° or 41° 32′ 33″ northLongitude
-71.40061° or 71° 24′ 2″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87HCGHVX+2QGeoNames ID
5225619
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