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The Red Bridge (known by some locals as the Old Red Bridge) was a swing bridge in Rhode Island which spanned the Seekonk River, connecting the cities of Providence and East Providence. This bridge was replaced by the Henderson Bridge in 1969.

History
The bridge described here was the fifth to have been built over this part of the Seekonk River. The first was a wooden bridge built by Moses Brown in 1793 called the Central Bridge. The same year, Brown's brother John built the first Washington Bridge at a point further south. The second and third bridges were built as replacements for their predecessors, which were destroyed in 1807 and 1815, respectively. A previous swing bridge was built in 1872, which was replaced by this one in 1895.