Aquidneck Island

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Rhode Iceland ( unofficially often Aquidneck Iceland ) is the largest island in Narragansett Bay and is part of the Newport County of the U.S. state of Rhode Iceland.

The island is 24 km long and 8 km wide and has a population of about 60,000 inhabitants. The largest town on the island is the town of Newport, the rest is divided between the municipalities of Middletown and Portsmouth. The island is accessible via several bridges from the mainland. In the north, the Mount Hope Bridge connects the island to the city of Bristol, in the northeast Sakonnet River Bridge provides a connection to the mainland. South of the Sakonnet River Bridge was the Stonebridge earlier another bridge, this was destroyed by Hurricane Caroll but in 1954, since then it is replaced by a ferry. On the west side of the island, the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge connects it to the neighboring island of Conanicut Iceland, which is connected by another bridge to the mainland.

On the island, ranging from the Salve Regina University and the Naval War College also two universities.