Bill advances to rename Tiverton bridge after fallen RI National Guard staff sergeant
TIVERTON, R.I. (WLNE) — The state senate has approved a bill renaming the Sakonnet River Bridge in Tiverton the Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet Bridge.
Christopher Potts w
as from Tiverton, who served in the RI National Guard for more than 14 years.
He was killed during a deployment to Iraq in 2004 at the age of 38.
The bill now heads to the house.
