Sakonnet River Bridge to be renamed to honor Tiverton resident killed in Iraq War

TIVERTON, R.I. (WLNE)– The Sakonnet River Bridge, which carries Route 24 from Tiverton to Portsmouth, will officially be rededicated as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge” in a ceremony on Wednesday.

Potts grew up in Tiverton, and was killed on duty in the Iraq War in 2004.

Governor Dan McKee, as well as other state and military officials, will be joined by Potts’s family for the renaming ceremony, set to be held at 3 on Wednesday afternoon.

Legislation advocating for the rename worked its way through the General Assembly earlier in the year.