Mount Hope Bay
Mount Hope Bay, bay, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, U.S. It is the northeastern arm of Narragansett Bay. Mount Hope Bay is about 7 miles (11 km) long and 2β3 miles (3β5 km) wide and extends southwestward from the city of Fall River, Mass., to the northern coast of Rhode (Aquidneck) Island. The Taunton River empties into the bay in the northeast. The Mount Hope Bridge (opened 1929) connects the Rhode Island cities of Portsmouth and Bristol at the bayβs mouth. The battleship USS Massachusetts, now a state World War II memorial, is anchored at Fall River.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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Article Title:
Mount Hope Bay
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
03 November 2011
Access Date:
November 14, 2026