Conanicut Island is the second largest island in
Narragansett Bay, in the US state of
Rhode Island. It is connected on the east to
Newport, Rhode Island, on
Aquidneck Island by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the
Newport Bridge, and on the west to
North Kingstown, Rhode Island, on the
mainland by the
Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge. The island comprises the town of
Jamestown, Rhode Island, Newport County, Rhode Island. The
United States Census Bureau reported a land area of and a population of 5,622 as of the
2000 census.