In 1982, forty-two years had passed since the last bridge had been built over the river, and nearly a century had passed since the railroad filled in the Cove Basin. Construction began on the Capital Center Railroad Relocation Project, followed in 1987 by the River Relocation Project. In little more than a decade, these two projects reconstructed all of the river, bridge, and railroad works built during the previous 322 years, beginning with the first bridge at Weybosset Street in 1660. Thirty-five acres of land were reclaimed for downtown development by moving the railroad tracks and building a new depot. The "World's Widest Bridge" was removed, Memorial Boulevard and new bridges were constructed, and the rivers were relocated and lined with parks. Boats returned to the rivers and people returned to their shores. Waterplace and Providence River Park created an eleven-acre riverfront park system with 6,800 feet of walkways along 3,600 feet of rivers. The revitalized river corridor provided pedestrian and visual linkages between Downtown, Capital Center, the Historic East Side, and Harbor View Trail. In 1989, masons constructing new riverwalls used century-old stones salvaged from abutment walls after the railroad tracks were relocated.