News & Press Releases

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09/13/2024 15:30 EDT
Starting Tuesday night, September 17 at 10 p.m. and lasting until 11 a.m. Monday morning, September 23, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close a section of Waterfront Drive in East Providence at the I-195 overpass for bridge deck and beam demolition of the old Washington...
09/13/2024 10:15 EDT
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting tonight, it is conducting its fourth rapid bridge installation this summer with the replacement of the I-95 southbound bridge over Elmwood Avenue in Providence. The bridge will be completely replaced over two
09/11/2024 12:30 EDT
The Town-owned Central Pike Bridge in Foster (locally known as the Swamp Meadow Covered Bridge) is scheduled to close for replacement on Monday, September 16 for approximately four months. The low volume bridge, carrying approximately 180 vehicles per day, was built in 1953 and carries Central...
09/06/2024 14:00 EDT
Starting Sunday night, September 8, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin bridge deck and beam demolition of the old Washington Bridge, necessitating overnight closures of Gano Street in Providence, where it passes under I-195. Demolition also will begin next week on the...
09/06/2024 10:15 EDT
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that on the weekends of September 13-16 and September 20-23, it will close two lanes on I-95 South near the Elmwood Avenue/Route 1 off-ramp (Exit 34) in Providence for the rapid replacement of the Elmwood Avenue Bridge....
09/05/2024 09:15 EDT
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that tomorrow, Friday, September 6, it will conduct a weekend-long closure of the ramp from Route 37 West to I-295 North for continued bridge construction as part of the Department's Cranston Canyon project. The closure