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Construction & Other Obstacles in Your Way

RIDOT has several useful web pages for learning about planned roadwork that might delay motorists:

Travel Advisories
Community updates
Detour Maps
Posted Bridges Map, List
Parade & Event Information

Congestion Mapping

Rhode Island 511 Service

Rhode Island travel information is now available through your telephone (in state) by dialing 511, or online by clicking here. The service is available outside Rhode Island by dialing 1-888-401-4511.

Highway Advisory Radio

Listen to RIDOT's Radio Traffic Reports on your computer before you leave work! RIDOT has six permanent low frequency radio transmitters, as well as a portable transmitter, to provide traffic updates. Tune in to 1630 AM on your route.

Detour & Construction Maps

Bridges:

Closure of Reservoir Avenue railroad bridge, Providence, April & May 2012
Closure of Stillwater Viaduct, Rte. 116 over the Stillwater Reservoir in Smithfield.
Closure of the Ten Mile River Bridges, North Broadway in East Providence, through late 2013:
Cars only
- North Broadway Northbound
- North Broadway Southbound
Trucks
- North Broadway Northbound
- North Broadway Southbound
Cove Bridge in Island Park section of Portsmouth closed Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
17-ton weight limit on the East Shore Expressway (Exit 7 from I-195 East) in East Providence
Laurel Avenue Bridge in Coventry, damaged in the Great Flood of 2010

I-95 Pawtucket River Bridge detour for overweight vehicles

Sakonnet Bridge detour for overweight vehicles

Roadways:

Detours for exit closures for I-95 Resurfacing - Exit 6 in West Greenwich to Exit 8 in Warwick, Spring/Summer 2012:

I-95 North
- Exit 6
- Exit 6A
- Exit 7
- Exit 8
I-95 South
- Exit 6
- Exit 6A
- Exit 7
- Exit 8

New traffic pattern for Hope Street in Bristol, effective April 2, 2012 through late summer 2012

Periodic closure of I-95 North's Exit 23 to State Offices (access to Route 146 will be maintained):

Closure of a portion of Park Street between Smith Street and Orms Street in Providence:

Wickenden Street intersection changes - Effective March 31, 2010

Lane shifts on I-95 in Warwick at Exit 8

New interchange with Route 4 and Route 403