The I-95 15 design-build project is the largest ever undertaken by Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and will remove 15 bridges from the state’s backlog of poor and fair, but nearing poor, condition bridges along I-95 and Route 10 between Providence and Warwick – a critical corridor which carries 185,000 vehicles daily.
The project will take a major step in addressing the I-95 corridor holistically, to encourage the safe movement of almost 200,000 vehicles and $9.7 billion in freight. About 9,000 trucks and heavy freight vehicles use this corridor, which includes hospitals, businesses and universities, daily.
The cost of this project is offset by a recent $251 million federal Bridge Investment Program (BIP) grant made to the department.
| 2023 BIP GRANT APPLICATION |
| I-95 15 Grant Fact Sheet |
| I-95 15 Proposed Schematics Overview |
| I-95 Southbound Weekend Closure Detour Map |
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To prepare for a new traffic shift on Route 10 next weekend at this project we need to stripe the Pontiac Avenue and Reservoir Avenue ramps off Route 10 and along Route 10, from Pontiac Avenue to Park Avenue. This will require alternating lane closures on Route 10, from Cranston Street to Park Avenue, Tuesday-Friday (April 25) nights, from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. The actual shift, requiring alternating lane closures on I-95, from Park Avenue to Narragansett Avenue/Wellington Avenue, will begin Friday night, April 25 at 9 p.m. through Saturday morning, April 26 at 5 a.m. |
