Connecting Route 95 north to Route 4 South and Route 4 North to Route 95 South has been a long-term goal for RIDOT and the people of Rhode Island. Ever since Route 4, a 5.4 mile freeway linking Route 102 to the I-95 merge, was built in 1965, travelers have been clamoring for what is known as “the missing move.” Route 4 carries 63,000 daily. That time has come.
Starting this year, RIDOT, with help from an $81 million Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant (MPDG), will break ground on this $144 million project. Spanning three towns in central Rhode Island, this project has two components – one creates the missing move and the second serves the burgeoning economic growth center of Quonset Point.
Component 1 will create two critical roadways. The first is a new bridge overpass to link Route 4 north to I-95 south. The second will use an existing right-of-way for an at-grade link between I-95 north and Route 4 south.
The second component builds three ramps on Route 403 in North Kingstown to connect the Quonset Business Park (QBP) to its west Davisville district via a limited-access highway. The new ramps will give heavy trucks and other freight traffic freeway access without using local roads. Part two will also construct a roundabout south of Route 403 at Compass Circle. All of these elements will help traffic move in and around QBP.
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Our weekday blasting operations have paused and will not occur next week while crews work to remove rock debris from the blasting area. Once all the debris has been removed, we will determine when blasting operations will resume. Overnight right lane closures are scheduled on Route 403 between West Davisville Road and Post Road in North Kingstown for guardrail installation. The right lane on Route 403 West will be closed on Sunday – Tuesday nights, and Route 403 East on Tuesday – Thursday nights, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. In West Warwick, we are scheduled to close the left lane on Route 2 (Quaker Lane), from James P. Murphy Highway to I-95, for roadside safety improvements on Wednesday and Thursday night, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. On Tuesday night, May 19, Rhode Island Energy is scheduled to conduct overhead utility relocation, which will require brief intermittent highway closures lasting no more than 20 minutes in both directions of I-95 in Warwick, between Exit 24A (Route 2) and Exit 24B (Route 4), from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. This past week, we opened a new roundabout for motorists to use at the intersection of West Davisville Road and Compass Circle in North Kingstown, which replaced a traditional intersection. |
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