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Work will begin in 2022 on a $196 million project that will make much-needed improvements along the Route 146 corridor, replacing multiple bridges, repaving 8 miles of roadway and correcting numerous safety and congestion problems. More than 171,000 vehicles travel Route 146 between Providence and Worcester each day.
The project includes the removal of the traffic signal where Route 146 meets Sayles Hill Road and construction of a bridge so the highway can pass freely over Sayles Hill Road. This intersection averages more than 85 crashes per year and is a source of significant congestion and travel delay. It is the only signalized intersection on the entire Route 146 highway corridor in Rhode Island.
Thanks to the efforts of Rhode Island's Congressional delegation, RIDOT secured a $65 million USDOT INFRA Grant to help fund the project. Learn more: 2020 INFRA Grant Application Narrative: Route 146 Improvements
Route 146 a critical transportation route that has gone unimproved for far too long. Other highlights of the project include:
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Overnight bridge work involves the closure of an exit, part of a roadway, service roads and alternating lanes next week. Exit 18B (Route 146 North) off I-295 North will be closed Sunday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., a portion of Route 146, from Route 99 to Route 116, Tuesday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., and the Route 146 South Service Roads at Exit 8B (I-295 South), Sunday and Monday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Please follow signed detours. Overnight bridge work is also prompting alternating lane closures on I-295 North at Route 146, and on Route 146, from Route 99 to Route 146A, Sunday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Motorists can also anticipate alternating lane closures for daytime road work on Route 146, from Route 146A to the Massachusetts line, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sayles Hill Road West, from Route 146 to Iron Mine Road, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. We’ll also have a partial road closure of the Westbound lanes on Sayles Hill Road East, from Route 146 to Route 99, for road construction and drainage work, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please follow signed detour. |
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