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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Two operations for this project are expected to take place starting Friday night, May 16: All travel lanes on I-95 North and South at the Route 10 interchange in Cranston will be shifted to the right through 2026. The change is related to the ongoing I-95 15 Bridges project and is being done in advance of work to rebuild the I-95 and Route 10 interchange. We’ll begin making traffic pattern changes to the Broad Street Bridge and the Eddy Street Bridge, which carry local streets over I-95 in Providence. Traffic on the Broad Street bridge will be shifted to one side and the bike lane is temporarily closed. One sidewalk will remain open for pedestrians. Cyclists should dismount and walk their bikes over the bridge. We’ll also close a portion of the nearby Eddy Street Bridge and establish a detour for southbound traffic. Access to Byfield Street, which runs parallel to I-95 will be closed from Eddy Street. These traffic changes will remain in effect through 2028. There will be overnight alternating lane closures next week on I-95, from Park Avenue to Thurbers Avenue for bridge work, Sunday through Thursday nights, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. |
