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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Our overnight operations next week will involve alternating lane closures on I-95, from Route 37 to Thurbers Avenue, Sunday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Crews will focus on continuing to demolish the southbound Jefferson Boulevard and the Eddy Street bridges, carrying Jefferson Boulevard and Eddy Street over I-95, respectively, as well as placing steel and lagging while forming the deck at the Huntington South Bridge, carrying Route 10 South over I-95. |
