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09/30/2024
For one night only, starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close one lane on Route 146 North and detour traffic on Sayles Hill Road where it meets Route 146 in North Smithfield. The closures will create a work zone so heavy...
09/30/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will reduce travel down to one lane with alternating direction controlled by a temporary traffic signal on each side of the Moosup Valley Road Bridge, located between Potter Road and the Tyler Free Library in Foster. The change will go into...
09/27/2024
Starting at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close two bridges, one on Beach Avenue and the other on Ocean Avenue, in New Shoreham for bridge work. The bridges will reopen by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2. Motorists should...
09/23/2024
On Friday, September 27 at 8 p.m., the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin a weekend closure of a portion of Main Road (Route 77) in Tiverton for the rapid replacement of a culvert for Quaket Creek, which runs under the road just south of its intersection with Nanaquaket...
09/19/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting tomorrow night, Friday, September 20, it will resume weekend lane closures associated with its fourth rapid bridge installation this summer with the replacement of the I-95 southbound bridge over Elmwood...
09/13/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting tonight, it is conducting its fourth rapid bridge installation this summer with the replacement of the I-95 southbound bridge over Elmwood Avenue in Providence. The bridge will be completely replaced over...
09/11/2024
The Town-owned Central Pike Bridge in Foster (locally known as the Swamp Meadow Covered Bridge) is scheduled to close for replacement on Monday, September 16 for approximately four months. The low volume bridge, carrying approximately 180 vehicles per day, was built in 1953 and carries Central...
09/06/2024
Starting Sunday night, September 8, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin bridge deck and beam demolition of the old Washington Bridge, necessitating overnight closures of Gano Street in Providence, where it passes under I-195. Demolition also will begin next week on the...
09/06/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that on the weekends of September 13-16 and September 20-23, it will close two lanes on I-95 South near the Elmwood Avenue/Route 1 off-ramp (Exit 34) in Providence for the rapid replacement of the Elmwood Avenue Bridge....
09/05/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that tomorrow, Friday, September 6, it will conduct a weekend-long closure of the ramp from Route 37 West to I-295 North for continued bridge construction as part of the Department's Cranston Canyon project. The...