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State Government Press Releases

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05/09/2025
At 9 p.m. on Friday, May 30, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin work to open additional travel lanes off I-95 North on the northbound Providence Viaduct service road at Exit 38 (Route 146/State Offices) in Providence. The lanes will enable easier access to the service...
05/08/2025
Starting on Friday night, May 16 the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will begin making traffic pattern changes to two bridges that carry local streets over I-95 in Providence. They include the Broad Street Bridge and the Eddy Street Bridge, both of which are rated as structurally...
05/06/2025
The Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to temporarily close a short section of Diamond Hill Road (Route 114) at the Newell Bridge, close to the intersection with Nate Whipple Highway, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, May 6-8, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night. The...
05/06/2025
As part of ongoing improvements to School Street in Lincoln, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close School Street, from Old River Road (Route 126) to Main Street in Albion, weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. effective Tuesday morning, June 3. During these...
05/05/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close the West River Street Bridge, located between Branch Avenue and Charles Street in Providence, for two days this month for final paving following rehabilitation work on the bridge. The first closure is on Friday, May 9...
05/05/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting Thursday night, May 8, at 9 p.m. it will begin the second of two consecutive extended weekend lane closures on Route 1 at the Route 138 interchange in North Kingstown. RIDOT is using accelerated bridge...
05/05/2025
Governor Dan McKee, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr., and Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) Managing Director Steven King today joined with state and local officials...
05/05/2025
On Friday night, May 16 at 9 p.m., the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to temporarily close the Devil's Foot Road Bridge, located between School Street and the Davisville Road/Old Baptist Road intersection in North Kingstown. The bridge will remain closed until...
04/24/2025
Traffic delays expected The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting tomorrow night Thursday, May 1, at 9 p.m. it will begin the first of two consecutive extended weekend lane closures on Route 1 at the Route 138 interchange in North Kingstown....
04/25/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting tonight, Friday, May 2, it will close the on-ramp from Route 113 East (East Avenue) to I-95 North in Warwick as part of an ongoing bridge replacement project. The ramp will be closed through late fall 2025...