Governor Donald L. Carcieri and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will hold a Gold Wrecking Ball event to celebrate the demolition of old I-195 in Providence. It will take place on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. at old Exit 2 “Wickenden Street/India Point” on top of...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Office on Highway Safety and the North Providence Police Department today honored NBC 10 reporter Barbara Morse Silva for being “Saved by the Belt.”
“We’re here today to honor Barbara for making the choice to wear her seat belt,”...
Building bridges and repairing roads with as little interruption possible for motorists is one of Rhode Island Department of Transportation’s (RIDOT) chief goals. To that end, the Department is constantly reviewing its construction methods. The adoption of accelerated bridge construction has...
This afternoon, RIDOT Director Michael P. Lewis and Governor Donald Carcieri joined with Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Jim Langevin and Pawtucket Mayor James Doyle to break ground on a new bridge on I-95 designed to revitalize the gateway to the City of Pawtucket. A...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists of changes scheduled to take place tomorrow, Friday, October 29, 2010, on I-95 South in Providence.
During the early morning hours, RIDOT will open a new exit off-ramp from I-95 South to the R.I. hospitals complex as...
Governor Donald L. Carcieri, Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Jim Langevin and Pawtucket Mayor James Doyle will join RIDOT Director Michael P. Lewis and other Federal, State and local officials to break ground on the Pawtucket River Bridge Replacement Project. The event...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that a new off-ramp from I-95 South to the R.I. hospitals complex will open next week. The ramp will permanently replace the existing Eddy Street off-ramp at Exit 19, which will close the following week. These changes are part...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is closing the Austin Farm Bridge in North Kingstown this afternoon. The bridge carries Route 1 North (Post Road) over the Hunt River near the Route 402 (Frenchtown Road) intersection.
A recent inspection of this bridge found damage related...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be closing a section of Point Street this coming weekend for construction associated with the Iway project.
Beginning tomorrow, Friday, October 22, 2010 at 6 p.m., RIDOT will close the Point Street overpass between West Franklin Street...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is closing the First Barberville Bridge this afternoon. The bridge carries Arcadia Road over the Wood River on the Hopkinton-Richmond line. A recent inspection found damage related to the intense flooding conditions this past March.
The...
