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State Government Press Releases

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04/10/2023
Starting Friday night, April 14, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin a series of traffic pattern changes associated with the $85 million Cranston Canyon Project. The changes will allow RIDOT to begin demolition and replacement of the Route 37 bridges over I-295 North...
04/07/2023
On Thursday night, April 13, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will open a new dedicated on-ramp from JT Connell Highway northbound onto Route 138 West toward the Pell Bridge. The change will reduce congestion and make it easier for drivers coming from Downtown Newport to merge...
04/05/2023
Recent traffic safety reports published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) show reductions in traffic fatalities in Rhode Island and a corresponding improvement in national rankings compared to all 50 states and the...
04/03/2023
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) this week will start milling and paving a 10-mile stretch of Boston Neck Road (Route 1A) in North Kingstown and Narragansett. The work will start on the northern section of this road, pause at the Bridgetown Road intersection in Narragansett in...
03/29/2023
Change will create a more direct link between Downtown Newport and the City's North End The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that tomorrow night, Thursday, March 30, it will open a new intersection at the Pell Bridge Ramps Project,...
03/28/2023
On Thursday, March 30, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to shift the travel lanes to the northern half of the George Washington Highway (Route 116) Bridge, located between Harris Road and West Reservoir Road in Smithfield. It carries 13,000 vehicles per day over I-...
03/24/2023
On Thursday night, March 30, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will open a new intersection at the Pell Bridge Ramps Project that will reconnect two sections of JT Connell Highway that were bisected more than 50 years ago with the construction of the original ramp system. The...
03/22/2023
On Friday night, March 24, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will shift lanes on I-295 at the Route 146 interchange in Lincoln to provide safe work zones for the start of construction to replace the bridges that carry I-295 over Route 146. These bridge replacements are part of...
03/08/2023
This morning at the Administrator's Award Ceremony for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in Washington, D.C., the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) was recognized with an "Excellence in Teamwork Award" for the Route 6/10 Interchange Project in Providence. The award,...
02/16/2023
On Saturday night February 18, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to adjust the temporary traffic pattern on Route 44 over I-295 at the Putnam Pike Bridge in Smithfield. All lanes will shift to the left. The traffic pattern will remain in place until October. ...