Starting Sunday, June 22 at 10 p.m., the Rhode Island Department of Transportation will implement a series of nighttime closures on I-295 and I-95 both north and south to demolish the East Avenue West Bridge and the East Avenue Bridge in Warwick. Both are at the juncture of I-95 and I-295. All the closures will end by 5 a.m. for morning traffic.
The sequence of closure is as follows:
For I-295, on Sunday, June 22, Tuesday, July 1, and Wednesday, July 2 (southbound) and again Sunday, June 29 and Monday, June 30 (northbound) – Demolition of the East Avenue West Bridge near I-95 exit 28B northbound and exit 28 southbound requires the closure of I-295 north and southbound. Two detours will be in place.
For I-295 south, take the Route 37 east exit to the I-95 south exit. For I-295 north, take I-95 north to the Route 37 west exit to the I-295 north exit ramp.
Closure of I-95 starts Monday for the East Avenue Bridge.
Monday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 24 – Demolition requires the closure of I-95 north at the same juncture. The closure starts at 11 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m. The detour for these dates is:
From I-295 north go to Route 37 east and proceed to the I-95 interchange to access I-95 both north and south.
Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26 – Demolition of the East Avenue Bridge continues with the closure of I-95 south at roughly Exit 28. The detour for these dates is: Take I-95 south to the I-295 off-ramp (Exit 28B) to the Route 37 interchange. Follow signs to to I-295 south to return to I-95 south.
This work is part of the Warwick Corridor Project. A detour map can be found at: www.ridot.net/DetourMaps.