Starting Monday night, November 9, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to shift existing traffic on the Eddy Street Bridge, which carries Eddy Street over I-95 in Providence, from one side of the bridge to the other. RIDOT is replacing the bridge in phases. This shift will allow crews to continue rebuilding the remaining portion of the structure.
The existing alternating traffic pattern will remain, along with one pedestrian-accessible sidewalk. Additionally, the eastern portion of Byfield Street (running parallel to I-95 from Eddy Street to Rugby Street) will be closed to all but local traffic. This configuration is expected to last through fall 2027.
The replacement of the Eddy Street Bridge is part of the I-95 15 Bridges project, which is removing 15 bridges from the state's backlog of poor and fair to poor condition bridges along I-95 and Route 10 between Providence and Warwick. Nine of the 15 bridges are structurally deficient. Three are rated among the top five most traveled structurally deficient bridges in Rhode Island. More details are available at www.ridot.net/The-I-95-15.
All construction projects are subject to changes in schedule and scope depending on needs, circumstances, findings, and weather.