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State Government Press Releases

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03/24/2025
On the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close a section of Gano Street, at the I-195 overpass between India Street and the I-195 West on ramp in Providence, for continued demolition of the Washington Bridge...
03/11/2025
Beginning Friday night, March 21, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close the Glendale Bridge, which carries Victory Highway over the Branch River between Main Street and Snake Hill Road in Burrillville. The bridge will be closed for approximately four months...
03/10/2025
Beginning Friday night, March 14 at 9 p.m. the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close Route 146A South at Route 146 in North Smithfield for 24 hours for bridge construction at the interchange. During this time, RIDOT also will reduce Route 146 North to one lane of travel at...
03/06/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today began posting data from its weigh-in-motion technology (WIM), part of a new monitoring system installed on the eastbound Washington Bridge. This precautionary tool provides RIDOT with real-time information on overweight trucks crossing...
02/24/2025
Starting on Friday night, February 28, RIDOT will reduce the number of travel lanes on both directions of I-295 at the Diamond Hill Road overpass in Cumberland from three lanes to two lanes. The temporary traffic pattern is necessary to create a safe work zone for a new rapid bridge project that...
02/17/2025
Starting on Monday night, February 24, RIDOT will reduce the number of travel lanes on both directions of Route 113 (East Avenue) in Warwick where the road passes over I-95 and I-295, located between the Route 5 intersection and the main entrance to the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)...
01/31/2025
Starting on Monday night, February 3, RIDOT will reduce the number of travel lanes on both directions of I-295 at the Douglas Avenue overpass in Smithfield from three lanes to two lanes as it begins a rapid bridge project to replace the Douglas Pike Bridge in Smithfield and the Diamond Hill Road...
01/24/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today posted the final version of the request for proposal (RFP) for the Washington Bridge Replacement Project. It can be viewed as an addendum on the procurement webpage for the RFP. The initial RFP in December required the companies and...
01/17/2025
Starting during the early morning hours on Saturday, January 18, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will 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...
11/27/2024
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. and Richmond Police Chief Elwood Johnson, Jr. joined with other state and local leaders to mark the completion of a traffic project that included the construction of a roundabout on Route 138 in Richmond. The $6.5...