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State Government Press Releases

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06/07/2011
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee will join the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and other Federal, State and local officials to break ground on the Waterfront Drive project in East Providence on Thursday, June 9, at 10 a.m. Construction of this project, which includes about 1.1 miles...
06/06/2011
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is expanding its overhead lighting curfew on Thursday, June 9, 2011 to include additional highways and intersections throughout Rhode Island. Combined with the roads that are already part of the curfew, the reduced lighting program will pass...
06/03/2011
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is announcing that survey crews will be performing a video inventory of four bike paths beginning Monday, June 6, 2011. Bikeway access will be limited during the survey operations. Weather permitting, the schedule is as follows: •...
06/01/2011
This afternoon, atop the new Union Avenue Bridge deck in the City of Providence, Governor Lincoln D. Chafee joined Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Michael P. Lewis to announce that the Union Avenue Bridge is slated to reopen to traffic this Fall. It is the first project...
05/31/2011
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee will join Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) officials and other state and local dignitaries on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 for a tour of the Union Avenue Bridge Replacement Project. The event will be held at 1 p.m. on the bridge deck in Providence. The...
05/27/2011
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and members of the Congressional delegation joined the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) at Kingston Station today to talk about the future of high-speed rail in Rhode Island and the $28 million Federal grant recently awarded to the State. Rhode Island...
05/27/2011
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is posting East Providence’s East Shore Expressway Bridge over Warren Avenue at 17 tons. The posting will be installed on I-195 East on the Exit 7 off-ramp (Barrington - Route 114 South). Signs and detours will be put in place this weekend.
05/25/2011
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and members of the Congressional delegation will join the Rhode Island Department of Transportation at Kingston Station on Friday, May 27, at 11 a.m. to talk about the future of high-speed rail in Rhode Island and the $28 million Federal grant recently awarded to the...
05/20/2011
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that it will temporarily close Route 146 North and South in Lincoln during the overnight hours on Sunday, May 22, 2011 for construction on the Wilbur Road Bridge. The closures are needed due to the placement of concrete on the new...
05/20/2011
While their friends may be traveling or going to the beach, 80 college students have summer jobs at the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), working alongside engineers, surveyors, construction managers, and many other transportation professionals. The students will begin their...