Today marks the first week of the official start of construction season for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT). That means Rhode Islanders will notice more signs, orange cones and construction zones throughout the State’s highway system.
“This time of year is especially...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Office on Highway Safety and the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy are conducting a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training school at the Providence Police Academy, 200 Chad Brown Street, Providence.
Classes begin on...
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, April 10, 2011, and Monday, April 11, 2011, for construction on the Wilbur Road Bridge. The closures will allow for the safe...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to close Dyer Street in Providence at the old I-195 overpass this weekend, April 9-10, 2011. This section of Dyer Street, from Clifford Street to Ship Street, must be closed to allow for safe demolition of the old highway bridge,...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be closing a lane on I-95 South in Exeter tonight, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, to repair a deteriorated bridge joint. The closure could cause delays for those traveling on I-95. The Department expects to keep at least one lane of travel open...
AAA Southern New England and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) are partnering to increase motorist awareness of the need to drive carefully in work zones by illuminating the State House dome orange for the week of April 4 - 8, 2011. The lighting is part of a “Go Orange”...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will close the Morgan Avenue Bridge in Johnston over three days next week. The bridge will be closed daily from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, through Friday, April 8.
During the closure, crews will gather information on the town-owned...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) next week is scheduled to close a portion of Richmond Street in Providence at the old I-195 overpass for approximately two weeks. Located between Clifford Street and Ship Street, the bridge is being removed as part of a $6.8 million Iway...
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Chief Engineer Kazem Farhoumand, P.E., of Lincoln, Rhode Island, has been appointed to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety for a four-year term.
“I am...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) tonight, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, is scheduled to close a lane on Route 1 North at the South Kingstown/Narragansett line as part of ongoing work to rehabilitate bridges in the area of the Dillon Rotary.
Tonight the Department also will close...
