The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it has closed the on-ramp from Hummocks Avenue in Portsmouth to Route 24 North. The closure is necessary to allow construction to proceed on the new Sakonnet River Bridge. Specifically, RIDOT will be rehabilitating the...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it has received approval to add eight new projects to its economic recovery program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
The eight new projects are in addition to the 54 projects RIDOT...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it will continue overnight demolition of the old I-195 bridge over Wickenden Street in Providence. RIDOT originally expected to conclude overnight demolition last night, however, numerous factors have resulted in slower...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists and residents in the Wickenden Street area of Providence that it will commence overnight demolition of the old I-195 bridge over Wickenden Street beginning on Sunday night. This work is being done as part of the Iway...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it will begin overnight demolition of the old I-195 bridge over Wickenden Street in Providence as part of the Iway project. The work will take place during the overnight hours next week, beginning at 8 p.m. on Sunday,...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that it plans to open an additional travel lane on I-95 North in the area of traffic merging from I-195 West – between Exit 20 (Point Street) and Exit 21 (Broadway) – in time for the morning commute tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16,
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has completed a traffic pattern change for Route 1 on the Narragansett/South Kingstown line in conjunction with a bridge rehabilitation project. The pattern will be in effect for approximately one year.
Earlier this month, RIDOT closed one...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be removing the split-lane traffic pattern this weekend on I-95 South, shortly after Exit 6 (Route 3), in West Greenwich. One lane of travel will be closed overnight tonight on I-95 South and reopen by 6 a.m. Saturday to make this change.
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Michael P. Lewis and transportation leaders of the other five New England states gathered Thursday, November 12, 2009 in Newington, Connecticut to advance the goal of regional transportation. Coordination by this group would...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that it will close I-95 North and South in Providence on various nights over the next two weeks for Iway-related construction. The closures will also affect traffic on I-195 West to I-95 North. Motorists are strongly...