The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will hold a media availability on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. on the Point Street Overpass in Providence. RIDOT Director Michael P. Lewis will be on hand to answer questions and do interviews on the changes that will...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has begun reconstructing Hartford Avenue in Johnston as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Road improvements to the area between I-295 and Atwood Avenue mean that a developer’s plans to rebuild the area will also...
Starting Monday, September 28 the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will implement a new traffic pattern on I-95 North. This change is being made as part of the Iway project and is expected to cause traffic congestion.
Currently vehicles traveling on I-95 North...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that it will shift travel lanes on I-95 North in West Greenwich beginning Sunday night, September 20, 2009, as part of the Weaver Hill Road Bridge rehabilitation project. The new traffic pattern will maintain two lanes of travel, but...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that it will continue repairs to a culvert on Great Road (Route 123) beginning tomorrow night, Friday, September 18, 2009. This work will take place just west of the intersection with Old River Road (Route 126), close to the historic...
As part of the ongoing demolition of the Great Road Bridge in North Smithfield, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close Route 146 Northbound and Southbound for three additional nights at the Forestdale exit from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. The closures will occur Sunday...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has completed its first American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project, the resurfacing of nearly two miles of Route 44 (Putnam Pike) in Gloucester. The project limits are from the RIDOT Maintenance Facility to Route 102,...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be closing lanes on Route 138 on the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, September 15 through Thursday September 17, 2009.
The closures are needed for a bridge maintenance project and each closure will be in place...
In observance of National Child Passenger Safety Week (September 12-18, 2009) the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is highlighting the new booster seat law that follows the best practices recommended by safety experts for the safe transport of children.
“For the safety of...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that it will be closing access to a local street near the Barrington Bridge so the Department can proceed with construction of a retaining wall associated with the new bridge.
As of Monday morning, September 14, 2009,...
