The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that tomorrow, October 29, 2008, it will open a temporary on-ramp from Blackstone Street to I-95 South in Providence. The ramp can only be reached by driving down Blackstone Street westbound from Allens Avenue.
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will continue demolishing the old Route 403 Bridge at Exit 7A over Route 4 tonight. Work will consist of steel cutting in preparation for girder removal. The methods used, torch cutting or hand grinding, produce much less noise than the deck...
RIDOT opens new Route 403 to highway traffic
Motorists can expect construction zones until the end of 2008
Governor Donald L. Carcieri joined the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today in a ceremony on the North Kingstown/East Greenwich line to preview the new Route 403...
All openings, closings, and construction are weather permitting
Many changes are in store for motorists traveling in and through Providence in the coming weeks in connection with the Iway, also known as the I-195 Relocation Project. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today...
East Main Road in Portsmouth, between Turnpike Avenue and Boyds Lane, will be striped as a three-lane roadway beginning October 20, 2008. Once the change is complete, the roadway will have one lane in each direction, and a wide turning lane for those waiting to make left turns. The work begins...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today dedicated the new India Point Park Pedestrian Bridge, a park-like span that connects the Fox Point neighborhood in the East Side of Providence with India Point Park on the Providence waterfront. The $9.5 million bridge was built as part...
Vehicles on the Simmonsville Avenue Bridge, over Simmons Brook in Johnston are now restricted by weight. The bridge carries approximately 5,000 vehicles per day.
RIDOT will limit weight on the bridge to 11 tons for two axle vehicles, 15 tons for 3 axle vehicles, and 22 tons for 5 axle vehicles....
In observance of “Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day” which this year falls on Friday, October 10, 2008, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding all motorists not to be another needless statistic on our state highways. In 2007 69 lives were lost due to vehicular crashes.
Pippin Orchard Road in Cranston, between Hope Road and Scituate Avenue, will not close to through traffic until after the Columbus Day weekend. At a Tuesday, September 30 pre-construction meeting, RIDOT and contractor J. H. Lynch and Sons agreed that in the interest of local businesses, the road...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today a series of steps it will be taking this fall to open the Route 403 Relocation Project to traffic. This work represents the culmination of the $130 million, eight-year project to construct a new limited access highway from Route...
