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...
Rhode Island, like many states across the nation, is facing a transportation funding crisis. That is why this past March, Governor Carcieri established the Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation Funding to explore the State’s current transportation funding structure.
Since its inception, the...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is joining the State Police and local police departments to kick off a special four-day speed enforcement throughout Rhode Island. These dedicated patrols begin tomorrow and will continue through the upcoming weekend.
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Rhode Island, like many states across the nation, is facing a transportation funding crisis. That is why this past March, Governor Carcieri established the Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation Funding to explore the State’s current transportation funding structure.
Since its inception, the...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced a single-day temporary ramp closure tomorrow, Thursday, September 4, 2008 in connection with the Iway project to allow for paving.
The closure of the ramp from South Main Street to I-195 East is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
