Since its inception this past March, Governor Carcieri's 12-member Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation Funding has been holding ongoing meetings focused on the State's overall transportation infrastructure needs. The purpose of the Blue Ribbon Panel is to identify these needs and develop...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is taking a unique approach toward the reconstruction of one of its largest bay-crossing bridges by issuing bid specifications for two types of bridge designs for the same structure.
RIDOT intends seek construction bids later in 2008 and to...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close the low speed (right) lane of the Washington Bridge Eastbound (I-195 East) from 5 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 2008 until 6 a.m. Monday, July 14, 2008. All lanes will re-open for the Monday morning commute.
As part of the Washington...
Construction is underway on the Henderson Bridge, often called the “Red Bridge,” which connects Waterman Street and South Angell Street on Providence’s East Side with Massasoit Avenue in East Providence. The first phase of construction is in the bridge’s Eastbound lanes, between Waterman...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today hosted a dedication ceremony to mark the completion of the Bridgegate Square project in New Shoreham, on Block Island. The $2.4 million project involved a complete reconstruction of one of the Island’s busiest intersections in the Old...
AAA Southern New England officials presented Governor Donald Carcieri and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation with a special award for transportation innovation this morning in Providence.
AAA Southern New England President and CEO Mark Shaw presented “America’s Transportation...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that it has reduced the posted weight limit for the Pontiac Avenue Bridge (#201) in Cranston to 10 tons for all vehicles. Previously the bridge was posted at 19, 22 and 32 tons for two, three and five axle vehicles, respectively.
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will lower the posting for the Sakonnet River Bridge from 22 to 18 tons. This reduced posting will also coincide with the new State law restricting any vehicles/trailers with more than two axles per unit from crossing the bridge. Signs...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it has earned another honor for the I-195 Relocation Project, also known as the Iway. For the second time in a week, RIDOT announced that the Iway has been recognized as tops among other transportation projects in the...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that is has published its 2007 Annual Report. Copies of it are available online at RIDOT’s Web site at www.dot.ri.gov/news/anreports.htm. The site also contains links to Annual Reports from previous years.
The document...
