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State Government Press Releases

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02/18/2022
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close a portion of Main Street (Route 1A), from High Street to Belmont Avenue, in the South Kingstown village of Wakefield for tree removal work on Tuesday, February 22. The closure will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and...
01/31/2022
As part of its ongoing Route 37 bridges project in Cranston and Warwick, on Wednesday, February 2 the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will change the traffic pattern on Route 37 West between the Post Road interchange and the ramp to I-95 North. In October 2020, RIDOT reduced...
01/29/2022
With heavy snow and high winds creating blizzard conditions and treacherous driving on Rhode Island roads today, Governor Dan McKee has updated his executive order to expand the travel ban to cover all motor vehicles until midnight. The ban prohibits tractor-trailers and all motor vehicles from...
01/28/2022
With heavy snow and high winds expected to create blizzard conditions and treacherous driving on Rhode Island roads on Saturday, January 29, Governor Dan McKee has issued an executive order setting in place two types of travel bans. From 6 a.m. to midnight, all tractor-trailers, except those...
01/26/2022
Starting on Thursday, February 17, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will shift travel lanes on Route 5 (Greenwich Avenue) near Knight Street in Warwick for reconstruction of the Pontiac Bridge over the Pawtuxet River. The Department also will reduce travel lanes from two lanes...
01/12/2022
Following the results of a recent inspection, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) determined that a 3-ton weight limit is necessary for the small bridge that carries Fish Road over the Sin and Flesh Brook in Tiverton. All vehicles heavier than 3 tons will need to follow a...
01/04/2022
Beginning Friday, January 14, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to close the Mohegan Bridge, which carries Route 102 (Bronco Highway) over the Branch River in Burrillville. RIDOT began replacing this structurally deficient bridge in spring 2021, and detoured...
12/22/2021
Starting tonight, Wednesday night, December 22, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will make traffic pattern changes on the Route 6/10 Connector Outbound and temporarily close the Harris Avenue on-ramp to Route 6 West. The split on the Connector for Route 6 West and Route 10...
12/17/2021
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that the first phase of traffic changes for the $78 million Washington Bridge project in East Providence and Providence begins tonight, Friday, December 17. This will create travel time delays for I-195 West traffic and...
12/17/2021
On Monday night, December 20, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close Route 4 North for work on the Division Street Bridge project on the East Greenwich/Warwick line. The overnight closure will be repeated for the same hours on Tuesday...