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Our crews will be busy making improvements on our highways the weekend of November 7. Click here to find out what we’ll be doing at these ongoing projects: Missing Move, I-95 15 Bridges, and the Route 146 Reconstruction. We recommend seeking alternate routes if possible, and planning additional time for travel as delays are likely.

East Main Road Pavement Improvements, Middletown

Overnight paving involving lane shifts on Route 138 (East Main Road), from Mitchell’s Lane to Aquidneck Avenue, is scheduled Sunday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Travelers also can expect weekday lane shifts within the same project limits for sidewalk work, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please use caution when driving through the work zone and expect delays.

Bridge Group 18C_R – Frenchtown, East Greenwich/ North Kingstown 

Next week at this project, we plan to install shielding at the Frenchtown Road Bridge and continue demolishing portions of the South County Trail Bridge. This will require alternating lane closures on both directions of Route 4, from Exit 5 through Exit 7, Sunday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. We’ll also need to close the right lane on Route 403 East, from Route 4 to Exit 2, Wednesday-Friday nights from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. This will allow us to demolish and set new beams at the Devil’s Foot Road Bridge. 

I-95 15 Bridges, Providence/Cranston/Warwick

We have some major operations coming up the weekends of November 7 and 14. We will decommission a bridge over an inactive rail line near Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence. This will involve the closures of the two right lanes on I-95 North (beginning after the Route 10 interchange) and I-95 South (after the Thurbers Avenue interchange) from 8 p.m. on Friday night, November 7 through 5 a.m. on Monday morning, November 10. The following weekend, we will close the two left lanes in each direction of I-95, from 8 p.m. Friday night, November 14 through 5 a.m. on Monday morning, November 17. 

Between the two weekends, from November 10-14, there will be a lane split on I-95 South at this location with two lanes on either side of the split. All lanes go through.

Next week at this project, we plan to install netting and shielding for bridge demolition at the Eddy Street and Broad Street bridges, continue to build a pier within the I-95 median at the Huntington North Bridge, and mobilize for demolition at the Pawtuxet River Bridge. Motorists can expect alternating lane closures on both directions of I-95, from Thurbers Avenue to Jefferson Boulevard, Sunday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. 

I-95 North Viaduct, Providence

We are scheduled to close various ramps within the I-95/Exit 37 interchange as needed, Sunday-Thursday nights from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Motorists can also expect alternating lane closures on both directions of I-95, from Exit 36B to 39A, Sunday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Scheduled operations include installing striping, painting barrier, and touching up the structural steel girders. Please follow signed detours during all closures.

Route 37 Improvements, Cranston/Warwick/Johnston

Final striping will require the closures of Exit 3A (Route 37 West) off I-295 North, and Exit 1B (I-295 North) on Route 37 East, Monday night from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., and Exit 3A (Route 37 East) off I-295 South, and Exit 3B (I-295 South) off Route 37 West, Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Motorists should also expect alternating lane closures on I-295 North, from Exit 3A/3B (Route 37) to Exit 9 (Route 6), for striping, barrier improvements and rumble strip installation, and on I-295 South, in the vicinity of Route 37, for striping, barrier improvements, rumble strip installation, and bridge work, Sunday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Striping is also scheduled on Route 37, with alternating lane closures from Natick Avenue to Cranston Street, Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. We also need to close Cranston Street below Route 37 for striping, Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Please follow signed detours during all closures.

Route 146 Reconstruction Project, Lincoln/North Smithfield

The weekend of November 7, we have some lane and temporary ramp closures. Starting Friday night, November 7, at 8 p.m. through Monday morning, November 10 at 5 a.m., we will close one of the two lanes on Route 146 South at the Route 146A interchange. Doing so will allow us to finalize construction to shift Route 146 traffic onto a new, wider bridge we have been building. Also on Friday night, November 7, for about six weeks, we will close a temporary left-hand ramp from Route 146 South to Route 146A North. It will be replaced with a more conventional design on the right-hand side of the highway.



Next week, as we continue to build new roadway infrastructure at this project, expect alternating lane closures on both directions of Route 146, from Exit 7 (Route 116) to the Massachusetts line, Sunday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Road construction also involves the closures of the Route 146 North Service Road, from Sayles Hill Road to the Route 146 merge, the west side of Sayles Hill Road, from Route 146 to Iron Mine Hill Road, and the east side of Sayles Hill Road, from Route 99 to Route 146 (with westbound traffic from Route 99 to Sayles Hill Road prohibited) Sunday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., and Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please follow signed detours during all closures and check out our Weekly Traffic Forecast for more information on what we have scheduled.

School Street, Lincoln

Our crews are continuing installation of the water main and fire hydrants along School Street, which remains closed from Route 126 (Old River Road) to Main Street in Albion, weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Motorists should follow the signed detour. Access to businesses and homes will be maintained. 

Warwick Corridor Project

Next week at this project, we will mobilize equipment then install beams and precast bridge units as we continue to rebuild the bridges on both I-95 and I-295. On Sunday night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., expect alternating lane closures to mobilize equipment, then a highway closure to install beams from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., on I-95 North at the East Avenue overpass. We’ll also have alternating lane closures to mobilize equipment Monday night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., then a highway closure to install precast bridge units from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., on I-295 North at the East Avenue overpass.

The same operation is scheduled on the southbound side of I-295 on Tuesday night. Expect alternating lane closures while we mobilize equipment from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., then a highway closure to install precast bridge units from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on I-295 South at the East Avenue overpass.

We also plan to install debris shielding and overhang brackets, requiring alternating lane closures on I-95 at the East Avenue overpass, Monday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., and on I-295 at the East Avenue overpass, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Please follow signed detours during all closures.

Washington Bridge & I-195, East Providence/ Providence

Construction on the new Washington Bridge has been ongoing since June with design, soil sampling, geographic surveying, permit applications and the ordering of materials. Next week, alternating one-way traffic is expected to take soil samples for design work in East Providence on Freeborn Avenue, from Purchase Street to Potter Street on Monday, November 3, and on Potter Street, from Purchase Street to School Street, Tuesday-Friday, November 4-7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

For the next two weeks, weather permitting, we will have up to two lanes closed on I-195 West and East over the Washington Bridge for ongoing bridge preservation work, Sunday-Thursday nights, November 2-6, and November 9-13, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Motorists also can expect up to two lanes closed for bridge preservation work on I-195 West, before and after the Providence River Bridge, Tuesday-Thursday nights, November 4-6 and Sunday-Thursday nights, November 9-13. One lane will close at 8 p.m., and two at 10 p.m., with all lanes reopening by 5 a.m. the next day. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) work requires brief alternating lane closures at the India Point Park Pedestrian Bridge on I-195 East and West, Sunday night, November 9 from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Crews using boring equipment will be operating on both the Providence and East Providence shores and on the water next week, which is part of the initial design activities for the bridge replacement project. No lane closures are required for this work.

The approved in-water demolition work continues, Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. No work is currently planned after 6 p.m. to avoid any disruptive noise during evening hours. In accordance with CRMC guidelines, debris will be removed from the river as work progresses, placed onto barges and towed to land for transfer into trucks for offsite disposal. Temporary protective sheeting and turbidity curtains are in place.