Today RIDOT kicked off the 2022 construction season by breaking ground on the Route 146 Project in North Smithfield. It will make greatly needed improvements to the Route 146 corridor, including a new flyover bridge to carry Route 146 over Sayles Hill Road – eliminating the only traffic light on all of Route 146. The project will make travel on Route 146 safer and reduce congestion which will reduce vehicle emissions.
Overnight work on the I-95 North Viaduct will require ramp closures within the Exit 22 interchange, along with left lane closures on I-95 between Exit 22 and 23. Please follow signed detours.
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Pell Bridge Ramps Phase 2, Newport
Bridge rehabilitation and median work along Route 138 may require temporary lane shifts along Third Street and JT Connell Highway. A new split configuration will be installed along Route 138 through the overpass locations overnight on June 10 and traffic along North Halsey Street will be shifted onto the newly paved North Halsey Street.
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Safe Routes To School, Warren
The contractor will conduct pile driving operations for the west side of the project site at the end of Barker Avenue. Please use caution along Barker Avenue as construction vehicles will be entering and leaving the work zone.
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Washington Bridge, East Providence/Providence
Overnight work will require lane closures for bridge deck repairs on I-195 and Valley Street. Installation of the new median barrier will continue throughout the week. Installation of the support of excavation at the temporary ramp to I-195 West is scheduled to begin this week.
June 3, 2022
Department of Transportation, Two Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02903 | www.ridot.net
