Good afternoon

We hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving celebrations with family and friends tomorrow and through the weekend. Remember if your plans involve alcohol, plan ahead for a safe ride home and never get behind the wheel impaired. 

East Main Road Pavement Improvements, Middletown

We’re entering the homestretch for this project. Next week, we will pave driveways and perform project-wide cleanup. Our electrical subcontractor will also finish replacing the traffic signal push buttons and performing other miscellaneous electrical work throughout the site. A lane shift will remain along Route 138 (East Main Road), from Mitchell’s Lane to Aquidneck Avenue, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

Next week at this project, we are scheduled to close the right lane along Route 403 East, from Route 4 to Exit 2, Monday-Friday nights from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. This will allow our crews to continue demolition of the existing concrete beams at the Devil's Foot Road Bridge. We also plan to install formwork for the bridge deck at the Frenchtown Road Bridge, and micropile foundations for the South County Trail Bridge.

I-95 15 Bridges, Providence/Cranston/Warwick

Scheduled operations over the next two weeks at this project include continued work on the superstructure at the Jefferson Boulevard Bridge, demolition of the outside portion of the Pawtuxet River Bridge, and micropile work at the West Elmwood Bridge. Our crews also will work on the northbound portion of the Elmwood South Bridge, continue pier and abutment construction at the Huntington North and South bridges, and place debris netting and shielding for demolition at the Eddy Street and Broad Street bridges. Motorists should expect alternating lane closures on I-95, from Park Avenue to Thurbers Avenue, Sunday night from midnight to 5 a.m., and Monday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Route 146 Reconstruction Project, Lincoln/North Smithfield

Overnight sign installation on both directions of Route 146, from Route 99 to Route 146A, and from Route 116 to the Massachusetts line, requires various lane closures Sunday night from midnight to 6 a.m. and Monday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Daytime drainage installation requires the closure of the west side of Sayles Hill Road, from Route 146 to Iron Mine Hill Road, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and alternating lane closures on the east side of Sayles Hill Road, from Route 99 to Route 146, including the diversion of westbound traffic from Route 99, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please follow signed detours during all closures and check out our other scheduled traffic listings for this project here.

School Street, Lincoln

Upon completion of the water line work, drainage installation is expected to start next week, School Street remains closed from Route 126 (Old River Road) to Main Street in Albion, weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with motorists following the signed detour.

Washington Bridge & I-195, East Providence/Providence 

Construction-related activities on the new Washington Bridge have been ongoing since June with design, soil sampling, geographic surveying, permit applications, and the ordering of materials. In the next two weeks, crews using boring equipment will be operating on the East Providence shore and on the water. No lane closures are required for this work.

Overnight bridge preservation work is scheduled with up to two lanes closed on I-195 East and West at the Washington Bridge, Sunday-Thursday nights, November 30-December 4. One lane will close at 9 p.m., and a second at 10 p.m., with all lanes reopening by 5 a.m. the following morning. A right lane closure is expected for drainage work on I-195 West, from the Massachusetts line to I-95, Monday night, December 1, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., and up to two lanes closed for drainage work on I-195 East, from Exit 1A (Gano Street/India Street) to Exit 2A (Broadway), Monday-Thursday nights, December 1-4. One lane will close at 9 p.m., and a second at 10 p.m., with all lanes reopening by 5 a.m. the following day.

The following week, weather permitting, bridge preservation work is also scheduled Monday-Thursday nights, December 8-11, with up to two lanes closed on I-195 West at the Washington Bridge, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. On Tuesday night, December 9, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., maintenance crews will also sweep I-195 in both directions from I-95 to the Massachusetts line.



The approved in-water demolition work continues. Next week, demolition crews will be working Monday-Friday from 6 a.m. to 3 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.