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RIDOT to shift traffic onto new flyover bridge on Route 146 south
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced it will shift the south lane of traffic onto the new flyover bridge ...
RIDOT announces emergency closure of bridge in Hopkinton
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has closed the Laurel Street Bridge in Hopkinton. The emergency closure ...
The Boston Globe20d
R.I. secures its promised $220m in federal funding to rebuild Washington Bridge
PROVIDENCE — For months, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation and leaders have debated whether the $220 million designated to build a new Washington Bridge westbound on Interstate 195 could ...
The Brown Daily Herald7d
Rhode Island secures $221 million in federal funding for Washington Bridge repairs
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation gained access to the first $30 million wave of federal funds from the grant.
The Providence Journal27d
Could a vessel strike cause the Newport Bridge to collapse? What a federal report says
The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge in Rhode Island was included in the report. The NTSB says the bridges identified need to be evaluated to determine their risk, and a lack of evaluation does not ...
Transport Topics14d
Duffy Signs Unfinished Grant to Replace Rhode Island Span
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a $220.9 million federal grant to Rhode Island to replace the Washington Bridge in Providence has been signed amid 3,200 incomplete agreements ...