Rhode Island Department of Transportation

CEG - Thu August 20, 2020

Rhode Island Begins $265M Project to Replace Providence Viaduct

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) marked the start of construction on the much anticipated $265 million Providence Viaduct Northbound Project on Aug. 18 with a ceremonial first dig....

CEG - Thu August 13, 2020

Construction on Rhode Island's Newport Pell Bridge Enters Phase 3

On Aug. 10, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) announced that Phase 3 of construction on the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge was under way, an operation expected to last through November....

CEG - Thu July 02, 2020

RIDOT Project Replaces Two Aging Bridges in Eight Days

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is halfway through a project that calls for replacing two bridges in eight days each. Using a self-propelled modular transporter, crews were recently able to set two spans — four sections — on the Centerville Bridge carrying I-95 over Centerville Road (Route 117)....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 08, 2020

Decades in the Making: Vital $410M 6/10 Reconstruction Finally Begins

It took a while, but the project on the books for at least three decades is finally under way and moving smoothly. The $410 million 6/10 reconstruction is the largest construction contract put out in the history of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)....

RIDOT - Wed April 08, 2020

R.I.'s Washington Bridge Project to Start This Summer

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that within the next two weeks, RIDOT will be advertising a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Washington Bridge Rehabilitation design-build project....

RIDOT - Thu January 16, 2020

Crews Across Rhode Island Keep Busy in the Winter Months

Rhode Island DOT is starting two big projects within the host communities of Cumberland, Pawtucket and Central Falls — the Broad Street Regeneration Project and the Transit Emphasis Corridor. Here's a round-up of what the DOT also has been up to lately....

CEG - Thu January 02, 2020

Rhode Island to Receive an Additional $50M for Bridge Upgrades

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and ranking member of the panel's Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee, announced that Rhode Island will benefit from an additional $50 million for bridge improvement and repair projects....

RIDOT - Wed November 20, 2019

Crews Keep Busy on Infrastructure Projects Across Rhode Island

Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) crews have been busy working on various projects across the state. Here is a pictorial roundup of some of these recent projects. ...

RIDOT - Thu November 07, 2019

High School Students Take Part in Construction Career Days

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) teamed up with numerous construction and trade industry professionals Oct. 30 to help more than 500 high school seniors from 26 schools to explore new careers in the transportation construction trades at the RIDOT Construction Career Days, held today at RIDOT's Midstate Facility in East Greenwich....

RIDOT - Thu October 24, 2019

RIDOT Begins First Phase to Replace Hawkins Street Bridge

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced the start of a project to replace the city of Providence-owned Hawkins Street Bridge, which carries Hawkins Street over the West River, between Branch Avenue and Corliss Park, in Providence....