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....
RIDOT - Thu September 12, 2019
I-95 Oxford Street Bridge Update: Crews Continue Bridge Deck Replacement
RIDOT is replacing the deck of the Oxford Street Bridge, which carries I-95 over Oxford Street between Exit 18 (Thurbers Avenue) and the I-195 interchange. As part of this $10.8 million project, RIDOT will implement a series of temporary traffic patterns with lane splits so all areas of the bridge deck can be replaced....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 03, 2019
RIDOT Begins $715.6M in RhodeWorks Projects; Largest Season in Agency History
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) kicked off the largest transportation construction season in the history of the agency in April, touting 77 new and ongoing projects valued at $715.6 million....
Associated Press - Thu April 11, 2019
R.I. Transportation Officials Seek $200M for Providence Viaduct Project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is seeking to borrow $200 million to repair the viaduct bridges in Providence that carry parts of northbound Interstate 95 through the city....
