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Historic East Side bus tunnel to reopen Thursday after $25M overhaul

STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS gather Wednesday outside the East Side Transit Tunnel along North Main Street in Providence for a ribbon-cutting event, marking the end of a $25 million renovation project that included work on the 110-year-old tunnel and rider shelter on the right. / PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority is reopening the historic East Side Transit Tunnel in Providence Thursday after a seven-month $25 million project that renovated the 110-year-old tunnel that allows buses to pass quickly from North Main Street to Thayer Street, under College Hill. The project addressed several areas, including drainage upgrades, enhanced lighting

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