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RIDOT ANNOUNCED the need for a quarter-mile of lane closures on Route 6 related to the rehabilitation of the Woonasquatucket River Bridge. The lane closures are planned to go into effect Monday and Tuesday.

RIDOT: More Route 6 lane closures set to begin Monday/Tuesday

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PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation announced that a quarter-mile lane closure in both directions on Route 6, west of the Hartford Avenue...

URI student creates model to pinpoint deadliest roads for reptiles, amphibians

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SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island graduate student is developing a computer model to predict areas in Rhode Island where large numbers...
THE LITTLE ROADY autonomous vehicle shuttle service will operate seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 pm. with 12 stops between Olneyville Square and Providence Station. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Providence autonomous shuttle service to open to public Wednesday

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PROVIDENCE – The state’s Little Roady autonomous vehicle pilot project will begin service in Providence Wednesday, the R.I. Department of Transportation said Tuesday.The shuttle...
THE 2019 CONSTRUCTION season will feature 77 active R.I. Department of Transportation projects.

RIDOT construction season to include 77 active projects

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PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation will have 77 active projects in the 2019 construction season with a combined construction value of $715.6...
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One-third of the way through a 10-year plan to fix crumbling roads and worst-in-the-nation bridges, is RhodeWorks working?Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy...
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE: The Providence River Pedestrian Bridge is a nearly $22 million project that predates Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s administration, and which is nearing completion. It is the 11th-largest project among the 77 active construction projects being handled by the R.I. Department of Transportation.
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Building bridges to safer travel

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Peter Alviti Jr., the four-year director of the R.I. Department of Transportation, is overseeing 77 active construction projects through the RhodeWorks program.Proposed by Gov....
RECONSTRUCTION: The 6-10 connector is a series of nine bridges, seven of which are structurally deficient. Reconstruction began six months ago, and the work is now in the demolition phase. The total project cost is $410 million.
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Top 25 RhodeWorks projects

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The R.I. Department of Transportation has awarded $1.5 billion in contracts for 77 active construction projects through RhodeWorks. Here are the 25 largest projects:1....
PETER ALVITI JR., director of RIDOT, shown in 2017, overlooking the original planned location of a Providence transit hub. The project may now be dispersed throughout downtown. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence transit hub might not be a hub after all

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PROVIDENCE – What will the Providence transit hub look like? For starters, it may not be a hub at all. The project is in...
RIDOT HAS requested the rescission of an approval that allowed the department to impose tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge. / COURTESY GOOGLE INC.

RIDOT asks feds to rescind tolling authority on Sakonnet River Bridge

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PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation filed a formal request with the Federal Highway Administration requesting the rescission of a 2013 decision that...

Little Roady Shuttle autonomous vehicle testing underway

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PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation recently hosted a demonstration of autonomous vehicles at Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown as part of...
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