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[RobbieL2415]

Work is getting started on the rebuilding of the Washington Bridge in Providence


The structurally deficient bridge is being refurbished and major operational improvements will be made:

-Partial widening to provide five continuous lanes of I-195 westbound traffic over the bridge.
-A new bridge structure in East Providence to carry traffic from the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps over the new off-ramp to Waterfront Drive.
-A new bridge structure to carry traffic from Gano Street in Providence onto I-195 westbound.
-Restriping of I-195 westbound from the Broadway overpass to the new Waterfront Drive off-ramp to allow four lanes of through traffic on the mainline, eliminating the current lane drop at Broadway.
-Adding a through lane on the western end of the Washington Bridge to reduce the weaving movements between the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps and the Gano Street off-ramp.

Rhode Island is really making some impressive improvements to its highways.

RI is truly an example of what happens when you neglect your roads and bridges.

[kernals12]

Work is getting started on the rebuilding of the Washington Bridge in Providence


The structurally deficient bridge is being refurbished and major operational improvements will be made:

-Partial widening to provide five continuous lanes of I-195 westbound traffic over the bridge.
-A new bridge structure in East Providence to carry traffic from the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps over the new off-ramp to Waterfront Drive.
-A new bridge structure to carry traffic from Gano Street in Providence onto I-195 westbound.
-Restriping of I-195 westbound from the Broadway overpass to the new Waterfront Drive off-ramp to allow four lanes of through traffic on the mainline, eliminating the current lane drop at Broadway.
-Adding a through lane on the western end of the Washington Bridge to reduce the weaving movements between the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps and the Gano Street off-ramp.

Rhode Island is really making some impressive improvements to its highways.

RI is truly an example of what happens when you neglect your roads and bridges.

I think Massachusetts is making a better example of that.

[abqtraveler]

Work is getting started on the rebuilding of the Washington Bridge in Providence


The structurally deficient bridge is being refurbished and major operational improvements will be made:

-Partial widening to provide five continuous lanes of I-195 westbound traffic over the bridge.
-A new bridge structure in East Providence to carry traffic from the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps over the new off-ramp to Waterfront Drive.
-A new bridge structure to carry traffic from Gano Street in Providence onto I-195 westbound.
-Restriping of I-195 westbound from the Broadway overpass to the new Waterfront Drive off-ramp to allow four lanes of through traffic on the mainline, eliminating the current lane drop at Broadway.
-Adding a through lane on the western end of the Washington Bridge to reduce the weaving movements between the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps and the Gano Street off-ramp.

Rhode Island is really making some impressive improvements to its highways.

RI is truly an example of what happens when you neglect your roads and bridges.

I think Massachusetts is making a better example of that.

Connecticut has got them both beat, hands down.

[RobbieL2415]

Work is getting started on the rebuilding of the Washington Bridge in Providence


The structurally deficient bridge is being refurbished and major operational improvements will be made:

-Partial widening to provide five continuous lanes of I-195 westbound traffic over the bridge.
-A new bridge structure in East Providence to carry traffic from the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps over the new off-ramp to Waterfront Drive.
-A new bridge structure to carry traffic from Gano Street in Providence onto I-195 westbound.
-Restriping of I-195 westbound from the Broadway overpass to the new Waterfront Drive off-ramp to allow four lanes of through traffic on the mainline, eliminating the current lane drop at Broadway.
-Adding a through lane on the western end of the Washington Bridge to reduce the weaving movements between the Taunton Avenue/Warren Avenue/Veterans Memorial Parkway on-ramps and the Gano Street off-ramp.

Rhode Island is really making some impressive improvements to its highways.

RI is truly an example of what happens when you neglect your roads and bridges.

I think Massachusetts is making a better example of that.

Connecticut has got them both beat, hands down.

IIRC, statistically, RI had the most structurally deficient bridges in America, followed by CT and then MA.

[Great Lakes Roads]

Here's the video of the overview of the RI-146 Reconstruction project.

[kernals12]

Rhode Island gets this, we Bay Staters get a train line for the 12 people who commute from Fall River to Boston

[Ted$8roadFan]

RIDOT is now proceeding with the “Cranston Canyon”  project: updating I-295 from RI-37 to RI-14. The area definitely needs improvement.

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/ridot-breaks-ground-on-85-million-cranston-canyon-project/

[BlueOutback7]

RIDOT is now proceeding with the “Cranston Canyon”  project: updating I-295 from RI-37 to RI-14. The area definitely needs improvement.

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/ridot-breaks-ground-on-85-million-cranston-canyon-project/

This is welcome news, I-295 through there is a mess for commuters. But why stop at RI 14? Wouldn’t it make sense to extend the 3 lane section up to US 6?

[Ted$8roadFan]

It is; the RIDOT project website has it planned under Phase 3 (which I'm sure will take much longer, but still).

http://www.dot.ri.gov/projects/CranstonCanyon/docs/Final%20Signed%202020%20BUILD%20Cranston%20Canyon%20Narrative.pdf 

[Ted$8roadFan]

It is; the RIDOT project website has it planned under Phase 3 (which I'm sure will take much longer, but still).

http://www.dot.ri.gov/projects/CranstonCanyon/docs/Final%20Signed%202020%20BUILD%20Cranston%20Canyon%20Narrative.pdf

I’m guessing only the present project is funded for the RI-37 to RI-14 stretch.

[Ted$8roadFan]

I-95 in RI is finally getting mileage-based exit numbers.


https://www.wpri.com/dont-miss/ri-to-renumber-i-95-exits-heres-what-your-new-number-will-be/

[The Ghostbuster]

Took them long enough!

[Ted$8roadFan]

Took them long enough!

Not sure why it took so long, since the other roads were completed in 2020. Also interesting that the state will begin on July 31, in the heart of the summer travel season.

[SectorZ]

Took them long enough!

Not sure why it took so long, since the other roads were completed in 2020. Also interesting that the state will begin on July 31, in the heart of the summer travel season.

It was "cost", and by cost they said it was $500K project, and the feds were paying 90%, meaning they literally didn't have $50K lying around to do it.

[bob7374]

RIDOT to open permanent RI 10 South to US 6 West ramp on Friday (8/19):
https://www.ri.gov/press/view/44198

[Ted$8roadFan]

RIDOT to open permanent RI 10 South to US 6 West ramp on Friday (8/19):
https://www.ri.gov/press/view/44198

About time; the present configuration with the construction is white-knuckle inducing.

[The Ghostbuster]

The Dean St./Atwells Ave. interchange should have been numbered Exit 4A, and Memorial Blvd. should have been numbered Exit 4B. The US 6 Dennis J. Roberts Expressway should have gotten exit numbers too.

[jp the roadgeek]

The Dean St./Atwells Ave. interchange should have been numbered Exit 4A, and Memorial Blvd. should have been numbered Exit 4B. The US 6 Dennis J. Roberts Expressway should have gotten exit numbers too.

Since those interchanges are technically US 6 interchanges, they remained unnumbered.  However, if US 6 got exit numbers, here is what they could look like:

Exit 15 (WB ONLY): I-295 South (no # for 295 North since it’s on the c/d road).
Exit 16: RI 5
Exit 17 (WB ONLY): US 6A
Exit 18: RI 128
Exit 19: Hartford Ave (EB); US 6A West (WB)
Exit 20A (NB)/Exit 20 (SB): RI 10 South
Exit 20B (EB ONLY): Broadway
Exit 20C: Dean St/Atwell Ave
Exit 21A (I-95 Exit 37B WB): Memorial Blvd
Exit 21B (EB ONLY): I-95 North

If that happened, I would truncate RI 10 to the split and give the US 6 West to RI 10 South an exit number.  I also didn’t give the 6 East to 95 South movement a number since it is mainline US 6.

[shadyjay]

Indeed, the US 6 expressway should get numbers.  However, RI seems to have a problem with mile markers on US routes.  US 6 mile 0 is at the US 6/I-295 interchange, with mile 1 being just west of the RI 5 interchange, as seen here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8183057,-71.5027591,3a,30y,137.02h,87.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj92qIKIQUPQHB6jMujN0pg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Its almost as if RIDOT designates the US 6 expressway as another route, even though the US 6 shield appears on the milepost.

And its not just a one-off.  Down in Westerly, US 1 Mile 0 is just east of the US 1/RI 78 intersection in Westerly. 
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3569602,-71.8069903,3a,75y,135.01h,85.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srd2jxOXJmQAvgFpQlNVhRA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I don't know what both routes west of these locations are designated as far as mileposts go, or why RIDOT mile-marker'ed them this way.

[BlueOutback7]

Indeed, the US 6 expressway should get numbers.  However, RI seems to have a problem with mile markers on US routes.  US 6 mile 0 is at the US 6/I-295 interchange, with mile 1 being just west of the RI 5 interchange, as seen here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8183057,-71.5027591,3a,30y,137.02h,87.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj92qIKIQUPQHB6jMujN0pg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Its almost as if RIDOT designates the US 6 expressway as another route, even though the US 6 shield appears on the milepost.

And its not just a one-off.  Down in Westerly, US 1 Mile 0 is just east of the US 1/RI 78 intersection in Westerly. 
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3569602,-71.8069903,3a,75y,135.01h,85.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srd2jxOXJmQAvgFpQlNVhRA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I don't know what both routes west of these locations are designated as far as mileposts go, or why RIDOT mile-marker'ed them this way.

It could be that RIDOT considers the freeway mileage to be separate from the rest of US 6. The only other example of this in Rhode Island is RI 138. I can’t remember if there’s mile markers on that freeway. If there are, do they use miles from the Connecticut border?

[jp the roadgeek]

Indeed, the US 6 expressway should get numbers.  However, RI seems to have a problem with mile markers on US routes.  US 6 mile 0 is at the US 6/I-295 interchange, with mile 1 being just west of the RI 5 interchange, as seen here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8183057,-71.5027591,3a,30y,137.02h,87.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj92qIKIQUPQHB6jMujN0pg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Its almost as if RIDOT designates the US 6 expressway as another route, even though the US 6 shield appears on the milepost.

And its not just a one-off.  Down in Westerly, US 1 Mile 0 is just east of the US 1/RI 78 intersection in Westerly. 
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3569602,-71.8069903,3a,75y,135.01h,85.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srd2jxOXJmQAvgFpQlNVhRA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I don't know what both routes west of these locations are designated as far as mileposts go, or why RIDOT mile-marker'ed them this way.

It could be that RIDOT considers the freeway mileage to be separate from the rest of US 6. The only other example of this in Rhode Island is RI 138. I can’t remember if there’s mile markers on that freeway. If there are, do they use miles from the Connecticut border?

PennDOT marks the US 6 expressway east of Scranton the same way; starting at Mile 0 when it really should be about 336 or 337

[Ted$8roadFan]

Indeed, the US 6 expressway should get numbers.  However, RI seems to have a problem with mile markers on US routes.  US 6 mile 0 is at the US 6/I-295 interchange, with mile 1 being just west of the RI 5 interchange, as seen here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8183057,-71.5027591,3a,30y,137.02h,87.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj92qIKIQUPQHB6jMujN0pg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Its almost as if RIDOT designates the US 6 expressway as another route, even though the US 6 shield appears on the milepost.

And its not just a one-off.  Down in Westerly, US 1 Mile 0 is just east of the US 1/RI 78 intersection in Westerly. 
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3569602,-71.8069903,3a,75y,135.01h,85.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srd2jxOXJmQAvgFpQlNVhRA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I don't know what both routes west of these locations are designated as far as mileposts go, or why RIDOT mile-marker'ed them this way.

US 1 west of RI-78 is a local road, much different than the highway that 1 is from 78 all the way to its junction with Ri-4. That could be why RIDOT starts the mile marker where it does.

[Ted$8roadFan]

The rain is serious:

https://www.wpri.com/weather/severe-weather/flash-floods-possible-as-heavy-rain-moves-through/

[kernals12]

Those truck tolls seems to have allowed Rhode Island to dream big on highway improvements. They've got lots of great stuff in their Long Range Plan

-Construction of missing ramps on Route 403 at West Davisville and Post Roads
-Improvements to Route 37/I-95 interchange
-Grade Separation of Route 114/Mink Road Intersection
-Collector/Distributor Lane on I-95 SB between Route 146 and 6/10
-Construction of missing moves at Route 4/I-95
-Grade separation of Route 4

[Ted$8roadFan]

Those truck tolls seems to have allowed Rhode Island to dream big on highway improvements. They've got lots of great stuff in their Long Range Plan

-Construction of missing ramps on Route 403 at West Davisville and Post Roads
-Improvements to Route 37/I-95 interchange
-Grade Separation of Route 114/Mink Road Intersection
-Collector/Distributor Lane on I-95 SB between Route 146 and 6/10
-Construction of missing moves at Route 4/I-95
-Grade separation of Route 4

Meanwhile, the state appears to be making progress on perhaps the most challenging area of the state:

https://www.wpri.com/traffic/pinpoint-traffic/pinpoint-traffic-traffic-shifting-onto-new-portion-of-providence-viaduct/