Traffic & Transit
Nighttime Closures to Resume for I-95 and I-295 Bridge Work in Warwick
The closures resume Thursday night.
WARWICK, RI — Nighttime closures on short sections of Interstates 95 and 295 in both directions for continued reconstruction of bridges that span these highways along East Avenue in Warwick resume Thursday night.
The closures will be in place from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night.
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation completed a series of nighttime closures at this location in June for demolition activities.
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The Department is now ready to set steel beams and other prefabricated bridge units as part of the accelerated bridge construction methods it is using to fully replace these bridges by the end of the year.
The two bridges over I-95 are located at Exit 28 (Route 113 East and West) and the bridge over I-295 is after Exit 1A (Route 113 West).
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