Politics & Government
I-195 Off-Ramp to Parkway in E.P. Should Reopen Soon
Replacing the off-ramp is part of a project to turn the old Washington Bridge into a linear park and bikeway.
Completion of the new I-195 off-ramp to Veterans Memorial Parkway in East Providence is anticipated by early fall.
The old ramp was closed in late November last year as part of a $2 million project that will preserve the old Washington Bridge and transform it into a linear park and bikeway, according to the RI Department of Transportation. Work was expected to be done by this summer.
The project manager for the off-ramp said Wednesday, Aug. 7, that the work should be completed by around mid to late September.
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Traffic has been detoured farther east on I-195 either by way of Pawtucket Avenue to Veterans Memorial Parkway near Bradley Hospital or by exiting at Route 114 to Wampanoag Trail. Drivers also have been existing I-195 at Warren Avenue near Watchamoket Square and winding their way to Veterans Memorial Parkway through that neighborhood.
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