RIDOT - Thu October 24, 2019
RIDOT Begins First Phase to Replace Hawkins Street Bridge
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced the start of a project to replace the city of Providence-owned Hawkins Street Bridge, which carries Hawkins Street over the West River, between Branch Avenue and Corliss Park, in Providence....
RIDOT - Thu September 12, 2019
I-95 Oxford Street Bridge Update: Crews Continue Bridge Deck Replacement
RIDOT is replacing the deck of the Oxford Street Bridge, which carries I-95 over Oxford Street between Exit 18 (Thurbers Avenue) and the I-195 interchange. As part of this $10.8 million project, RIDOT will implement a series of temporary traffic patterns with lane splits so all areas of the bridge deck can be replaced....
Demag - Tue September 10, 2019
Steel Giraffe Brings the First Demag AC 45 City Crane to North America
"Large lifting companies with multiple cranes have options to get jobs done. I don't have that luxury," said Steve Kelly, owner/operator of Steel Giraffe LLC. The Portsmouth, R.I.-based "boutique" crane company doesn't search out the typical residential and commercial construction projects....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 03, 2019
RIDOT Begins $715.6M in RhodeWorks Projects; Largest Season in Agency History
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) kicked off the largest transportation construction season in the history of the agency in April, touting 77 new and ongoing projects valued at $715.6 million....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 20, 2019
Rhode Island's Newport Bridge Turns 50
In the late 1960s, college student Michael Gallogly spent two summers working as an oiler on the Newport Bridge. A half-century later, he recalls in vivid detail the men he encountered, including one Native American ironworker who stood on the barge's steel deck in front of the engine shacks....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Thu June 20, 2019
National Grid Seeks Permit to Build Transmission Line
Clear River Energy LLC and the Narragansett Electric Company, doing business as National Grid, are seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with constructing a transmission line, an energy center and upgrading a substation in the vicinity of Burrillville, R.I....
Associated Press - Thu May 09, 2019
R.I. Plans $715M in Bridge, Road Repairs
PROVIDENCE (AP) Rhode Island transportation officials said they'll have 77 construction projects this year totaling $715 million. The state began tolling trucks last year to pay for bridge and road repairs....
Associated Press - Thu April 11, 2019
R.I. Transportation Officials Seek $200M for Providence Viaduct Project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is seeking to borrow $200 million to repair the viaduct bridges in Providence that carry parts of northbound Interstate 95 through the city....
Rhode Island Department of Transportation - Thu April 11, 2019
RIDOT to Repair Old Stone Bridge Causeway in Portsmouth
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) plans to start repairs on the Portsmouth side of the Old Stone Bridge causeway in late April. A section of the causeway eroded and broke off into the Sakonnet River on March 22, 2019 causing potential impediments to watercraft....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu March 28, 2019
Rhode Island's Victory Highway Bridge in Second Phase of Reconstruction
Reconstruction of the Victory Highway Bridge, which carries Victory Highway, Route 102, over Route 95 in West Greenwich, R.I., started in Nov. 2017 and is in its second phase, with half the bridge having been demolished and rebuilt and the second half under way....
