CEG - Thu July 02, 2020
RIDOT Project Replaces Two Aging Bridges in Eight Days
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is halfway through a project that calls for replacing two bridges in eight days each. Using a self-propelled modular transporter, crews were recently able to set two spans — four sections — on the Centerville Bridge carrying I-95 over Centerville Road (Route 117)....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 08, 2020
Decades in the Making: Vital $410M 6/10 Reconstruction Finally Begins
It took a while, but the project on the books for at least three decades is finally under way and moving smoothly. The $410 million 6/10 reconstruction is the largest construction contract put out in the history of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)....
RIDOT - Wed April 08, 2020
R.I.'s Washington Bridge Project to Start This Summer
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that within the next two weeks, RIDOT will be advertising a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Washington Bridge Rehabilitation design-build project....
Empire Crane Company - Tue February 11, 2020
Broderson Announces Empire Crane Northeast Dealer
Empire Crane Company has been announced as a dealership of Broderson Manufacturing Corporation's full line of carry deck industrial cranes. It will be stocking new units for customers in upstate New York, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island....
RIDOT - Thu January 16, 2020
Crews Across Rhode Island Keep Busy in the Winter Months
Rhode Island DOT is starting two big projects within the host communities of Cumberland, Pawtucket and Central Falls — the Broad Street Regeneration Project and the Transit Emphasis Corridor. Here's a round-up of what the DOT also has been up to lately....
CEG - Thu January 02, 2020
Rhode Island to Receive an Additional $50M for Bridge Upgrades
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and ranking member of the panel's Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee, announced that Rhode Island will benefit from an additional $50 million for bridge improvement and repair projects....
RIDOT - Wed November 20, 2019
Crews Keep Busy on Infrastructure Projects Across Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) crews have been busy working on various projects across the state. Here is a pictorial roundup of some of these recent projects. ...
RIDOT - Thu November 07, 2019
High School Students Take Part in Construction Career Days
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) teamed up with numerous construction and trade industry professionals Oct. 30 to help more than 500 high school seniors from 26 schools to explore new careers in the transportation construction trades at the RIDOT Construction Career Days, held today at RIDOT's Midstate Facility in East Greenwich....
Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Thu November 07, 2019
Looking Back: Cardi Corporation
The Cardi Corporation of Warwick, R.I., celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. The highly successful firm was founded in 1968. It is the largest highway heavy civil contractor in R.I. as well as one of the largest in New England....
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....
