The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today provided the following weekly update on the Pell Bridge Ramps Phase 2 project;
Daytime sitewide shoulder closures for fiber optic cable installations are scheduled Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. This includes work from the Pell Bridge to West Main Road via Coddington Highway and on Coddington Highway near the West Main Road intersection. Paving the final layer of asphalt on the shared use path, finalizing the now dead-end section of Halsey Street, and loaming and seeding and project clean up sitewide will also continue.
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In their weekly list of Travel Advisories for Newport County, RIDOT included the following;
Newport Pell Bridge Approaches – Phase II
Newport: Crews are expected to be performing clean-up work sitewide. Electrical crews will be installing fiber optic cables from the Pell Bridge to West Main Rd. – Coddington Hwy. Additionally, crews are expected to be finishing the installation of fiber optic conduit on Coddington Hwy. near the West Main Rd. intersection and finalizing the now dead-end section of Halsey St. Paving the final layer of asphalt on the shared-use path is scheduled and loaming & seeding sitewide will continue.
Upcoming nighttime operations expected on Rte. 138 over Third St. bridge, Park – & – Ride, and JT Connell Hwy. Final striping sitewide expected.
Newport: Mobile operation on shoulders sitewide for electrical work, Mon. – Fri., 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
