Drivers traveling on Gano Street in Providence will be met with lengthy bridge deck and beam demolition work over the next three weeks, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) said today.
Starting Sunday night, September 8, RIDOT will begin bridge deck and beam demolition of the old Washington Bridge, necessitating overnight closures of Gano Street in Providence, where it passes under I-195. Demolition also will begin next week on the eastern side of the bridge.
Over the total span of the project, which spans from September 8 to late September/early October, Gano Street will be closed on the nights of Sunday and Thursday, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., for a total of two to three weeks, RIDOT officials said.
“When Gano Street is closed, drivers will follow a signed detour using India Street, Wickenden Street and South Main and South Water streets,” the department said in a statement. “The on-ramp to I-195 West at Gano Street will remain open.”
All construction projects are subject to changes in schedule and scope depending on needs, circumstances, findings, and weather.
The department will also close Waterfront Drive in mid-to-late September for a one-week bridge deck demolition project. The Waterfront Drive closure will be announced when it is scheduled, RIDOT officials said.
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