East Main Road Pavement Improvements, Middletown (via RIDOT)

Look out for lane shifts in Middletown next week.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has work planned on East Main Road (Route 138) over the next two weeks that will require a lane shift.

The work is taking place on East Main Road from North Drive to Meadow Lane.

Our crews are putting in new curbs and drainage structures in the southbound lane the week of June 16. This work will require a lane shift on East Main Road (Route 138), from North Drive to Meadow Lane, Monday-Wednesday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the following week of June 23, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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