Main Avenue Relocation Work Wraps, New Traffic Pattern in Effect

Posted on July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 by Rob Borkowski — Leave a comment

Main Avenue Relocation Work Wraps, New Traffic Pattern in Effect

[CREDIT: Mayor Scott Avedisian's Office] Main Avenue's new route was opened to traffic Thursday. — [CREDIT: Mayor Scott Avedisian’s Office] Main Avenue’s new route was opened to traffic Thursday.

[CREDIT: Mayor Scott Avedisian's Office] Mayor Avedisian walked the new Main Avenue route Thursday before it was opened to traffic. — [CREDIT: Mayor Scott Avedisian’s Office] Mayor Avedisian walked the new Main Avenue route Thursday before it was opened to traffic.

WARWICK, RI — RI Airport Corporation’s relocation of Main Avenue to accommodate the expansion of TF Green Airport’s runway wrapped Thursday with a multi-phase opening of the new re-routed road over several hours.

The extension of Runway 5-23 requires the relocation of a portion of Main Avenue in the area between Warwick Industrial Drive and just west of Greeley Avenue. Mayor Avedisian took a look at the new Main Avenue yesterday afternoon ahead of the closing of the old street and the opening of the new one.

“We ask all drivers to allow extra travel time as we adjust to the new traffic patterns. The WPD-Traffic Division will be out in full force to help alleviate driver confusion,” Avedisian’s office announced on his Facebook page.

[CREDIT: RIAC] A map of the re-routed Main Avenue in yellow, with detours and closures show during the construction. — [CREDIT: RIAC] A map of the re-routed Main Avenue in yellow, with detours and closures shown from during the construction.

Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.