RIDOT Starts Rte. 95 & Rte. 295 Exit Closures

WARWICK, RI — Starting Wednesday at 10 p.m., the Rhode Island Department of Transportation implemented a series of night Rte. 295 closures and Rte.95 closures, both north and south, to demolish the East Avenue West Bridge and the East Avenue Bridge.

Both are at the juncture of I-95 and I-295. All the closures will end by 5 a.m. for morning traffic.

Rte. 95 and Rte. 295 closures

The sequence of Rte. 95 and Rte. 295 closures is as follows:

• Friday, June 18, Sunday, June 29, and Monday, June 30 – Demolition of the East Avenue West Bridge near I-95 exit 28B northbound and exit 28 southbound requires the closure of I-295 northbound. Detours will be in place.
• For I-295 north, take I-95 north to the Route 37 west exit to the I-295 north exit ramp.
• Sunday, June 23, Tuesday, July 1, and Wednesday, July 2 – Demolition requires the closure at the same juncture but for I-295 southbound.
• For I-295 south, take the Route 37 east exit to the I-95 south exit.

Closure of I-95 start Monday for the East Avenue Bridge.

• Monday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 24 – Demolition requires the closure of I-95 north at the same juncture. The closure starts at 11 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m. The detour for these dates is:
• From 295 north go to Route 37 east and proceed to the I-95 interchange to access I-95 both north and south.
• Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26 – Demolition of the East Avenue Bridge continues with the closure of I-95 south at roughly exit 28. The detour for these dates is:
• Take I-95 south to the I-295 exit to the Route 37 interchange and return to I-295 south or I-95 south.

All work will be complete by Thursday July 3. This work is part of the Warwick Corridor Project.

A detour map can be found at: www.ridot.net/DetourMaps