RIDOT: Rte. 2 Lane Closes Friday Near BJs Brewhouse
By: Rob Borkowski on March 18, 2026 in News to You, State
WARWICK, RI — Starting Friday night, March 20, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close the right lane on Rte. 2 North near BJs Brewhouse. The work is […]
RIDOT: Rte. 37 East Lanes Shift Saturday
By: Rob Borkowski on March 4, 2026 in News to You
CRANSTON, RI — Saturday night, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is shifting Rte. 37 East travel lanes left at the Oaklawn Avenue Bridge.
RIDOT: Night I-295, I-95 Section Closures Begin
By: Rob Borkowski on September 29, 2025 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Starting tonight, Sept. 29, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) resumes nighttime I-95 section closures and I-295 section closures in both directions for bridge work over […]
RIDOT: East Avenue Lane Shifts Start Sept. 19
By: Rob Borkowski on September 16, 2025 in News to You
WARWICK, RI —Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin (Rte. 113) East Avenue lane shifts where it passes over I-95 and I-295 in Warwick. The shift, part of RIDOT’s […]
RIDOT: New Rte. 37 Ramp to 295N Open
By: Rob Borkowski on August 1, 2025 in News to You
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RIDOT: Night Rte. 295, Rte. 95 Closures Begin
By: Rob Borkowski on July 17, 2025 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Starting tonight at 10 p.m., the Rhode Island Department of Transportation begins nighttime Rte. 295 and Rte. 95 closures of short sections of I-95 and I-295 in both […]
RIDOT Shifts Rte. 37 Lane Split To 295N Exit
By: Rob Borkowski on July 7, 2025 in News to You
CRANSTON, RI — As part of its ongoing Cranston Canyon/Route 37 Bridges project, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has shifted the location of the Rte. 37 lane split […]
RIDOT Starts Rte. 95 & Rte. 295 Exit Closures
By: Rob Borkowski on June 18, 2025 in News to You
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 […]
RIDOT: East Avenue I-95N Ramp Closes May 2
By: Rob Borkowski on April 25, 2025 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Starting Friday night, May 2, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) says the Rte. 113 east East Avenue I-95N Ramp Closes for bridge work through the […]
RIDOT: I-95, Rte. 4 Merge: Warwick Lanes Shifted
By: Rob Borkowski on April 18, 2025 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Friday, the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) reports Warwick lanes shifted to the right for road work where I-95 North and Route 4 North merge in Warwick. […]
RIDOT: Jefferson Boulevard Goes One Lane Friday
By: Rob Borkowski on April 1, 2025 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Friday night, Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will cut Jefferson Boulevard to one lane at the I-95 overpass while it repairs the bridge carrying 1-95 over the […]
RIDOT Closing Rte. 37 Ramp to 295 N Again
By: Rob Borkowski on September 3, 2024 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — This weekend, starting Friday, Sept. 6, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close the Rte. 37 ramp West to I-295 North again. The closure will […]
RIDOT Closing Rte. 37 Ramp to 295N This Weekend
By: Rob Borkowski on August 20, 2024 in Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI — This weekend, starting Friday, Aug. 23, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close the ramp from Rte. 37 West to I-295 North for continued bridge […]
RIDOT Closing Rte. 295 North lane at Rte. 146 Till Thursday
By: Rob Borkowski on August 14, 2024 in News to You
LINCOLN, RI — Starting 7 p.m. tonight, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close one lane on I-295N at Rte. 146 till Thursday, Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. […]
RIDOT: Providence, Warwick Highway Aid Patrols Begin
By: Rob Borkowski on November 14, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Starting today, RIDOT pickups will conduct Providence and Warwick highway aid patrols for all of I-195 in Rhode Island and I-95 from the Massachusetts state line in […]
RIDOT: Rte. 37 East Closing Nov. 3 – 6
By: Rob Borkowski on October 21, 2023 in News to You
CRANSTON, RI — Starting Friday night Nov. 3, RIDOT will start sliding in a new bridge deck for Rte. 37 East over the Pawtuxet River, near the Pontiac Avenue exit, […]
RIDOT: Rte. 295 Lanes Closed at Exit 20
By: Rob Borkowski on September 22, 2023 in News to You
CUMBERLAND — Starting today, RIDOT is temporarily leaving two Rte. 295 lanes closed, one in each direction, at the Mendon Road Bridge (Route 122/Exit 20). The lane reductions will create […]
RIDOT: Airport Connector, Rte. 37 Bridge Work Updates
By: Rob Borkowski on August 31, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The RI Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has updated motorist alerts as work on Rte. 37 and the Airport Connector continues through the end of summer. Airport Connector […]
RIDOT: Rte. 6/10 Connector Inbound Closing June 9 – 12
By: Rob Borkowski on June 1, 2023 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — Starting Friday, June 9 at 7 p.m., RIDOT will temporarily close access to the Route 6/10 Connector inbound to Providence for traffic traveling on Rte. 6 East […]
RIAG Charges Warwick RIDOT Backhoe Thief
By: Rob Borkowski on in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island’s Attorney General has charged a Warwick man as the RIDOT backhoe thief in a January 2023 report. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced the charge, […]
RIDOT Updates Sandy Bottom Work
By: Rob Borkowski on May 2, 2023 in Coventry, RI news, News to You
COVENTRY – RIDOT has updated its schedule for Sandy Bottom Bridge closures in Coventry due to inclement weather. The closures will now take place tonight, Tuesday, May 2 and on […]
RIDOT Closes Old Warwick Avenue Bridge
By: Rob Borkowski on April 21, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Today, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) closed the State-owned Old Warwick Avenue Bridge, which carries Old Warwick Avenue over Buckeye Brook in Warwick. According to […]
RIDOT Repaving I-295, Cumberland to Warwick
By: Rob Borkowski on April 12, 2023 in News to You
PROVIDENCE— The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will resume milling and repaving I-295, from the Massachusetts border to Warwick, Sunday night, April 16. This year RIDOT will finish paving […]
RIDOT: Lane Closures for March 25-31
By: Rob Borkowski on March 24, 2023 in News to You
The following road and lane closure notices are effective for the week of March 25-31, 2023. All schedules are weather-dependent and subject to change. Visit RIDOT‘s Travel Advisories website for a full […]
RIDOT Starts Second Pontiac Bridge Slide
By: Rob Borkowski on November 18, 2022 in News to You
CRANSTON — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)’s second bridge slide for the Pontiac Avenue Bridge, and resulting detours, start tonight, with all roads reopening 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. […]
RIDOT: Main Avenue Narrowing Oct. 17
By: Rob Borkowski on October 12, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is putting a section of Main Avenue on a road diet, narrowing four travel lanes to two with a center […]
RIDOT Starts $36M Rte. 295 Repaving
By: Rob Borkowski on September 8, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT has begun a $36 million Rte. 295 repaving project along the entire highway from the Massachusetts border in Cumberland to Warwick, upgrading drainage and using more […]
RIDOT: Warwick Road Work Advisories
By: Rob Borkowski on August 14, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT’w Warwick road work advisories warn of daytime alternating lane closures along Post Road and a possible right lane closure on the Airport Connector west this week. The […]
RIDOT Celebrates $12.9M Airport Connector Project
By: Rob Borkowski on July 18, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island Department of Transportation broke ground on the $12.9 million Airport Connector project in Warwick this morning, one of many large paving projects scheduled for 2022. […]
RIDOT: Rte. 95 Exit Renumbering Starts July 31
By: Rob Borkowski on July 13, 2022 in News to You
Exit numbers on Rte. 95 from the MA border in Pawtucket to the CT border in Hopkinton will be renumbered starting Sunday, July 31, part of a federal program requiring Rte. […]
RIDOT: Road, Lane Closures May 21-27
By: Rob Borkowski on May 21, 2022 in Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI— The RIDOT has announced the following road and lane closure notices in Warwick effective during the week of May 21-27: All schedules are weather-dependent and subject to change. […]
RIDOT: Detoured Mall Access Starts Friday
By: Warwick Post Staff on April 29, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Tonight, RIDOT will close the jug handle access road to Warwick Mall on Rte. 2 south before the West Natick Road intersection, with a detour allowing mall access. […]
RIDOT: Rte. 295 Exit to Rte. 37 Closed Till Thursday
By: Rob Borkowski on April 12, 2022 in News to You
CRANSTON, RI — As part of its ongoing repair of a bridge joint on Rte. 37 East near the I-295 interchange in Cranston, RIDOT tomorrow will temporarily close Exit 3A […]
RIDOT Reducing Putnam Pike Bridge Lanes
By: Warwick Post Staff on in News to You
SMITHFIELD — As part of its ongoing project to rehabilitate the Putnam Pike Bridge, which carries Route 44 over I-295 in Smithfield, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will […]
RIDOT: Lane Closures, Restrictions April 9 – 15
By: Rob Borkowski on April 10, 2022 in News to You
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has announced the following ongoing lane and travel restrictions across the state. The following notices, including ongoing restrictions near Division Street and […]
RIDOT: Left Lane of Rte. 37 East Closed
By: Rob Borkowski on April 6, 2022 in News to You
CRANSTON, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has closed the left lane of Rte. 37 East near the I-295 interchange in Cranston to repair a bridge joint […]
RIDOT: Division Street Bridge Update
By: Rob Borkowski on March 21, 2022 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT announces daytime alternating lane closures before and after the Division Street Bridge on Rte. 4 as the $22.9 million project crews build the center pier and abutment walls […]
RIDOT: Warwick Avenue, Rte. 2 Lane Closures
By: Rob Borkowski on September 13, 2021 in Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT warns local commuters of lane closures in the city on Warwick Avenue and Rte. 2 throughout the week. The agency noted the following details on the […]
RIDOT: Buckeye Brook Stormwater Basin Rehab Underway
By: Rob Borkowski on September 7, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT is replacing two 1990s era stormwater management holding basins that discharge into Buckeye Brook, north of the Knights of Columbus Hall on Sandy Lane and Warwick Ave., […]
RIDOT Closing Rte. 95 South Exit 9 Tonight
By: Warwick Post Staff on September 2, 2021 in News to You
EAST GREENWICH, RI — Tonight marks the third evening, but maybe not that last, that RIDOT will close the Rte. 95 South Exit 9 to Rte. 4 South in East […]