Fall Foliage is on display in RI and throughout New England this weekend.
Warwick, RI – Columbus Day weekend, considered one of the busiest road travel holidays of the year, is underway, with gas prices inching within single digits of $2 per gallon and fall foliage on display in our backyard and neighboring states.
Gas prices
This year’s holiday provides a boon to auto travelers with regular unleaded averaging $2.20 per gallon, down one cent from last week, and down 13 cents from last month, according to AAA. As of Oct. 5, the price was nine cents lower than the national average for regular unleaded of $2.29.
A year ago at this time Rhode Island’s average price was $1.19 higher at $3.39.
Fall Foliage
If you’d prefer to avoid the highways, you could always check out the burgeoning fall colors at Warwick City Park at 185 Asylum Road.
According to the Providence/Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Goprovidence.com, Goddard Memorial Park, in Warwick, with its entrance in East Greenwich at 1095 Ives Road, is a good spot for leaf peeping.
The 472-acre park has more than 60 different species of trees, “which makes for some wonderful colors,” according to the site.
Stretches of Rte. 95 through Cranston and Warwick are under construction, but, luckily for travelers, mostly at night. The RIDOT added the following traffic advisories for the Rte. 95 and other RI highways Friday afternoon:
TEMPORARY EXIT CLOSURES
Cranston/Providence: I-95 South at Exit 16 (Rte. 10 South), exit closed for milling, Thursday night from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following day. Follow signed detour.
Hopkinton/Richmond: I-95 North and South, at Exit 1 (Rte. 3), Exit 2 (Hopkinton), Exit 3 (Rte. 138) and Exit 4 (Rte. 3), temporary closures of the on- and off-ramps possible for paving, Monday-Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following day. Follow signed detours.
OVERNIGHT
Cranston: I-95 North and South, from Exit 15 (Jefferson Blvd.) to Exit 16 (Rte. 10), alternating left and two right lanes closed for a bridge inspection, Sunday night from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following day.
Cranston: I-295 North and South, from Exit 3 (Rte. 37) to Exit 4 (Rte. 14), alternating lane and shoulder closures for a bridge inspection, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.the following day.
Wednesday night: I-295 North and South
Thursday night: I-295 North
Cranston/Providence: I-95 North and South at Exit 16 (Rte. 10), lane closures possible for construction, Monday–Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following day.
East Greenwich/Warwick to Providence: I-95 North and South, from Rte. 4 to Exit 18 (Thurbers Ave.), lane and shoulder closures possible for bridge work, Monday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following day.
Pawtucket: I-95 North, from Exit 30 (East St.) to the Bacon St. overpass in Massachusetts, alternating lane and shoulder closures possible for bridge work, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. the following day through mid-November.
Pawtucket: I-95 North from Exit 25 (Smithfield Ave.) to Exit 28 (School St.), and I-95 South, from Exit 29 (Broadway) to Exit 25 (Smithfield Ave.), alternating double left and single right lane closures, including shoulders, for a bridge inspection, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following day.
Wednesday night: I-95 North
Thursday night: I-95 South
Providence: I-95 North, from Washington St. to Atwells Ave., right lane closure for a bridge inspection, Tuesday night from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. the following day.
Providence: I-95 North at Exit 21 (Broadway/Atwells Ave.) and Exit 22 (Downtown Providence/Routes 6 & 10), right shoulder closures on the off-ramps for a bridge inspection, Tuesday night from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. the following day.
Warwick to Providence: I-95 North and South, from Exit 13 (Airport Connector) to Exit 16 (Rte. 10), lane, shoulder and ramp closures for paving, Monday-Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.the following day. The specific ramp closures are as follows:
I-95 North at Exit 15 (Jefferson Blvd.), on- and off-ramps closed
I-95 North and I-95 South at Exit 16 (Rte. 10), on- and off-ramps closed
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.
