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The crux of the state's lawsuit against 13 contractors involved in inspecting or working on the Washington Bridge is taking ...
An op-ed piece published in The Journal and written by the designer of the old westbound Washington Bridge alleged RIDOT ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Attorneys for the state of Rhode Island are denying new allegations from two of the 13 companies that worked on the Washington Bridge prior to its abrupt closure in a ...
The writer, who helped designed the bridge, calls the mistakes RIDOT made in the wake of the shutdown "colossal." ...
Barletta Heavy Division Inc. and Aetna Bridge Company filed a counterclaim in Superior Court on Thursday, arguing the R.I. Department of Transportation ignored a 1992 inspection report that ...
The Lichtenstein report was mentioned in the state's lawsuit against a dozen companies, including Barletta-Aetna, that worked on the bridge, as was the fact that it identified serious problems ...
The author, a civil engineer who worked on the original Washington Bridge design, criticizes the Rhode Island Department of Transportation's decision to demolish and replace the bridge. He argues ...