RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joined 12 News at 4 Wednesday to discuss several ongoing construction projects across the state.

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The city of East Providence has launched a second round of grants for small businesses impacted by the closure of the Washington Bridge. Mayor Bob DaSilva said ...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said that multiple types of maintenance work on the Washington Bridge and ...

PROVIDENCE – A portion of Gano Street will be closed this weekend, around either side of Interstate 195, as work crews remove the old bridge piers. Gano Street will be closed from 6 a.m. to 4 p ...

Overnight structural health monitoring of the Washington Bridge wrapped up Monday morning, but lane closures will soon be ...

Updated: Jun 16, 2025 / 05:13 PM EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — With construction of the new westbound Washington Bridge set to begin, drivers are concerned about how it will impact their commute.

It will have five lanes instead of four, and I-195 West in East Providence will be widened by removing a lane on the approach to the bridge. There will be a new on-ramp from Gano Street and a new ...

Next, I reached Edgar Barillas, who opened Francesca’s on Broadway in East Providence only a year before the bridge crisis. “In the beginning,” he told me, “it killed the business 99%.” ...