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Why electric rates will be lower this winter; and RI's rising number of disability pensions for first responders.
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 ...
The writer, who helped designed the bridge, calls the mistakes RIDOT made in the wake of the shutdown "colossal." ...
“The Rhode Island Dept. of Transportation may have averted a costly and disastrous emergency closure of the Washington Bridge last December if it had followed recommendations in a detailed 1992 ...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said that multiple types of maintenance work on the Washington Bridge and ...
Overnight structural health monitoring of the Washington Bridge wrapped up Monday morning, but lane closures will soon be ...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is nearly finished demolishing the westbound Washington Bridge, and is now focusing its efforts on tearing down the river piers.
He acknowledged that the bridge is part of a major artery in Rhode Island. According to Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti, the competing bid would have also projected ...
The Bridge is officially a Rhode Island fiasco In keeping with a rich history of bridge replacements in Rhode Island, the Washington Bridge has officially become a shining example of how things ...
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced Friday that the Walsh Construction Company has been selected to rebuild the westbound side of the Washington Bridge. The contract will cost $339 million ...
The new bridge isn’t expected to be finished until late 2028.Many people expect traffic to worsen between now and then, but a spokesperson for the R.I. Department of Transportation (RIDOT) says ...