In July, RIDOT received no bids to replace the westbound side of the bridge, as some developers questioned the practicality of completing construction by the department’s initial August 2026 deadline.

Demolition work continues on the western side of the Washington Bridge on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. while traffic flows both ways on I-195 on the eastern side. (Screenshot/Rhode Island ...

Most of them are asking a judge to dismiss the case PROVIDENCE — The engineering firms sued by the state of Rhode Island over the failure of the Washington Bridge on I-195 West sought to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The southern span of the Washington Bridge ... "I want to just tell the people in Rhode Island, we've done the work, the bridge is safe, and that's the bottom line ...

Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters ... The westbound Washington Bridge, which closed suddenly in December 2023 due to a critical failure, is in the midst of ...

Crime: 'We may never know why': Police release more details in West Greenwich murder Washington Bridge contractors ... Health care: Residents, interns at Rhode Island Hospital are first doctors ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee and R.I. Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti held a news conference Monday to release the latest inspection report for the ...

The bridge, which carried more than 90,000 vehicles each day, has been closed to traffic for more than ... failed in its fiduciary duty to Rhode Island, which hired the company to consult, advise ...

The eastbound span, constructed in 2008, began to take on western traffic just days after the state closed the western Washington Bridge in December 2023 after engineers discovered broken anchor rods ...

PROVIDENCE – While lashing out at "irresponsible" people raising safety concerns about the only open span of the Washington Bridge that has been carrying extra lanes of traffic for the last year ...