The Trump administration has approved a $221 million federal grant for the construction of a new Washington Bridge in Rhode Island. The grant, awarded under the Biden administration, was delayed ...

Dan McKee announced that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation signed an agreement securing $220.9 million in federal funding to complete the ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a $220.9 million federal grant to Rhode Island to replace the Washington Bridge in Providence has been signed amid 3,200 incomplete agreements ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — After weeks of uncertainty over federal funding for the Washington Bridge project, Gov. Dan McKee announced Thursday that Rhode Island will be getting that much-needed ...

PROVIDENCE — For months, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation and leaders have debated whether the $220 million designated to build a new Washington Bridge westbound on Interstate 195 could ...

“I want to start by thanking Chair Capito and her staff for helping unstick previously awarded funding for Rhode Island’s essential Washington Bridge project. Madam chair, thank you ...

Up to two lanes of traffic may be closed for bridge maintenance along I-195 Tuesday and Thursday nights this week according to RIDOT.

Advocates say the inspector general would root out waste and fraud, and may have saved the state the Washington Bridge disaster.

"With this signing, the full funding for the new Washington Bridge has been assured," Gov. Dan McKee said, and he thanked the Trump administration.