Travel Advisory: New Traffic Pattern Starts October 14 on I-95 North Over the Pawtuxet River in Cranston and Warwick

Starting Wednesday night, October 14, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to start a new traffic pattern on I-95 North near the Jefferson Boulevard off-ramp (Exit 31C) on the Warwick/Cranston line. All lanes will shift slightly to the right.

No changes are anticipated along I-95 South. The change is needed as part of ongoing bridge demolition and reconstruction work. This new traffic pattern should remain in place for about two months.

The bridge work is part of the I-95 15 Bridges project, which is removing 15 bridges from the state's backlog of poor and fair to poor condition bridges along I-95 and Route 10 between Providence and Warwick. Nine of the 15 bridges are structurally deficient. Three are rated among the top five most traveled structurally deficient bridges in Rhode Island. More details are available at www.ridot.net/The-I-95-15.

All construction projects are subject to changes in schedule and scope depending on needs, circumstances, findings, and weather.