From #RIDOT - Route 10 at Union Ave in #Providence is closed due to flooding. We have crews headed there now. Watch for areas of street flooding from thunderstorms as we go through the rest of the afternoon and never drive through a flooded road. #TurnAroundDontDrown

Highlights from #RIDOT 's weekly closures for 8/5 - 8/11:

#Tiverton Starting 8/7, Bulgarmarsh Rd., from Fish Rd. to Brayton Rd., will be closed for utility work, except for local traffic and deliveries, Mon.-Fri., 5 a.m.-7 p.m. until the end of the month. #Wazers should also expect one lane of alternating traffic controlled by a police detail, Mon.-Thurs. nights, 7 p.m.-5 a.m.

#RhodeIsland #Waze

Also starting tonight, #RIDOT is scheduled to shift travel lanes to the northern half of the Farnum Pike (Route 104) bridges over I-295 in #Smithfield #RhodeIsland until the fall, when RIDOT will finish its repairs and repave the bridges.

NEW! #RIDOT will reduce the number of travel lanes from two to one in both directions of the Airport Connector at the Jefferson Boulevard exit in #Warwick #RhodeIsland starting tonight (8/4) until the end of the year.

Other highlights from #RIDOT closures for 7/29 - 8/4:

* Rte. 6 in #Providence from Memorial Blvd. to Dean St. overpass, road closed for bridge work, Sun.-Thurs. nights, 10 p.m.-5 a.m.

* Aquidneck Ave. in #Middletown from East Main Rd. to Green End Ave., will be closed nightly for construction, Sun.-Thurs. nights, from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. through the month of August.

* Hope St. in #Bristol from Bradford St. to State St., road closed for brush removal, Mon.,9 a.m.-2 p.m.

FYI: Waterfront Dr in #EastProvidence #RhodeIsland has been reopened ahead of schedule! Thanks #RIDOT !

Also on 7/28, #RIDOT will be shifting the northbound lanes of Route 146 under the Hawkins St bridge in #Providence #RhodeIsland from the left to the right until the end of the year. The southbound lanes will also be shifted to the right sometime in mid-August.

NEW! Starting on 7/28, #RIDOT will be shifting both north and south-bound lanes of Route 146 at the Breakneck Hill bridge in #Lincoln #RhodeIsland to the right until fall 2024. Traffic coming onto Route 146 will have to come to a full stop at the end of the on-ramps before merging onto the highway travel lanes.

Use the Hazard report in #Waze to let other drivers know about upcoming construction!

NEW! #RIDOT will close the bridge on Kings Factory Rd in #Richmond #RhodeIsland starting 7/28 until Summer 2024. Be sure to use #Waze to get the fastest detour around this closure!

Highlights from the #RIDOT travel advisories for July 22-28:

#Providence
Park St. North, from Hayes St. to Smith St., road closed for drainage/electrical work, Sun.- Thurs. nights, 9 p.m.-5 a.m.

#WestWarwick
Rte. 33 East, from Tollgate Rd. to Newell St., road closed all merging traffic to use West turning lane for new traffic pattern, Wed. and Thurs., 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

More info at: http://www.dot.ri.gov/travel/traveladvisories.php

#RIDOT is reporting flooding on Admiral Kalbfus Rd in #Newport. #RhodeIsland #RIwx #Waze #TurnAroundDontDrown
https://twitter.com/RIDOTNews/status/1680708834149507072

Aaand just like that, they're reopened! Thanks #RIDOT ! #RhodeIsland #RIwx #Waze
https://twitter.com/RIDOTNews/status/1680697499386773505

I-95 at Thrubers Ave is also starting to flood in both directions and they may need to close it down. #RIDOT #RhodeIsland #RIwx #Waze #TurnAroundDontDrown
https://twitter.com/RIStatePolice/status/1680694854798417921

Looks like Rte 10 is closed in both directions again in Providence under the Union Ave overpass #RIDOT #RhodeIsland #RIwx #Waze #TurnAroundDontDrown
https://twitter.com/RIDOTNews/status/1680691722580373506

Route 10 in #Providence is now reopened! #wx #wxri #RIDOT #RhodeIsland
https://twitter.com/RIDOTNews/status/1678454798465605638

#RIDOT Update: Trees have been cleared and roads reopened on Division Rd in #EastGreenwich, Rte 7 in #Smithfield and Hill Farm Rd in #Coventry.

#RIDOT Updates: Downed trees in wires at 2447 Division Rd, #EastGreenwich will be cleaned up by 3-4 p.m. Hope St in #Bristol, Market St & Child St in #Warren, Ocean Rd in #Narragansett and Beavertail Rd in #Jamestown should reopen by 1pm. Park Ave in #Portsmouth, Poppasquash Rd in #Bristol, Sachuest Rd in #Middletown and Fletcher Rd in #Cranston should open by 2pm.

Yesterday, #RIDOT reopened the Hunts Mill Bridge on Pleasant Street in #EastProvidence just before the winter storm shutdown. Good work!

#RIDOT is reporting that Poppasquash Rd and Hope St at Washington St in #Bristol are temporarily closed due to flooding associated with the storm surge and high tide. #TurnAroundDontDrown

In his guest column in today's Projo, Christian Roselund suggests that #RILegislature and #RIDOT fund the #BikeMobilityPlan & #TransitMasterPlan to meet climate goals.
(In my role as a Street Team member of PVD Streets Coalition, I meet lots of Providencians who are car-light & looking for #StreetSafety infrastructure.)

https://providencejournal-ri.newsmemory.com/?publink=2bf46d56b_13486eb