![[CREDIT: RIDOT] The East Avenue I-95N ramp will close May 1 so the RIDOT can perform work to replace the East Avenue bridge, lasting through the fall.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/East-Avenue-I-95N-Ramp-closes.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Beginning Friday evening, Might 2, the Rhode Island Division of Transportation (RIDOT) says the Rte. 113 east East Avenue I-95N Ramp Closes for bridge work by the autumn.
The ramp closure, a part of an ongoing bridge alternative venture, will final by late fall 2025 as RIDOT demolishes and rebuilds the bridges carrying Route 113 over I-95 and I-295.
East Avenue I-95N Ramp Closes: Detours
Through the East Avenue I-95N ramp closure, motorists on Route 113 East might want to use the ramp to I-95 South and journey to the Route 117 interchange (Exit 27A) to reverse route again to I-95 North. Any driver who misses the I-95 South ramp ought to keep on Route 113 because it turns into Major Avenue, then flip left onto Route 1 North (Submit Street) and use the Airport Connector to I-95 North.
The I-95 North on-ramp from Route 113 West is not going to be affected and stay open. With this new section of building, lanes can be narrowed on I-95 North and South on the bridges.
Mid-Might Rte. 113 site visitors shifting to east facet of bridges
In mid-Might, RIDOT is predicted to shift each instructions of Route 113 site visitors onto the eastbound facet of the bridges whereas it begins demolition and reconstruction of the opposite facet. This can be in place till mid-summer, when RIDOT will transfer site visitors onto newly constructed bridge sections and demolish and rebuild the opposite half. By the top of the 12 months, all journey lanes can be restored to their unique configuration.
The bridge replacements are a part of the brand new $102.4 million Warwick Corridor Project. Along with the bridge work, RIDOT will enhance a number of different necessary corridors and intersections, with paving, sidewalk work, ADA accessibility, new site visitors sign upgrades, and new pedestrian crossing and different security options. Particularly, RIDOT will pave sections of East Avenue, Route 2 (Bald Hill Street), Major Avenue, West Shore Street and Submit Street.
East Avenue Bridges: A Temporary Historical past
The bridges had been in-built 1965 and carry as much as 33,000 autos per day on Route 113, a significant east-west hall for Warwick that hyperlinks giant residential and industrial areas together with entry to CCRI. The alternative of those bridges is made doable by RhodeWorks. RIDOT is dedicated to bringing Rhode Island’s infrastructure right into a state of fine restore whereas respecting the atmosphere and striving to enhance it.
All building tasks are topic to adjustments in schedule and scope relying on wants, circumstances, findings, and climate.
The alternative of those bridges is made doable by RhodeWorks. RIDOT is dedicated to bringing Rhode Island’s infrastructure right into a state of fine restore whereas respecting the atmosphere and striving to enhance it. Study extra at www.ridot.net/RhodeWorks.
