Effective Thursday, October 14, 2010, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be expanding its overhead lighting curfew by shutting off highway lighting on Route 37 in Cranston and Warwick. The Department earlier last month turned off the overhead lighting on Route 44 at I-295...

With today’s news that texting while driving is now illegal in Massachusetts, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and its Office on Highway Safety are reminding motorists that it is also illegal to text and drive in Rhode Island. A promotional campaign, “Drive Now. Text Later�

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will install traffic delineators – flexible, paddle-like markers – at the junction of I-95 South and Route 146 South this week. This is being done on a trial basis to improve safety at the merge and reduce congestion caused by vehicles...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be closing Exit 20 (I-195 East) on I-95 South next week during overnight hours as part of a resurfacing operation on I-95. The closure is expected to take place after 11 p.m. on Monday, September 20. All lanes will be reopened by the...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is on a mission for safety by co-hosting the Mission: Safety 2010 Conference in Newport with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this coming Monday. Engineers and...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is sponsoring a one-day safety initiative - -RI:DRIVE (Rhode Island: Developing Responsible and Indelible Vehicle Education) - - aimed at teaching youth how to become responsible drivers. Approximately 40 students from Bain Middle School in...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Office of Highway Safety is working with local and State police this weekend to remind motorists that speeding is not only expensive, but potentially fatal. Departments participating in “Obey The Sign Or Pay The Fine” started issuing extra...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that it will be closing the Chestnut Hill Road Bridge in Glocester on Monday, September 13, 2010. The bridge will be closed for approximately one year. The bridge carries Chestnut Hill Road over the Chepachet River and has a...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8, 2010, it will change the traffic pattern on Willard Avenue, close to the R.I. hospitals complex in Providence. By the afternoon commute, Willard Avenue from Eddy Street to Plain...

Securing construction sites and reviewing known problem areas have kept the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) busy in the past few days as Hurricane Earl progresses north toward Southern New England. RIDOT officials have been conferring with other State agencies all week,...