RIDOT TO MOVE INTERSTATE OUT OF PROVIDENCE
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has taken on an ambitious 10-year project to move an interstate highway in Providence nearly one-half mile south of the downtown area. Interstate 195 (I-195) runs through the heart of the city in a tight arc whose curves not only slow traffic to a crawl but also fail to conform to modern standards for interstate geometry. The new alignment will be straighter and will include 15 new bridges. The most significant bridge is a 900 ft (274 m) signature bridge over the Providence River that will have a 400 ft (122 m) network arch main span. Eventually a new interchange will be built to connect to I-95 to the west, and there will also be an extension of I-195 to the east.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA United States 20191-4400 - Publication Date: 2000-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 20
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Serial:
- Civil Engineering
- Volume: 70
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 0885-7024
- Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alignment; Highway bridges; Highway capacity; Highway curves; Highway design; Highway engineering; Interchanges; Interstate highways; Relocation (Facilities); State departments of transportation; Traffic flow
- Geographic Terms: Providence (Rhode Island); Rhode Island
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00790686
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 17 2000 12:00AM