EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is slated to begin demolishing the deck of the old Washington Bridge this weekend.
The demolition is officially scheduled to start Sunday at 9 p.m. and will require the closure of Gano Street where it passes under I-195.
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Gano Street will be closed Sunday through Thursday nights only from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the next two to three weeks, according to RIDOT. Workers will be tearing down the overhead bridge parapets and concrete deck throughout the closures.
There will also be a weekend-long closure of Gano Street under the bridge later this fall to remove the beams, but a date for that has not been set.
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Throughout the closures, drivers will be detoured down India and Wickenden streets, as well as South Main and South Water streets. The on-ramp to I-195 West at Gano Street will remain open.