The Mount Hope Bridge linking Bristol and Portsmouth will close from 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, through 5 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, for pavement smoothing, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has announced. (Photo by Ken Castro/Rhode Island Current)
The Mount Hope Bridge will be closed to traffic in both directions for four days next month for a $1 million repaving operation, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has announced.
The 96-year old bridge linking Bristol and Portsmouth over Mount Hope Bay will be closed to all traffic beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, and will reopen at 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18. But if there is any severe weather in the forecast, the project will be rescheduled for a weekend in September, officials said…