RIDOT: Laurel Ave. Bridge Construction Update - August

Week of August 12

• Daytime: Install bearing pads. Deliver and erect steel beams, install precast backwalls and diaphragms.

• Evening: No evening work is anticipated for this project.

Week of August 19

• Daytime: Begin to form the bridge deck. Commence installing utility hangars and utilities on the beams.

• Evening: No evening work is anticipated for this project.

Looking Ahead (August‐Mid‐September)

Design: Complete design package submittals, and begin preparing as‐built plans and records.

Construction: Complete utility installation on bridge and in roadway approaches. Continue forming bridge deck and components.

During construction, motorists and neighbors on Washington Street (Route 117), Pilgrim Avenue, and Laurel Avenue, and on the Coventry Greenway, should expect to see activity at any time. Noise may be experienced at times. Work on the bridge will be confined to the sections of Laurel Avenue already closed to through traffic.

For more information, contact RIDOT Customer Service at customerservice@dot.ri.gov or call 222‐2450 weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The above activities are weather dependent, and are based on the best information available to RIDOT at the time of this update.