Exits 22 B/C In Providence Will Be Closed Wednesday Night

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing Exits 22 B and C of I-95 North from late Wednesday night until early Thursday morning.

RIDOT says the closure will be in place from 9 p.m. on Wednesday until 5 a.m. on Thursday. and will allow crews to perform "preliminary exploratory work" ahead of a planned construction project in the area that is expected to start a month from now. During construction, crews will make repairs to the bridge.

During the closure, drivers will be detoured to Exit 23, the state offices and Route 146. Once the construction project begins, the detour will be in place every Sunday through Thursday night for approximately ten weeks. The closure schedule was planned for overnight hours to minimize impacts to traffic.

The detour is as follows:

• I-95 North to Exit 23 (State Offices/Route 146)
• Turn right onto Orms Street
• Turn right onto Douglas Avenue
• Turn right onto the on-ramp to I-95 South
• Take I-95 South to Exit 22B (Route 6 West)

RIDOT says the construction is part of a seven-bridge repair project in Providence at a cost of $10.4 million. Work on the other six bridges is expected to begin around April 15.

Exit 22 A will not be affected by Wednesday's closure or the upcoming construction.