Mill Creek Bridge construction starts Sept. 22

Posted 9/11/14

Effective Monday, Sept. 22, Tidewater Drive will be closed to traffic as construction of the new Mill Creek Bridge begins, Mayor Scott Avedisian announced yesterday.

Avedisian also said that an …

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Mill Creek Bridge construction starts Sept. 22

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Effective Monday, Sept. 22, Tidewater Drive will be closed to traffic as construction of the new Mill Creek Bridge begins, Mayor Scott Avedisian announced yesterday.

Avedisian also said that an informational project meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Buttonwoods Community Center, 3027 West Shore Road.

During construction, which is expected to take about nine months to complete, traffic will be rerouted to Draper Avenue. Signage will be in place to advise motorists of the detour.

In order to accommodate the construction, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s Route 3A Warwick Neck will now service a new temporary bus stop at the intersection of Long Meadow and Tidewater Drives. RIPTA’s Route 3 (Warwick Avenue) will begin detouring to this new temporary stop on Sunday, Sept. 21. 

The route will detour as follows: Inbound trips leaving Warwick Terminus (Warwick Neck & Barton Avenues) will travel via a right onto Meadow View Avenue, left onto Warwick Neck, right onto Samuel Gorton Avenue, left onto Tidewater Drive, left onto Long Meadow Drive, right onto Draper Avenue, right onto West Shore Road, and then resume regular route. Outbound trips will travel the regular route.

“The Mill Creek Bridge is an important link to the Riverview and Longmeadow neighborhoods, and its replacement has been needed for some time,” Avedisian said. “We are excited to begin this infrastructure improvement project and thank our residents in advance for their patience during construction.” 

The original bridge was built in 1928, and, due to safety concerns, there has been a 5-ton limit on dual-axel vehicles, including fire apparatus, sanitation trucks, and RIPTA buses. Once construction is complete, they will no longer have to take longer, alternative routes through the neighborhood, Avedisian said.

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