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January 22, 2008

DOT closing Hawkins Street Bridge for 3 days

The Hawkins Street Bridge in Providence, which travels over Route 146, will be closed to traffic until the weekend for repairs, the state Department of Transportation announced this evening.

As part of repairs, "additional construction will be needed to ensure safety for the motoring public," the DOT statement says.

The repair work is to replace the "beam seats," the concrete platform that steel beams sit on to support the bridge's deck.

Whem the Hawkins Street Bridge opens, it will be posted for use only by vehicles weighing three tons or less. The restriction will last about three weeks. Once this phase of construction is done, the span will reopen to all vehicles.

Beginning this evening, detours over Route 146 will be in place. The suggested detour is for drivers to use Branch Avenue, make a right onto Charles Street and then another right onto Admiral Street, which will take them to Hawkins Street, the DOT says. The detour works for drivers coming in the opposite direction as well.

The construction project started last fall and is slated to be done by fall 2009.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:56 PM | Permalink

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