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April 22, 2008

DOT to close ramp from Route 195 to 95 tonight

PROVIDENCE -- The Department of Transportation says that for safety reasons, it will close the ramp from Route 195 westbound to Route 95 southbound from 9 p.m. this evening until 5:30 a.m., and also Wednesday and Thursday nights because of work on its Route 195 relocation project.

The DOT said its detour will send that traffic north on Route 95 to Exit 22B (Routes 6/10) and then to follow Route 10 south to Cranston, to rejoin Route 95 southbound. There will also be lane closures on Route 95 in both directions.

Department spokeswoman Frances Segerson said the agency will close the ramp because the work it is doing forces the elimination of the merge lane for Route 195 traffic joining Route 95.

"Traffic on the ramp doesn't slow down and there is no merge lane," she said. "It's not safe."
The closures are part of several construction-related restrictions on traffic near Route 195's intersection with Route 95, which the DOT is replacing as part of the relocation of Route 195.

During the I-95 South lane and ramp closures, Exit 19 to Rhode Island, Women & Infants and Hasbro Hospitals will remain open for traffic on I-95 south, the DOT said. Traffic on I-195 west heading to the hospitals will be directed to take Exit 2 (South Main Street) and then directed over the Point Street Bridge and onto Eddy Street to reach the hospitals.

-- Journal staff writer Bruce Landis

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