Pawtucket River Bridge

Pawtucket River Bridge
2010 view from Pleasant Street, before renovation
Coordinates41°52′24″N 71°23′04″W / 41.87336°N 71.3844°W / 41.87336; -71.3844
Carries I-95
CrossesSeekonk River
LocalePawtucket, Rhode Island
Maintained byRIDOT
History
Opened1958; 66 years ago (1958) (original span)
2013; 11 years ago (2013) (new span)
Closed2012; 12 years ago (2012) (original span)
Statistics
Daily traffic162,000 (2010)[1]
Location
Map

The Pawtucket River Bridge is a twin span, six-lane highway bridge that carries Interstate 95 (I-95) over the Pawtucket River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The original bridge was built in 1958 and rehabilitated in 1996.[2] The bridge was demolished in 2012-13 and replaced with a new deck arch bridge that was completed in summer 2013.[3] In November 2016, the bridge was officially renamed the James E. Doyle Pawtucket River Bridge in memory of the former mayor of Pawtucket, who died two months earlier.[4]

  1. ^ "Rebuildling the Pawtucket River Bridge". 5 November 2010.
  2. ^ "State of Rhode Island: Department of Transportation: Condition of Rhode Island Bridges". Dot.state.ri.us. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  3. ^ RIDOT info
  4. ^ "Bridge renamed for Mayor Doyle". The Valley Breeze. 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2018-02-06.