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Storm: Slow going from South County to Providence

12:51 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 |
News staff    Email

The late-morning commute from South County to Providence was a slog.

Many side streets in Narragansett were unplowed, and cars slipped and swerved while trying to climb steep hills like Bridgetown Road. Some drivers gave up, fishtailed into the other lane and drove back down the hill.

Fast-moving snow coated Routes 1 and 4 ahead of the plows, creating single lanes heading north and south. The interstate wasn't much better. Traffic on I-95 from North Kingstown to Providence moved at about 20 miles an hour just before noon.

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See what it's like out on the highways via the R.I. Department of Transportation's Web cams. You may have to try more than once to see the cams; we're finding we're getting a "server too busy" message at times.

-- Journal staff writer Paul Davis

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