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Bridge weight restrictions prompt Cranston bus detour

1:44 PM Fri, Jan 23, 2009 |
Maria Armental    Email

CRANSTON, RI -- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will detour bus route 30 (Arlington/Oaklawn) in the Arlington neighborhood in Cranston due to the new weight limit restrictions placed by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation on the Dyer Avenue bridge.

Bus route 30 will no longer serve Park Avenue between Gansett and Dyer Avenue in Cranston. The detour will begin immediately and continue until further notice.

Route 30 (Arlington/Oaklawn) will detour as follows:

  • Inbound: Trips traveling into Providence will travel the regular route to Cranston Street, take a right onto Dyer Avenue, left onto Trainor Street, left onto Gansett Avenue, right onto Cranston Street, and then resume regular route.
  • Outbound: Trips leaving Providence will travel the regular route to Cranston Street left onto Gansett Avenue, right onto Trainor Street, right onto Dyer Avenue, left onto Cranston Street, and then resume regular route.


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