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« Reunited with their baby hawk, parents provide | Today | Head of URI's nonviolence center to be honored » May 30, 2007Crews to wrestle tons of steel over Rte. 95 tonightPROVIDENCE – Try lifting 110 automobiles high above Route 95. Can’t do it? Neither can we, but the state Department of Transportation’s construction crew can. Last night, they successfully lifted into place three pieces of curved steel that weighed as much as that many cars combined – about 220 tons. They’re prepared to do so again tonight, according to the DOT. Tonight’s roadwork will not shut down Route 95, as 13 nights of construction work earlier this month did. Instead, workers will shut down however many lanes they need to do their work – with a guarantee that at least one lane will remain open through the night, DOT spokesman Charles St. Martin said.
The steel beams being lifted into place last night and tonight are the largest pieces of steel to date that crews are installing above Route 95 for the Route 195 relocation project, according to St. Martin. These curved steel pieces will support a new off-ramp from Route 195 west to the Rhode Island Hospital complex. As the ramp curves to the right, it will take drivers onto the new Eddy Street exit. As it curves to the left, it will carry drivers onto Route 95 south, St. Martin said. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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