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August 1, 2007

Route 95 S lanes re-opened around 4:30 a.m. today

PROVIDENCE – Highway workers on the Route 95-Route 195 interchange project that is requiring nighttime closures of Route 95 began picking up the cones that had closed the southbound lanes at 4:20 a.m. today.

The road was opened to traffic soon afterward, about an hour before the state Department of Transportation's promised 5:30 a.m. reopening, according to the
DOT's Transportation Management Center.

Last night was the second night of closures for the southbound lanes in this second round of closures for the highway project. The DOT reported that Route 195 west to Route 95 south and Route 95 south itself, between exits 18 and 20, was closed by 11:05 p.m. last night.

Route 95 southbound lanes are expected to close again tonight by 11 p.m. – with individual lane closures starting by 8 p.m. The lanes are expected to reopen by 5:30 a.m.

The last night of the work this week – tomorrow – is expected to shutter the northbound and southbound lanes. Check out the road-closure schedule on the DOT’s site.

For a look back at the earlier closures this year, see projo.com’s special reports section.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 6:20 AM | Permalink

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