RIDOT: Laurel Ave. Bridge Construction Update - August
From August 26 –September 8, 2012 the following operations will be in effect:
Week of August 26
Daytime: Forming bridge deck and lateral seismic restraints at the North and South abutments. Installing gas main on bridge hangars and tie‐in to street connections.
Evening: No evening work is anticipated for this project.
Week of September 2
Daytime: Forming bridge deck, installing reinforcement steel, and placing concrete for lateral seismic restraints at the North and South abutments. Installing shear studs on bridge beams.
Evening: No evening work is anticipated for this project.
Please check RIDOT’s Travel Advisories website (www.tmc.dot.ri.gov/traveladvisories) for any changes.
Looking Ahead (Mid‐September)
Design: Complete design package submittals, and begin preparing as‐built plans and records.
Construction: Install bridge deck reinforcement steel. Setup and test bridge deck concrete placement machine. Grade, form, install reinforcement steel and place concrete for North & South approach slabs.
During construction, motorists and neighbors on Washington Street (Route 117), Pilgrim Avenue, and Laurel Avenue, and on the Coventry Greenway, should expect to see activity at any time. Noise may be experienced at times. Work on the bridge will be confined to the sections of Laurel Avenue already closed to through traffic.
The above activities are weather dependent, and are based on the best information available to RIDOT at the time of this update.
Justin Cider
9:04 am on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
It should be finished just in time for the next flood.
Suzy Q
7:32 am on Thursday, August 30, 2012
LOL Justin. Have you ever seen anything so ridiculous...oh yeah, we're in Rhode Island