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Route 95 Viaduct Needs Replacing, But What's the Solution?

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Story Created: Oct 8, 2008 at 5:16 PM EST

Story Updated: Oct 8, 2008 at 5:18 PM EST

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A heavily traveled roadway that runs through parts of downtown Providence needs a new deck.
     
Transportation department officials said yesterday that the concrete deck of the Providence Viaduct, an elevated section of highway that carries Interstate 95 across the Amtrak railroad tracks and the Woonasquatucket River, needs to be replaced.
     
Kazem Farhoumand, the department's chief engineer, said replacing the deck was one of the most important transportation priorities in the state, given its location and the fact it carries 170,000 to 200,000 cars a day.
     
He said he didn't know how much it would cost to replace the deck, which dates from the 1960s.

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Thursday, Oct 9 at 10:32 AM Ed from Providence wrote ...

The money was there from the gax tax, it should have been used to repair the roads. Where did it go? Why do you people tolerate this from your elected officals? Don't you look at other names on the ballots or do you just vote straight democrat. Look at how little respect Jack Reed, Gordon Fox, Mantabalno, and Bill Murphy have for you. Those are the kingpins for stupidity at least West Warwick is starting to clean up their act and got rid of Alves. They had to clean themselves up after fire!

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