Department of Transportation to shift lanes onto new Providence Viaduct bridge starting Friday

Cori Dubois,
This is a rendering of the Interstate 95 Providence Viaduct looking north. (Rhode Island Department of Transportation)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will start shifting traffic onto the new Providence Viaduct bridge.

Starting Friday, the high-speed lane of Interstate 95 north in Providence will migrate onto the bridge, using a lane split.

The split will start just after exit 22 near Downtown Providence.

“Drivers should not slow down or suddenly change lanes at the split, as this unsafe behavior will cause traffic delays and could lead to a crash. Both sides of the split continue onto I-95,” said the department, in a release.

The other lanes are expected to shift onto the bridge two weeks later.

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