Beginning Friday night, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. the Rhode Island Department of Transportation will close one of the two lanes on Route 146 South at the Route 146A interchange in North Smithfield, located approximately one mile south of the Route 104/Greenville Avenue exit. It will be closed throughout the weekend, reopening by 5 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10. While the lane is closed, RIDOT will finalize construction so it can shift Route 146 traffic onto a new, wider bridge RIDOT built in the past year to accommodate both northbound and southbound traffic, according to a release.
Also starting Friday night, RIDOT will close a temporary left-hand ramp from Route 146 South to Route 146A North. It will be closed for approximately six weeks before it is replaced with a new ramp on the right-hand side of the highway, a more conventional design for off-ramps. During this ramp closure, drivers on Route 146 South trying to access Route 146A North can either take the Route 104 exit or use Sayles Hill Road or the I-295 interchange to reverse direction onto Route 146 North and use the Route 146A exit on that side of the highway.
