Starting Monday, September 15, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin annual testing of its I-95 Wrong Way Driver (WWD) detection systems. This work will require closing each ramp equipped with the WWD electrical signage for approximately 30 to 45 minutes over three consecutive nights.
All testing will be conducted between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on the nights of September 15-17. Police details and RIDOT Maintenance crews will direct traffic at each ramp as it is being serviced. The list of closures in sequence is:
Monday Night, September 15:
- I-95 Northbound off ramp to Branch Avenue
- I-95 Northbound off ramp to Lonsdale Avenue
- I-95 Northbound off ramp to Fountain Street
Tuesday Night, September 16:
- I-95 Southbound off ramp to Jefferson Boulevard
- I-95 Northbound off ramp to Jefferson Boulevard
Wednesday Night, September 17:
- I-95 Southbound at the Connecticut state line (this a main line system, with single lane closures only)
- I-95 Northbound off ramp to Thurbers Avenue
- I-95 Southbound off ramp to Eddy Street
- I-95 Southbound off ramp to Thurbers Avenue
- I-95 Northbound / I-195 Eastbound off ramp to Point Street
- I-95 Northbound off ramp to Memorial Boulevard
RIDOT installed the WWD detection systems starting in 2015. There are 30 in all. Since their installation in 2015, the systems have captured more than 850 incidents of vehicles entering the highway in the wrong direction. Seven more WWD systems will be installed along the Route 146 corridor as part of an ongoing project expected to finish next year.
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