The Rhode Island Department of Transportation gained access to the first $30 million wave of federal funds from the grant.

The state of Rhode Island [today] signed the federal grant agreement... to build the Washington Bridge,” said McKee. “We are beginning to draw down millions of dollars as we speak.” The bridge was ...

"With this signing, the full funding for the new Washington Bridge has been assured," Gov. Dan McKee said, and he thanked the Trump administration.

There was a strong display of bipartisan support at a hearing in Washington on Wednesday that involved money for the ...

According to officials from the New York State Department of Transportation, westbound traffic on I-490 will be reduced to a single lane as crews work to replace the bridges spanning Kreag Road and ...

Dan McKee said Thursday that Rhode Island has secured more than $220 ... States Department of Transportation funding for the ...

The Trump administration has signed off on $220 million in previously appropriated federal grants to help replace the westbound Washington Bridge, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced during a ...

Hospitality businesses are a more than $5 billion industry in Rhode Island. But the closure of the westbound Washington Bridge has commerce as well as commuters in a jam. According to an economic ...

US grants $221M to rebuild Rhode Island's failing Washington Bridge, addressing critical infrastructure and backlog issues.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a $220.9 million federal grant to Rhode Island to replace the Washington ... a final project cost and construction schedule. The bridge provided ...

Duffy announced a grant agreement has been executed for $221 million in federal funding awarded to Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge project. This comes as the Trump Administration inherited roughly ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway after an accidental leak caused hydraulic fluid to spill into the Seekonk River near the Washington Bridge demolition site. The spill ...