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After More Than a Year Closed Due to Flood Damage, Bridge Reopens in R.I. By Jay Adams CEG CORRESPONDENT
The raging flood waters caused by the March 31 to April 1, 2010 deluge have long dried up, but, thankfully for the people in two towns, funding did not. Thus, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has reopened the Woodville Road Bridge which crosses the Wood River at the Hopkinton/Richmond, R.I., town line. The well traveled rural span was one of the last remaining road and bridge projects to be restored in the state after torrential rains washed dozens out more than a year ago in early spring. The bridge was closed for more than 15 months because of Noah-like flooding in The old bridge was completely removed from the Super Structure the region from 40-hour rains that damaged including, everything that sat on top of the piers, the steel deck, the asphalt, concrete, wood and steel in spans rails and the abutments. and highways in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. “Because it’s considered a state road the state made it a priority that it had to be fixed right away,” said State Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy (District 38 — Hopkinton) when announcing the reopening. “Everyone knows the extent of the flooding and the damage caused by those April rains,” said RIDOT Deputy Chief Engineer Frank Corrao. “We had to close this bridge due to damage to the concrete bridge deck.” Corrao explained that the Woodville Road Bridge is a steel structure, the base of which stayed in place. Damage was con- The bridge was closed for more than 15 months because of Noah-like siderable, primarily to the bridge deck, flooding in the region from 40-hour rains that damaged asphalt, conasphalt joints and the asphalt coat atop the crete, wood and steel in spans and highways in Connecticut, New York, structure. Corrao placed a $600,000 figure Rhode Island and Massachusetts. on the repair work, but Charles St. Martin, chief of information and public relations at RIDOT, put total deck and asphalt overlay. A new bridge rail was installed as well.” cost of the project at $791,000. Originally, the bridge was 110-ft. (33.5 m) long, including Cardi Corp. of Warwick was the main contractor. “They have a very good reputation in the state of Rhode four spans, with three piers in the water, abutting on either Island,” said Corrao. “They did the work, which involved the side — one in Hopkinton, the other in Richmond, R.I. replacing of all the steel beams, putting in a new concrete see WOODVIllE page 4