THROWBACK THURSDAY RIDOT: Shot of the Providence Viaduct (I-95) On Opening Day
This is when the Providence Viaduct first opened to traffic in 1964. Those are OV-25 flatbottoms! Or maybe transition fixtures with the single door and forward PC socket. This is what it looks like today. However, they're in the process of entirely redoing the 50-year-old interchange, as it is aging and was not designed for the traffic load it carries today.
It must have been brand new in the picture! A little fun fact: the I-95 portion here is actually two separate bridges built side-by-side, not one bridge for both directions of traffic. Today, each side of the bridge carries four lanes of traffic with no breakdown lane.
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![THROWBACK THURSDAY RIDOT: Shot of the Providence Viaduct (I-95) On Opening Day
This is when the Providence Viaduct first opened to traffic in 1964. Those are OV-25 flatbottoms! Or maybe transition fixtures with the single door and forward PC socket. [url=https://www.google.com/maps/@41.823099,-71.4197596,3a,15y,12.99h,88.16t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sen6wlBDGc4g9aC-xEFXN1A!2e0?hl=en] This is what it looks like today. [/url] However, they're in the process of entirely redoing the 50-year-old interchange, as it is aging and was not designed for the traffic load it carries today.
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THROWBACK THURSDAY RIDOT: Shot of the Providence Viaduct (I-95) On Opening Day
This is when the Providence Viaduct first opened to traffic in 1964. Those are OV-25 flatbottoms! Or maybe transition fixtures with the single door and forward PC socket. [url=https://www.google.com/maps/@41.823099,-71.4197596,3a,15y,12.99h,88.16t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sen6wlBDGc4g9aC-xEFXN1A!2e0?hl=en] This is what it looks like today. [/url] However, they're in the process of entirely redoing the 50-year-old interchange, as it is aging and was not designed for the traffic load it carries today.
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