October 20, 2017
Due to construction on Exchange Street in Providence, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour Routes 1, 8X, 9X, 10X, 12X, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, 59X, 61X, 65X, 72, 78, 92, 95X and the R-Line. Inbound and outbound trips will be detoured Monday, October 23 through Saturday, […]
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October 20, 2017
Officials from the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), and the City of Newport joined U.S. Senator Jack Reed and Discover Newport for a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to officially celebrate the restoration and redesign of the exterior of the Newport Transportation and Visitors Center on America’s Cup Avenue. The $6.6 million project – funded […]
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Due to construction on Smith Street the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour Routes 56 (Chalkstone Avenue) and 57 (Smith Street). Inbound and outbound trips will be detoured off of Smith Street from 8pm to 6am on Monday, October 23 through Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Please note that routes will follow a different […]
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Due to the East Side Tunnel closure for the repaving of North Main Street, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour Routes 1 (Hope/Eddy), 33 (Riverside), 34 (East Providence) and 60 (Providence/Newport). Route 60 will be on detour from 8PM to 6AM on Sunday, October 15, 2017. Routes 1, 33, 34 and 60 […]
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The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour twenty-seven bus routes in the Providence area to accommodate the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Routes 1, 3, 6, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 66, 72, 78, 92, and the R-Line will […]
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Due to the construction on Smith Street from, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour Routes 56 (Chalkstone Avenue) and 57 (Smith Street). Inbound and outbound trips will be detoured off of Smith Street from 8pm to 6am on Tuesday, October 10 through Thursday, October 12, 2017. Please note that routes will follow […]
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The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detours Route 54 (Lincoln/Woonsocket) and Route 87 (Fairmount/Walnut Hill) to accommodate the Woonsocket AutumnFest Parade. Routes 54 and 87 will be detoured beginning at 8:30am until 1:00pm on Monday, October 9, 2017. Main Street will be closed between Court Street and Cumberland Hill during this time. Bus […]
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The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour Route 92 (RI College/Federal Hill/East Side) from Saturday, October 7 through Monday, October 9, 2017 in order to accommodate the Columbus Day Festival. The detour will be in effect from the first trip of the day on Saturday until the last trip of the night on […]
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September 28, 2017
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will detour Route 50, (Douglas Ave/Bryant University), Route 56 (Chalkstone Avenue) and Route 57 (Smith Street) in the downtown Providence area in order to accommodate the Gloria Gemma Flames of Hope Celebration. The detour will be in effect beginning at 8AM on Thursday, September 28, through 7:30AM on […]
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