Poppasquash Road re-opens to traffic
As of Monday afternoon, the washed out section of Poppasquash Road was repaired, the asphalt road surface was re-applied and smoothed out and the double yellow lines were repainted. And, for the first time since surges from tropical storm Sandy undermined the culvert that flows beneath the road, motorists are able to travel the picturesque [...]
Read More →Weather delays Poppasquash Road work
It will be at least another few days before transportation officials re-open Poppasquash Road to traffic. Initially, state officials said the road — it was damaged during Hurricane Sandy in late October — would be open in mid-February. Then they pushed the date to early March. And now, after a series of weather-related delays, folks [...]
Read More →In Bristol, more of Poppasquash will be closed to traffic
Officials will close an extended length of Poppasquash Road as construction crews continue to repair sections of the road after it was damaged by Hurricane Sandy in late October. On Tuesday, Dec. 18, officials closed Poppasquash Road all the way to Coggeshall Farm Road and created a detour that carries from Hope Street down Asylum [...]
Read More →Poppasquash Road won’t reopen until Feb. 14 at the earliest
Poppasquash Road will remain closed until mid-February or possibly later, said an official from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. On Tuesday, Bob Smith, the deputy chief engineer for the DOT, said crews will be busy until at least Feb. 14, 2013 rebuilding much of Poppasquash Road in Bristol. The section of roadway — from [...]
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