Drivers rejoice! Automobile mechanics who specialize in suspension work lament! The Park Avenue railroad bridge, after months and months of waiting, has finally been resurfaced.
Gone are the days of clutching your coffee tight and hoping not to bottom out when you roll over the bridge.
Crews from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation completed the paving project last week.
Although the sidewalks still are in disrepair and the bridge itself still needs work, the road the bridge carries no longer resembles the cratered surface of the moon.
DOT officials said last April that the bridge was to be resurfaced in the spring, but that optimistic projection was based on pending agreements with Amtrak, which must sign off any any construction work near the railroad tracks.
DOT completed the resurfacing under the access agreement with Amtrak and work to protect the wooden substructure and open the sidewalk that has been closed for a few years should begin sometime in the coming months.
See also: Additional work on bridge to go out to bid by spring
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