You’re not dreaming. The Washington Bridge rebuild has finally started.

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 10, 2026

Words: 823

Last Updated: 1 day, 9 hours ago

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More than two dozen construction workers joined state and local officials gathered near the bank of the Seekonk River in Providence Wednesday morning to watch a crane on a barge hoist a massive steel pipe into the air before lowering it into the water.

That pipe is the first of 32 drilled shafts that will form the foundation of a new westbound Washington Bridge, which saw its physical reconstruction finally start after the old highway …

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