Route 33 bridge in Coventry over Pawtuxet River closed nights, May 2-4 for paving

COVENTRY — Sandy Bottom Bridge on Route 33 in Coventry will be closed for three nights in a row, May 2 to May 4, as work crews mill, and then pave the bridge and the road leading up to it.

The closures start on Tuesday, May 2, and go through Thursday, May 4.

The closures will start at 9:30 p.m. each night and go through to 5 a.m. the following morning. A detour will direct northbound traffic onto Wood Street, then to South Main Street, then to Route 117. Southbound traffic will be directed to Route 117, to South Main Street to Wood Street, according to a news release from the Department of Transportation.

On the morning of Friday, May 5, the barriers will be removed and the bridge will be reopened to its full width, along with large sidewalks on either side.

The bridge carries an estimated 16,000 vehicles per day over the Pawtuxet River.

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Reach reporter Wheeler Cowperthwaite at wcowperthwaite@providencejournal.com or follow him on Twitter @WheelerReporter.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Paving closes Sandy Bottom bridge in Coventry, nights, May 2-4, 2023