Tag Archives: 6/10 Connector

Good ideas for 6/10, I-195

Posted on March 7, 2017 by David Brussat

Perhaps this comes too late to affect either the Route 195 corridor project (now renamed the Innovation & Design District) or the plan to rebuild the Route 6/10 connector. The former has been advanced (if you can call it that) … Continue reading →

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Slowing Prov’s 6/10 Big Dig

Posted on July 11, 2016 by David Brussat

A state transportation agency used to routinely grabbing buckets of federal money was probably taken aback last week when the U.S. Department of Transportation rejected its bid for a $175 million FASTLANE grant to help it rebuild Providence’s 6/10 connector. … Continue reading →

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A boulevard, not a highway

Posted on December 3, 2015 by David Brussat

The next big Providence project for a city that has seen many might be to turn the old Route 6/10 connector into a boulevard. The Providence Journal reports that the state’s transportation authorities seem surprisingly receptive to the idea as … Continue reading →

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