PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee and the state's two U.S. senators, Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, will be in Coventry Monday to rededicate the Laurel Avenue Bridge over the Pawtuxet River, which was wrecked in the massive flooding of 2010.
The state Department of Transportation, which reopened the bridge Nov. 8 following its reconstruction, said the opening happened three weeks ahead of schedule.
The bridge is to be rededicated as the Major General Nathanael Greene Memorial Bridge. The ceremony is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
From The Journal's video archives:
Providence Journal video by Frieda Squires, Bob Breidenbach, Kris Craig and Andrew Dickerman
An exciting day on Coventry's Laurel Avenue Bridge
This video was published April 1, 2010: Officials from FEMA, Rhode Island Urban Search and Rescue, the Army Corp of Engineers and Coventry Fire and Police departments monitor and inspect the Laurel Avenue Bridge on the Pawtuxet River. Water levels had gone down two feet and officials determined that those evacuated would be allowed back home. The bridge has been determined unsafe and will have to come down.