BARRINGTON, R.I. (WLNE)– Significant progress on the bridges carrying the East Bay Bike Path over the Barrington and Palmer rivers is expected this year, according to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.

RIDOT says that crews should be ready to move the new bridge structures into place later this year.

The bridges are scheduled to be reopened to the public in the spring of 2026, concluding a long-running $24 million replacement project.

Detours at the prior bike path bridges have been in place since 2019, when RIDOT determined that they had badly deteriorated and were no longer safe for pedestrians to use.

Those bridges had been in use since the 1880s.

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