In an attempt to recoup any money Rhode Island will owe to others for rerouting traffic on half of a high-volume interstate bridge in Providence after structural flaws had been detected, the state Dept. of Transportation filed a lawsuit Aug. 16 against 13 engineers and contractors that had inspected or performed work on the Washington Bridge in the last decade.
The DOT suit claims defendants all knew or should have known of engineering and past inspection history of the 56-year-old bridge on I-195 and taken that into account "as part of their collective obligations to the State."
