PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — R.I. Department of Transportation leaders don’t expect to know for at least another month whether the Washington Bridge needs to be fixed or torn down, according to lawmakers briefed on the situation Friday.

The new timeline emerged during a virtual meeting R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti held with East Bay legislators, after state leaders had spent the past week declining to offer an updated timeline for the bridge repairs.

State Rep. Jason Knight, D-Barrington, said Alviti told the group he doesn’t expect engineers inspecting the bridge to report their findings until late February or early March.

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