Multiple companies have shown an interest in rebuilding the defunct westbound Washington Bridge, after a first round of bidding ended in July with no interest from contractors.

Halmar International LLC and Walsh Construction Company II, LLC submitted documents along with joint submissions from American Bridge and MLJ and Skanska and Aetna.

“I think it’s wonderful for the state of Rhode Island that these large multinational companies have the confidence in Rhode Island to come here and want to compete for our work,” RIDOT Director Peter Alviti said at an unrelated event in Richmond on Tuesday.

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