The westbound Washington Bridge that carries I-195 is expected to be rebuilt by November 2028, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said Friday, setting a target for a return to normalcy for Rhode Island drivers.

The state picked the Chicago-based Walsh Construction Company to construct a new westbound span and expects the project to cost up to $427 million, McKee said.

The announcement comes a year and a half after the sudden shutdown of the bridge that carried roughly 90,000 cars a day across the Seekonk River from East Providence to Providence.

After initially planning to repair the faulty bridge , the Rhode Island Department of Transportation contracted the Aetna Bridge Company to demolish it for $97 million. In the interim, RIDOT reconfigured the eastbound span to carry traffic in both di

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