RIPTA will detour all bus routes in the Providence area on Friday, September 5 through Saturday, September 6, 2025, to accommodate PVDFest. In the event of rain on Saturday, the detour will be in place on Sunday, September 7. Routes 1, 3, 4, 6, 9X, 10X, 12X, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24L, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59X, 60, 61X, 65X, 66, 72, 78, 92 and the R-Line will be detoured all day and night beginning with the first trip of the day on Friday through the last trip on Sunday. Washington Street will be closed during this time. Kennedy Plaza will be closed all day and night for this event.

All bus stops in Kennedy Plaza will be temporarily relocated to Dyer Street during this time. Visit RIPTA.com/PVDfest for details.

Hispanic Heritage Festival: Saturday, September 13

Route 17 will be on detour from 4pm to 9pm; Pocasset Ave. will be closed during this time.

Outbound trips will travel regular route to the intersection of Pocasset Ave. and Webster Ave., turn right onto Webster Ave., left onto Plainfield St., left onto Union Ave., right onto Pocasset Ave. and then resume regular route.

Reverse on Inbound.

North Providence Village Festival: Friday, September 12 – Sunday, September 14

Routes 27 and 57 will be on detour from Friday, September 12 at noon through Sunday, September 14 at 11pm.

Route 27 Inbound leaving Centerdale will turn left onto Mineral Spring Ave., right onto Brown Ave., left onto Angell Ave., right onto Ferncliff Ave., right onto Smith St. to the Centerdale rotary, continue onto Woonasquatucket Ave. and then resume regular route. Outbound is on regular route.

Route 57 Inbound leaving Centerdale will turn left onto Mineral Spring Ave., right onto Brown Ave., left onto Angell Ave., right onto Ferncliff Ave., left onto Smith St. and then resume regular route. Outbound is on regular route.

Route 66 will be on detour starting on Friday, May 2, 2025 until further notice. The I-95 North on-ramp from East Ave. will be closed to traffic. After stopping at CCRI Knight Campus, Inbound trips will continue on East Ave. to Main Ave., continue on Main Ave. to Post Rd., turn left onto Post Rd., continue to T.F. Green Airport and then resume the regular route. Outbound is on the regular route.

RIPTA will detour Route 92 every Saturday from 3 pm to 12 am to accommodate outdoor dining on Federal Hill. The detour will begin Saturday, June 14 and last through September 6, 2025. 

The following detour will be in effect every Saturday from 3:00 pm until 12:00 am beginning Saturday, June 14, 2025:

Route 92 (RI College/Federal Hill/East Side):

Eastbound trips (Inbound) will travel regular route to the intersection of Atwells and Harris Avenues, turn right onto Harris Avenue, left onto Broadway and then resume regular route.

Westbound trips (Outbound) will travel regular route to Service Road 7, turn left onto Service Road 7, right onto Broadway, right onto Harris Avenue, left onto Atwells Avenue and then resume regular route.

Wickenden Area Merchants Association Festival: Saturday, September 27

Route 92 will be on detour from 8am-7pm.

Eastbound trips will depart Bus Stop J via Washington St., turn right onto Memorial Blvd., continue onto Dyer St. through to Eddy St., turn left onto Point St., right onto South Water St., left onto India St., right onto Gano St., left onto Wickenden St., right onto Ives St., left onto Trenton St., left onto Governor St., left onto Wickenden St. left onto Ives St. and then resume regular route.

Westbound trips departing Riverview Place will travel regular route to Ives and Wickenden Streets, turn left onto Wickenden St., right onto Gano St., right onto the I-195 West on-ramp, right at the South Main Street exit, left onto Point Street and then resume regular route.