Washington Bridge (Providence, Rhode Island)

**Gadar Washington** jerin gadoji ne guda uku da ke ɗauke da hanyar Interstate 195, hanyar Amurka ta 6, hanyar Amurka ta 44, da hanyar Amurka ta 1A a kan Kogin Seekonk da ke haɗa Indiya Point a Providence zuwa Watchemoket Square a Gabashin Providence, Rhode Island . Bangaren tarihi na gadar da aka gina tun daga 1930 yana aiki a matsayin hanyar wucewa ta masu tafiya a ƙasa, da kuma hanyar haɗin kekuna zuwa Hanyar Keke ta East Bay . Tsawon tafiyar masu tafiya a ƙasa kuma wani ɓangare ne na Hanyar Tarihi ta Ƙasa ta Washington-Rochambeau. A ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2023, an rufe gadar zuwa yamma ba zato ba tsammani saboda matsalolin tsaro masu mahimmanci. Za ta buƙaci cikakken maye gurbinta kafin a sake buɗe ta, wanda ake sa ran zai faru a watan Nuwamba, 2028. A halin yanzu, zirga-zirgar ababen hawa zuwa yamma ta raba tsawon zuwa gabas.

## Tarihi
Kafin gina gadoji, jiragen ruwa na ruwa sun kasance hanya ɗaya tilo ta ketare kogin. Ruwan teku ya tura jiragen ruwa tare da igiyoyin jagora da aka makale a ɓangarorin biyu. Duk da haka, jiragen ruwan ba su iya aiki a lokacin mummunan yanayi ba, kuma matafiya na iya makale a kowane gefe. Sauya jiragen ruwa da gadoji zai zama babban ci gaba a fannin sufuri. 

### Tsawon shekarun da suka gabata

### Tsawon lokacin da ake ciki a yanzu

Asalin gadar (kudanci) ta yanzu, wacce aka ba da kuɗi ta hanyar odar Frederick S. Peck, Kwamishinan Kuɗi na Rhode Island, ya buɗe a ranar 25 ga Satumba, 1930, a matsayin gada mai hawa biyu . Injiniya Clarence W. Hudson da mai zane Carl L. Otto, dukkansu 'yan birnin New York ne suka tsara ta,  an keɓe ta ne ga George Washington, don girmama tsallakawarsa da Janar Rochambeau. Ta haɗa tsohon Fox Point Boulevard a gefen Providence da mahadar Warren da Taunton Avenues - Watchemoket Square - waɗanda duka har yanzu suna ƙarewa a ƙarshen Gabashin Providence na gadar. Gadar mai layi huɗu, wacce ke ɗauke da layuka biyu a kowane gefe, an yi mata alama da huɗu kimanin 15&nbsp;ƙafa mai tsayi da 8&nbsp;faɗin ƙafa a tushe ta 3&nbsp;Zurfin ƙafa (mita 4.6x2.4x0.9) na duwatsu, duk suna da tagulla iri ɗaya da aka keɓe wa Washington a kansu. Tsarin gadar kanta, tare da fuskar dutse da kuma baka a ƙarƙashin hanya, yayi kama da gadar tunawa da Arlington da ke Washington, DC, a takaice.
 
A ranar 16 ga Agusta, 2024, Rhode Island ta kai ƙarar kamfanoni goma sha uku bisa sakaci, karya kwangila da kuma karya dokokin amana (daga cikin wasu ikirari) saboda zargin rashin tsari, dubawa da ayyukan gyara da suka shafi Gadar Washington.  

Ya zuwa ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 2024, an ruwaito cewa "[jami'ai] sun riga sun amince cewa farashin da aka saka wa ginin gadar dala miliyan 368 ya tsufa kuma yana iya yin ƙasa da haka yanzu. A ƙarƙashin jadawalin jihar da aka yi wa kwaskwarima kwanan nan, ana sa ran kammala rushe gadar, gami da katako da mashina a ƙarƙashin titin, kafin Disamba 2025." 

An samu tsaiko ne sakamakon wani babban lamari da ya faru yayin aikin rushewa a ranar 31 ga Janairu, 2025, lokacin da dan kwangilar da ke rusa gadar ya rasa ikon kula da manyan sassan gadar, wanda ya haifar da nutsewar daya daga cikin kwale-kwalen da kuma wani da ya yi fice sosai. 

Ya zuwa watan Yunin 2025, ana sa ran rushewa da sake ginawa za su ci dala miliyan 570.  Kwantiragin ginin zai kai ga ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2028, tare da ƙarfafa gwiwa don buɗewa da wuri da kuma tarar da za a yi wa jinkiri a kowace rana.  Gadar za ta sami ƙarin layi, hasken fasaha, sabon matattakalar hanya daga Gano Street a Providence, da kuma sabon matattakalar hanya daga Waterfront Drive a East Providence.  Domin sauƙaƙe gyaran nan gaba, gadar za ta yi gajeriyar ƙafa 450 kuma ta sami muhimman abubuwan da za a iya samu. 

## Manazarta