{"id":106954,"date":"2026-02-17T19:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=106954"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:12:18","slug":"pedestrian-and-bike-path-detours-around-meade-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/pedestrian-and-bike-path-detours-around-meade-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian and bike path detours around Meade Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As work gets underway on a transformative renovation of Meade Stadium\u2014designed to elevate the game-day experience for fans, visitors, and teams\u2014there will be a temporary closure of the sidewalk along the south side of West Alumni Avenue, as well as a portion of the nearby bike path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clear signage will be in place to guide pedestrians and cyclists along convenient detour routes. Additional information regarding these upcoming closures and detours can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>West Alumni Avenue \u2013 South Sidewalk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Closure date: February 17, 2026 \u2013 June 2027.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Location: between Almond Plaza and Complex Road.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Detour: Pedestrian traffic will be routed along the north sidewalk at either end of the closure.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Note: Bike Path will remain open February 17 \u2013 February 23, 2026.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Bike Path \u2013 Meade Stadium<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Closure Date: February 23, 2026 \u2013 June 2027.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Location: within Meade Stadium fencing.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Detour: Pedestrian\/Bike traffic will be routed east-bound along West Alumni Ave, Butterfield Road, and the Elephant walk to bypass the closed off section.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We appreciate your patience during this renovation project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As work gets underway on a transformative renovation of Meade Stadium\u2014designed to elevate the game-day experience for fans, visitors, and teams\u2014there will be a temporary closure of the sidewalk along the south side of West Alumni Avenue, as well as a portion of the nearby bike path. Clear signage will be in place to guide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-106954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106955,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106954\/revisions\/106955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}