{"id":109457,"date":"2026-06-11T19:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=109457"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:50:56","slug":"butterfield-road-closure-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/butterfield-road-closure-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfield Road closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>June 11, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Butterfield Road will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic from Monday, June 15, through Thursday, July 31. The closure will span from the north side of Lot 17 to the intersection of West Alumni Avenue. For the first few weeks of the closure, the roadway will remain closed overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note there will be no through-pedestrian access through this corridor throughout the duration of the closure. Pedestrian access to Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center will remain open. Appropriate fencing and signage will be in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" \"><strong>Detour Routes:<\/strong><br>Southbound: North on Butterfield Road \u2192 East on Flagg Road \u2192 South on Upper College Road<br>Northbound: Through the Roger Williams Complex on Complex Road<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cautionary signage, along with a police detail directing local traffic, will be in place. Please allow extra time to reach your destination and use caution when traveling in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/Butterfield-Closure-Alternate-detour.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109459\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0782843727188431;width:938px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/Butterfield-Closure-Alternate-detour.png 854w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/Butterfield-Closure-Alternate-detour-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/Butterfield-Closure-Alternate-detour-768x712.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/Butterfield-Closure-Alternate-detour-364x338.png 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/Butterfield-Closure-Alternate-detour-500x464.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 11, 2026 Butterfield Road will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic from Monday, June 15, through Thursday, July 31. The closure will span from the north side of Lot 17 to the intersection of West Alumni Avenue. For the first few weeks of the closure, the roadway will remain closed overnight. Please note [&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-109457","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\/109457","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=109457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109462,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109457\/revisions\/109462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}