In theeir latest "Community Update," the RI Dept. of Transportation (RIDOT) announced the next phase of work on Portsmouth's Escape Bridge (installing the north approach slab and pouring the sidewalk) and said that completion is "expected" within this month. That's, uh, three weeks from now.

Nothing inspires confidence like a jaunty italic font.

Full disclosure: I live in the evacuation zone in Island Park, and until they open this thing, my neighbors and I have no escape route in a flood situation.