Interstate 295 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)

For the State Highway in Massachusetts, see Massachusetts Route 295.

Interstate 295 marker

Interstate 295
Providence Beltway
Route information
Length: 26.58 mi (42.78 km)
Existed: 1969[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: I95 in Warwick, RI
  US 6 in Johnston, RI
US 44 in Smithfield, RI
Route 146 in Lincoln, RI
US 1 in North Attleborough, MA
North end: I95 in Attleboro, MA
Highway system
Rhode Island Routes
Route 246RIRoute 401
I291MARoute 295

Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295 also known as Providence Beltway) is an Interstate route 26.58 miles (42.78 km) in length within the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It serves as a western bypass around Providence, Rhode Island with the southern terminus located in Warwick, Rhode Island and the northern terminus in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Route description

Interstate 295 serves as a partial circumferential highway around Providence. The terminals of Interstate 295 are located in Warwick (interstate 95 exit 11 Northbound/12B Southbound), a partial access Y interchange (No direct ramps from interstate 295 south to interstate 95 north) and Attleboro (interstate 95 exit 4/ interstate 295 exit 2 Northbound) as a truncated/stubbed cloverleaf interchange.

History

In the mid-1950s, the state of Rhode Island introduced plans to build a beltway around Providence, then known as Relocated Route 5 for inclusion in the Interstate Highway System. A modified version of this plan was accepted, with another modification done in 1960 resulting in a planned alignment. Construction began in 1964 and the original route was completed by 1975. The original intention was to have interstate 295 act as a full ring road around the greater Providence area with the alignment roughly following Route 37) across Narragansett Bay and continuing in a Northern direction with a major interchanges located at Interstate 195 exit 2 in Swansea, Massachusetts before heading west towards Attleboro. Due to opposition from communities in the proposed alignment, cancellation occurred in 1982.

The original alignment of Interstate 84 called for an east-west right of way from the Rhode Island and Connecticut state line (Willimantic, Connecticut and Foster, Rhode Island) to Johnston, Rhode Island through the Scituate Reservoir. The connection with Interstate 295 was planned as a full interchange with flyover ramps. Due to fears of runoff affecting the Scituate Reservoir, this alignment of Interstate 84 was cancelled. This interchange (Exits 6A-C) currently acts as multiplex for US 6 with a partial interchange with Route 10 further down US 6.

Exit list

Both Rhode and Massachusetts interchanges will be changed to mileage-based numbers. Massachusetts is scheduled to start in 2016[2] with the proposed exit numbers being 2A/B and 4A/B. RIDOT is slated to renumber its portion of interstates 295's exits by 2018 in a plan announced in March 2016. [3] [4]

StateCountyLocation[5]mi[5]kmOld exitNew exitDestinationsNotes
Rhode IslandKentWarwick0.000.00-- I95 south New YorkSouthern terminus; Also includes a ramp from I-95 south to I-295 north, exit 12B; north exit 11 (RI)
0.701.131 Route 113 west West Warwick
1.101.772 Route 2 north OaklawnNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
1.502.412 Route 2 south WarwickSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
ProvidenceCranston3.705.953 Route 37 to Route 2 / Route 51 Cranston, T. F. Green Airport, CoventrySigned as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west)
Johnston6.5010.464 Route 14 (Plainfield Pike)
7.6012.235Rhode Island Resource Recovery Industrial ParkOpened in 2005
8.8014.166 US 6 (US 6A east) Providence, HartfordSigned as exits 6A (US 6 east), 6B (northbound U-turn to I-295 south), and 6C (US 6 west/US 6A east) northbound
Smithfield12.2019.637 US 44 North Providence, SmithfieldSigned as exits 7A (east) and 7B (west)
15.4024.788 Route 7 North Smithfield, North ProvidenceSigned as exits 8A (south) and 8B (north)
Lincoln18.7030.099 Route 146 Woonsocket, WorcesterSigned as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north)
Cumberland21.1033.9610 Route 122 Cumberland
22.8036.6911 Route 114 Cumberland
RIMA border23.5
0.000
37.8
0.000
Rhode IslandMassachusetts state line
MassachusettsBristolNorth Attleborough1.8522.9811A2A US 1 south Pawtucket, RI
1.8612.9951B2B US 1 north North Attleboro
Attleboro4.0256.4782A4A I95 south ProvidenceI-95 exit 4 (MA)
4.0646.5402B4B I95 north BostonNorthern terminus, I-95 exit 4 (MA)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

External links

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