U.S. Route 1 in Rhode Island

U.S. Route 1
US1 shown with Interstates within Rhode Island
Route information
Maintained by RIDOT
Length:	57 mi[1] (92 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 1 in Stonington, CT
	Route 138 in South Kingstown Route 4 in North Kingstown Route 403 in East Greenwich Route 37 in Warwick Route 10 in Cranston I‑95 in Providence US 6 / US 44 in Providence
North end:	US 1 in Attleboro, MA
Location
Counties:	Washington, Kent, Providence
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Rhode Island Routes ← Route 403 US 1A →

US 1/RI 138 concurrency

U.S. 1 as a divided highway in North Kingstown

U.S. Route 1 in Rhode Island is a major north–south state highway through the U.S. state, specifically within the Providence metropolitan area. Staying close to the Atlantic Ocean and Narragansett Bay, it is a longer route than Interstate 95, and many portions are a four-lane divided highway.

Route description

US 1 has a business/bypass split in Warwick where US 1 Business runs along Post Road and US 1 Bypass runs along Post Road Bypass. The business route is officially recognized by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation as US 1.

US 1 enters Rhode Island via a small bridge from Pawcatuck, CT to Downtown Westerly. Route 1 winds through Downtown Westerly, passing two shopping plazas (the Granite Street Shopping Center and the Franklin Shopping Plaza) prior to a junction with RI 78, the two-lane highway designed to bypass Downtown. A right onto Airport Road at this intersection provides access to Westerly State Airport, Watch Hill and Misquamicut. Route 1 continues to Dunn's Corners, with Langworthy Road providing more beach access. The road then becomes a divided highway shortly after, with RI 1A merging into the highway from the Misquamicut area. Route 1 then crosses into Charlestown, RI near Shelter Harbor. After stoplight intersections with Ross Hill Road (RI 216), West Beach Road-providing access to Quonochontaug, East Beach Road-providing access to Blue Shutters Town Beach and East Beach, and Wildflower Road, there are no more stoplights until the end of the freeway after the Wakefield, RI exits. Access to exits on the opposite side of the road are provided through u-turn ramps. The southbound side has junction with Prosser Trail, a road leading to Burlingame State Park. Burlingame access is also located prior to the East Beach Road exit. An exit for Route 1A on the northbound side leads to Ningret Park and the police station. Route 1 bends to the right. On the southbound side is Kings Factory Road. Another junction with Route 1A occurs on Route 1 North. 1A merges onto 1 from the south, briefly, before exiting and continuing north to Cross Mills. Route 1 north then features a ramp providing access to Cross Mills and Route 1A-leading to Charlestown Breachway and Charlestown Town Beach-for those just merging in on a u-turn from Route 1 south via a junction with RI 2 / RI 112 (South County Trail). Another set of u-turn ramps is located for access to Routes 2 and 112. After northbound junctions with more beach access roads (Falcone Lane, Narrow Lane, which is split in half by the highway, the other half continuing on the southbound side that leads to South County Trail), US 1 continues into South Kingstown, where Green Hill Beach Road (Route 1A) meets US 1 on the northbound side, and Post Road (also Route 1A) meets Route 1 south. After a junction with Moonstone Beach Road (northbound side leads to the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, southbound side leads to Perryville), RI 110 meets Route 1 south. Prior to this on the southbound side, Route 1A meets Route 1. Back to the northbound side, where Matunuck Beach Road is found, leading to the beachdise community of Matunuck, RI. Following this is Succotash Road, which leads to Jerusalem, RI, Snug Harbor, and East Matunuck State Beach. Then comes Post Road, leading to the signed destination-Jerry Brown Farm Road. Another Post Road/Route 1A junction comes on US 1 north, before it meets the highway again after a brief exitless stint. Route 1 south's junction with Post Road/Route 1A north leads to Wakefield and Peace-Dale. The road becomes a freeway and has two exits for the Salt Pond/South County Hospital area. A third exit leads to RI 108 and Narragansett's town beach, Galilee, and Point Judith. A Wakefield exit marks the end of the freeway. Access to South County Commons comes soon. RI 138 meets from the west, and stays on in the concurrency until the exits for access to the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge and Jamestown, and the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge and Newport. Route 1 then meets RI 4, a thruway leading to I-95.

US 1 takes the following route through the state (south to north):

• Westerly: 6.4 miles (10.3 km); Connecticut State line to Charlestown town line
  • Broad Street, [Main Street, Union Street] (Broad Street), Broad Street, Granite Street, Franklin Street, Post Road and Shore Road
• Charlestown: 7.1 miles (11.4 km); Westerly city line to South Kingstown town line
  • Post Road
• South Kingstown: 7.7 miles (12.4 km); Charlestown town line to Narragansett town line
  • Commander Perry Memorial Highway
• Narragansett: 0.8 miles (1.3 km); South Kingstown town line to South Kingstown town line
  • Commander Perry Memorial Highway
• South Kingstown: 4.6 miles (7.4 km); Narragansett town line to North Kingstown town line
  • Commander Perry Memorial Highway and Tower Hill Road
• North Kingstown: 9.8 miles (15.8 km); South Kingstown line to East Greenwich town line
  • Tower Hill Road and Post Road
• East Greenwich: 2.4 miles (3.9 km); North Kingstown town line to Warwick city line
  • Post Road and Main Street
• Warwick: 7.5 miles (12.1 km); East Greenwich town line to Cranston city line
  • Post Road, [Post Road, West Shore Road] (Greenwich Avenue, Veterans Memorial Drive), Post Road and Elmwood Avenue
• Cranston: 1.1 miles (1.8 km); Warwick city line to Providence city line
  • Elmwood Avenue
• Providence: 6.3 miles (10.1 km); Cranston city line to Pawtucket city line
  • Elmwood Avenue, Broad Street, Empire Street, Fountain Street (and Sabin Street), Francis Street, Gaspee Street, Smith Street and North Main Street
• Pawtucket: 3.1 miles (5.0 km); Providence city line to Massachusetts State line
  • Pawtucket Avenue, George Street, [East Avenue] (Park Place West, Dexter Street, Goff Avenue, Summer Street, High Street), Main Street, [Main Street, Walcott Street, north–south Expressway] (Walcott Street, Broadway) and Broadway

History

Except north of downtown Providence, where US 1 was built as the Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike (now Main Street), the highway was never a turnpike road. Portions are the old Boston Post Road, while other parts were built as bypasses, leaving the old road as Route 1A. The turnpike south of Providence — the Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike and Hopkinton and Richmond Turnpike - followed the diagonal route that I-95 now takes.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Washington	Westerly	0.0	0.0	US 1 south – Stonington, Mystic , New London , New Haven	Continuation into Connecticut
		0.1	0.2	Route 1A north (Elm Street)	Southern terminus of Route 1A
		0.3	0.5	Route 3 north (Grove Avenue)	Southern terminus of Route 3
		2.2	3.5	Route 78 north to I‑95 / Airport Road south	Southern terminus of Route 78, south end of divided highway
		5.7	9.2	Route 1A south (Shore Road)	Southern terminus of (unsigned) concurrency with Route 1A
	Charlestown	7.1	11.4	Route 216 north (Ross Hill Road)	Southern terminus of Route 216
		9.8	15.8	Route 1A north (Old Post Road)	Northern terminus of (unsigned) concurrency with Route 1A
		11.2	18.0	Route 1A south (Old Post Road)	Southern terminus of (unsigned) concurrency with Route 1A
		11.4	18.3	Route 1A north (Old Post Road)	Northern terminus of (unsigned) concurrency with Route 1A
		11.9	19.2	Route 2 north (South County Trail) / Route 112	Southern terminus of Route 2 and Route 112
	South Kingstown	14.3	23.0	Route 1A south (Post Road)	Southern terminus of (unsigned) concurrency with Route 1A
		14.8	23.8	Route 1A north (Post Road)	Northern terminus of (unsigned) concurrency with Route 1A
		16.4	26.4	Route 110 north (Ministerial Road)	Southern terminus of Route 110
		16.6	26.7	Route 1A south (Post Road)	Southern terminus of (unsigned) US 1/Route 1A concurrency
		18.5	29.8	Route 1A north (Post Road)	Northern terminus of (unsigned) concurrency with Route 1A South end of freeway
		20.6	33.2	Pond Street	Interchange
		21.0	33.8	Salt Pond Road / Kenyon Avenue – South County Hospital	Interchange
	Narragansett	21.4	34.4	Woodruff Avenue / South Pier Road – Point Judith, Scarborough Beach	Interchange
		21.9	35.2	Route 108 (Point Judith Road) / Route 1A (Kingstown Road)	Interchange; no northbound exit
	South Kingstown	22.4	36.0	Old Tower Hill Road – Wakefield	Interchange, North end of freeway
		26.3	42.3	Route 138 west (Mooresfield Road)	Western terminus of concurrency with Route 138
	North Kingstown	28.6	46.0	Route 138 east – Jamestown, Newport	Interchange, eastern terminus of concurrency with Route 138
		29.5	47.5	Route 4 north – Warwick, Providence	Interchange, southern terminus of Route 4, north end of divided highway
		31.5	50.7	Route 102 (Ten Rod Road / Phillips Street) to Route 4
		32.0	51.5	Route 1A south (West Main Road)	Northern terminus of Route 1A
		34.4	55.4	Route 403 to Route 4 – Quonset, Providence	Interchange, westbound entrance via Gate Road
		36.3	58.4	Route 402 west (Frenchtown Road)	Eastern terminus of Route 402
Hunt River				Bridge
Kent	East Greenwich	38.1	61.3	Route 401 (First Avenue) to Route 4	Eastern terminus of Route 401
	Warwick	41.4	66.6	Route 117 (Centerville Road / West Shore Road) to I‑95
		41.5	66.8	Route 5 north (Greenwich Avenue)	Southern terminus of Route 5
		42.8	68.9	Route 113 (Main Avenue) to I‑95
		43.6	70.2	T. F. Green Airport Connector Road to I-95 – T.F. Green Airport	Interchange
		44.8	72.1	Route 37 west to I‑95 / I‑295 – Providence, New London	Interchange, eastern terminus of Route 37, exit 5 on Route 37
		45.7	73.5	US 1A north (Post Road)	Southern terminus of US 1A
Providence	Cranston	47.6	76.6	Route 12 (Park Avenue)
	Providence	48.0	77.2	Route 10 north to I‑95 – Cranston	Interchange, no access to Route 10 south
		48.5	78.1	I‑95 south	Entrance from I-95 south only
		49.2	79.2	Route 2 south (Reservoir Avenue)	Northern terminus of Route 2
		50.4	81.1	Route 117 south (Broad Street)	Northern terminus of Route 117
		51.1	82.2	I‑95 / US 6 to I‑295 east	Exit 20 on I-95 / US 6
		51.6	83.0	US 44 west (Smith Street)	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 44
				Francis Street Bridge over the Woonasquatucket River
		52.0	83.7	US 44 east (Canal Street / North Main Street)	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 44
		52.2	84.0	Route 246 north (Mill Street) to Route 7 / Route 146	Southern terminus of Route 246
		53.7	86.4	Route 126 north (Smithfield Avenue) to I‑95
	Pawtucket	54.1	87.1	Route 122 north (Main Street)	Southern terminus of Route 126
		55.3	89.0	I‑95 south – Warwick	Southern terminus of concurrency with I-95
		55.5	89.3	Route 114 (School Street)	Exit 28
				Pawtucket River Bridge over the Pawtucket River
		56.1	90.3	I‑95 north – Boston	Northern terminus of concurrency with I-95
		57.2	92.1	US 1 north – Attleboro, Boston	Continuation into Massachusetts
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, United States Numbered Highways, 1989 Edition