U.S. Route 1A (Rhode Island)
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U.S. Route 1A is a numbered U.S. Highway running 14.8 miles in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It serves as a bypass of the downtown areas of Providence and Pawtucket, which US 1 goes through.
[edit] Route
- Note: This section uses [] () to indicate a one-way pair. Streets appearing in [] are the northbound or eastbound side. Streets appearing in () are the southbound or westbound side. The reading order inside the brackets and parentheses is the same as outside.
US 1A takes the following route through the State:
- Warwick: 1.7 miles; U.S. Route 1 to Cranston City line
- Post Road and Warwick Avenue
- Cranston: 1.7 miles; Warwick City line to Providence City line
- Warwick Avenue, Norwood Avenue and Narragansett Boulevard
- Providence: 3.4 miles; Cranston City line to East Providence City line
- Narragansett Boulevard, Allens Avenue, Eddy Street, Point Street, [East Providence Expressway] (Water Street, James Street, South Main Street) and East Providence Expressway
- East Providence: 5.7 miles; Providence City line to Pawtucket City line
- East Providence Expressway, [East Providence Expressway, Warren Avenue and Pawtucket Avenue] (East Providence Expressway Onramp From Pawtucket Avenue), Pawtucket Avenue and Newport Avenue
- Pawtucket: 2.3 miles; East Providence City line to Massachusetts State line at Route 1A
- Newport Avenue
[edit] History
US 1A was never U.S. Route 1 at any point in time.
In Warwick, US 1A used to stay on Post Road east of Route 117 instead of turning North to multiplex with it. It stayed with Post Road to Pawtuxet Village, then used Broad Street into Cranston to rejoin the current US 1A alignment at Norwood Avenue.
[edit] Notes
US 1A is a lengthier route than the section of U.S. Route 1 that it bypasses.
