Interstate 295 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts)

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Interstate 295
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 26.58 mi (43 km)
South end: I-95/Route 113 in Warwick, RI
Major
junctions:
US 6 in Johnston
Route 146 in Lincoln
North end: I-95 in Attleboro, MA

Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) is an Interstate route 26.58 miles (43 km) in length within the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It serves as a western beltway around Providence, Rhode Island. The southern terminus is a junction with I-95 in Warwick, Rhode Island. The northern terminus is a junction with I-95 in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Interstate 295 was also planned to be supplemented with an eastern beltway around Providence. For more information, see Interstate 895 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts).

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Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs

The Blackstone River Visitor Center and Service Plaza is located between exits 9 and 10 at MP 20 on I-295 northbound. An abandoned rest area is located on the southbound side, opposite the new Rest Area/Visitor Center at Mile Marker 20. The state plans to renovate and re-open it in the near future to have facilities similar to that on the NB side.

Weigh stations are located both northbound and southbound at Mile Marker 19 between exits 9 and 10.


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County Town Mile # Destination(s) Notes
Kent Warwick 0 I-95 south - New York Southbound exit and northbound entrance; also includes a ramp from I-95 south to I-295 north
1 1 Route 113 west – West Warwick No northbound entrance
1 2 Route 2 north – Oaklawn Northbound exit and southbound entrance
1 2 Route 2 south – Warwick Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Providence Cranston 3 3 Route 37 to Route 2 / Route 51 (Phenix Avenue) – Cranston, T. F. Green Airport, Coventry Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west)
Johnston 7 4 Route 14 (Plainfield Pike)
8 5 Rhode Island Resource Recovery Industrial Park Opened in 2005
10 6 US 6 (US 6A east) – Providence, Hartford Signed as exits 6A (US 6 east), 6B (U-turn to I-295 south - Warwick), and 6C (US 6 west/US 6A east) northbound, and exits 6A (US 6 east) and 6B (US 6 west/US 6A east) southbound
Smithfield 13 7 US 44 – Centerdale, Greenville Signed as exits 7A (east) and 7B (west)
16 8 Route 7North Smithfield, North Providence Signed as exits 8A (south) and 8B (north)
Lincoln 19 9 Route 146Woonsocket, Lincoln Signed as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north)
Cumberland 21 10 Route 122Cumberland
23 11 Route 114Cumberland
State line
Bristol North Attleborough 2 1 US 1 - Pawtucket, North Attleboro Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north)
Attleboro 4 2 I-95 - Providence, Boston Northbound exit and southbound entrance; signed as exits 2A (south) and 2B (north)

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Browse numbered routes
< I-291 MA Route 295 >
< Route 246 RI Route 401 >