Rhode Island Route 5
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| Route 5 |
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| Length: | 26.0 mi (41.8 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | by 1934 | ||||||||||||
| South end: |  US 1 in Warwick |
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| Major junctions: |
 Route 2 in Cranston US 6 in Johnston  Route 102/Route 146A in North Smithfield |
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| North end: | Central Street in Millville, MA | ||||||||||||
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Route 5 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
[edit] Route
Route 5 takes the following route through the State:
- Warwick: 2.9 miles; U.S. Route 1 to Cranston city line
- Greenwich Avenue and Lambert Lind Highway
- Cranston: 4.9 miles; Warwick city line to Johnston city line
- Oaklawn Avenue and Atwood Avenue
- Johnston: 6.0 miles; Cranston city line to Smithfield town line
- Atwood Avenue, Greenville Avenue and Sanderson Road
- Smithfield: 5.7 miles; Johnston city line to North Smithfield town line
- Sanderson Road, Cedar Swamp Road, Pleasant View Avenue and Farnum Pike
- North Smithfield: 6.5 miles; Smithfield town line to Massachusetts State line at Central Street
- Farnum Pike, Douglas Pike, Greenville Road, Providence Pike, Railroad Street, Main Street, North Main Street and Central Avenue
[edit] Notes
A trip along Route 5 gives the traveler a view of a high-traffic commercial corridor through Warwick, Cranston and Johnston while also providing a view of beautiful rural communities in northern Rhode Island.
Route 5 becomes an unnumbered road in Massachusetts. However, the northernmost Route 5 shields are at Route 102, at the south end of the Route 146A concurrency, so to the public it appears to end at other numbered State Highways.
Route 5 crosses Route 2 at the Meshanticut Interchange.
Route 5 was once numbered Route 1C along the 3.0 miles (4.8 km) between its south end at U.S. Route 1 (New England Interstate Route 1 before 1926) and Route 2 (originally Route 1A). It was renumbered Route 5 and extended north by 1934.
