U.S. Route 1 in Rhode Island

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 1 in Rhode Island. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 1.

U.S. Route 1 marker U.S. Route 1
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Route information
Maintained by RIDOT
Length	57 mi (92 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	File:US 1.svg US 1 in Stonington, CT
Major intersections	File:Rhode Island 138.svg Route 138 in South Kingstown File:Rhode Island 4.svg Route 4 in North Kingstown File:Rhode Island 403.svg Route 403 in East Greenwich File:Rhode Island 37.svg Route 37 in Warwick File:Rhode Island 10.svg Route 10 in Cranston File:I-95.svg I-95 in Providence File:US 6.svgFile:US 44.svg US 6 / US 44 in Providence
North end	File:US 1.svg US 1 in Attleboro, MA
Location
Country	United States
State	Rhode Island
Counties	Washington, Kent, Providence
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Rhode Island Routes
← Route 403 → US 1A

File:US 1 RI 138 concurrency.JPG

US 1/Route 138 concurrency

File:US 1 North Kingstown RI.jpg

US 1 as a divided highway in North Kingstown

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

Route description

US 1 enters Rhode Island via a small bridge from Pawcatuck, Connecticut, to downtown Westerly. US 1 winds through downtown Westerly, passing two shopping plazas (the Granite Street Shopping Center and the Franklin Shopping Plaza) prior to a junction with Route 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. US 1 continues to Dunn's Corners, with Langworthy Road providing more beach access. The road then becomes a divided highway shortly after, with Route 1A merging into the highway from the Misquamicut area. US 1 then crosses into Charlestown near Shelter Harbor. After stoplight intersections with Ross Hill Road (Route 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-Peacedale 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. US 1 bends to the right. On the southbound side is Kings Factory Road. Another junction with Route 1A occurs on US 1 north. Route 1A merges onto US 1 from the south, briefly, before exiting and continuing north to Cross Mills. US 1 north then features a ramp, providing access to Cross Mills and Route 1A—leading to Charlestown Breachway State and Charlestown Town beaches—for those just merging in on a U-turn from US 1 south via a junction with Route 2/Route 112 (South County Trail). Another set of U-turn ramps is located for access to Route 2 and Route 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 US 1 south. After a junction with Moonstone Beach Road (northbound side leads to the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, southbound side leads to Perryville), Route 110 meets US 1 south. Prior to this on the southbound side, Route 1A meets US 1. Back to the northbound side, where Matunuck Beach Road is found, leading to the beachside community of Matunuck. Following this is Succotash Road, which leads to Jerusalem, 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. US 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 Route 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. Route 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. US 1 then meets Route 4, a thruway leading to I-95.

History

Except north of Downtown, 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 US 1A. The turnpike south of Providence—the Providence and Pawcatuck and Hopkinton and Richmond turnpikes—followed the diagonal route that I-95 now takes.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Pawcatuck River		0.0	0.0	File:South plate.svg File:US 1.svg US 1 south	Bridge; continuation into Connecticut
Washington	Westerly	0.1	0.16	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A north	Southern terminus of Route 1A
		0.3	0.48	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 3.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 3 north (Grove Avenue) to I-95	Southern terminus of Route 3
		2.2	3.5	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 78.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 78 north to I-95	Southern terminus of Route 78
		5.7	9.2	File:South plate.svg File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A south – Misquamicut State Beach, Watch Hill
	Charlestown	7.1	11.4	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 216.svg Route 216 north (Ross Hill Road)	Southern terminus of Route 216
		9.8	15.8	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A north / Prosser Trail – Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, Burlingame State Park	Right-in/right-out with u-turns; former routing of US 1
		11.2	18.0	File:South plate.svg File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A south (Old Post Road)	Northbound right-in/right-out with u-turns; former routing of US 1
		11.4	18.3	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A north (Old Post Road)	Northbound right-in/right-out with u-turns; former routing of US 1
		11.9	19.2	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 2.svgFile:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 112.svg Route 2 north / Route 112 north / Cross Mills Road – Kenyon, Carolina, Charlestown Beach	Right-in/right-out with u-turns; southern termini of Routes 2 and 112
	South Kingstown	14.3– 14.8	23.0– 23.8	File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A (Post Road) / Green Hill Beach Road – Perryville	Right-in/right-out with u-turns; former routing of US 1
		16.4	26.4	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 110.svg Route 110 north – Kingston, University of Rhode Island	Southbound right-in/right-out with u-turns; southern terminus of Route 110
		16.6	26.7	Post Road (Route 1A south) – Perryville	Southbound right-in/right-out with u-turns; former routing of US 1
				Post Road (Route 1A north) to Camp Fuller Road	Northbound right-in/right-out with u-turns; former routing of US 1
		18.5	29.8	Post Road (Route 1A) – Wakefield	Right-in/right-out with u-turns; former routing of US 1
				Southern terminus of freeway section
		20.6	33.2	Pond Street
		21.0	33.8	Salt Pond Road – South County Hospital
	Narragansett	21.4	34.4	File:South plate.svg File:Rhode Island 108.svg Route 108 south – Narragansett, Point Judith, Scarborough	No southbound entrance
		21.9	35.2	File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A – Narragansett	No northbound exit; former routing of US 1
	South Kingstown	22.4	36.0	Old Tower Hill Road – Wakefield
				Northern terminus of freeway section
		26.3	42.3	File:West plate.svg File:Rhode Island 138.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:South plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 138 west to I-95 south – University of R.I.	Southern terminus of Route 138 concurrency
	North Kingstown	28.6	46.0	File:East plate.svg File:Rhode Island 138.svg Route 138 east – Jamestown, Newport	Interchange; northern terminus of Route 138 concurrency
		29.5	47.5	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 4.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Rhode Island 403.svgFile:Airport Sign.svg Route 4 north to Route 403 – Quonset, T.F. Green Airport	Southern terminus of Route 4; no northbound access from Route 4
		31.5	50.7	File:Rhode Island 102.svg Route 102 (Ten Rod Road / Phillips Street)
		32.0	51.5	File:South plate.svg File:Rhode Island 1A.svg Route 1A south (West Main Street) – Wickford	Northern terminus of Route 1A
		34.4	55.4	File:Rhode Island 403.svg Route 403	Interchange; exit 3A on Route 403; westbound entrance via Gate Road
		36.3	58.4	File:West plate.svg File:Rhode Island 402.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Rhode Island 4.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 402 west (Frenchtown Road) to Route 4 / I-95	Eastern terminus of Route 402
Hunt River				Bridge
Kent	East Greenwich	38.1	61.3	File:Rhode Island 401.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Rhode Island 4.svg Route 401 (First Avenue) to Route 4	Eastern terminus of Route 401
	Warwick	41.4	66.6	File:Rhode Island 117.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 117 (Centerville Road / West Shore Road) to I-95
		41.5	66.8	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 5.svg Route 5 north (Greenwich Avenue)	Southern terminus of Route 5
		42.8	68.9	File:Rhode Island 113.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 113 (Main Avenue) to I-95	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		43.6	70.2	File:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svgFile:Airport Sign.svg T. F. Green Airport Connector Road to I-95 – T.F. Green Airport	Interchange
		44.8	72.1	File:West plate.svg File:Rhode Island 37.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-295.svg Route 37 west to I-95 / I-295 – Providence, New York	Interchange, eastern terminus of Route 37, exit 3 on Route 37, Interchange to be reconstructed as part of the Rte 37 Improvements project
		45.7	73.5	File:North plate.svg File:US 1A.svg US 1A north (Post Road)	Southern terminus of US 1A
Providence	Cranston	47.6	76.6	File:Rhode Island 12.svg Route 12 (Park Avenue)
	Providence	48.0	77.2	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 10.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 10 north to I-95	Interchange, no access to Route 10 south
		48.5	78.1	File:South plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg I-95 south	Entrance from I-95 south only
		49.2	79.2	File:South plate.svg File:Rhode Island 2.svg Route 2 south (Reservoir Avenue)	Northern terminus of Route 2
		50.4	81.1	File:South plate.svg File:Rhode Island 117.svg Route 117 south (Broad Street)	Northern terminus of Route 117
		51.1	82.2	File:I-95.svgFile:US 6.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:East plate blue.svg File:I-195.svg I-95 / US 6 to I-195 east	Exit 36B on I-95 / US 6
		51.6	83.0	File:West plate.svg File:US 44.svg US 44 west (Smith Street)	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 44
				Francis Street Bridge over the Woonasquatucket River
		52.0	83.7	File:East plate.svg File:US 44.svg US 44 east (Canal Street / North Main Street)	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 44
		52.2	84.0	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 246.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Rhode Island 7.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Rhode Island 146.svg Route 246 north (Mill Street) to Route 7 / Route 146	Southern terminus of Route 246
		53.7	86.4	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 126.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg Route 126 north (Smithfield Avenue) to I-95
	Pawtucket	54.1	87.1	File:North plate.svg File:Rhode Island 122.svg Route 122 north (Main Street)	Southern terminus of Route 126
		55.3	89.0	File:South plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg I-95 south	Southern terminus of concurrency with I-95
		55.5	89.3	File:Rhode Island 114.svg Route 114 (School Street)	Exit 41B
				Pawtucket River Bridge over the Pawtucket River
		56.1	90.3	File:North plate blue.svg File:I-95.svg I-95 north	Northern terminus of concurrency with I-95
		57.2	92.1	File:North plate.svg File:US 1.svg US 1 north – Attleboro	Continuation into Massachusetts
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

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