Route information | ||||
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Maintained by RIDOT | ||||
Length | 42.36 mi[1] (68.17 km) | |||
Existed | 1957–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-95 in North Stonington, CT | |||
North end | I-95 in Attleboro, MA | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Rhode Island | |||
Counties | Washington, Kent, Providence | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running generally southwest–northeast through the US state of Rhode Island. It runs from the border with Connecticut near Westerly, through Warwick and Providence, and to the Massachusetts state line in Pawtucket. It has two auxiliary routes, both of which enter Massachusetts—I-195, a spur from Providence east to Cape Cod, and I-295, a western bypass of the Providence metropolitan area.
South of Warwick, I-95 does not follow US Route 1 (US 1), which it generally replaced in New England. It instead takes a shorter inland route, parallel to Route 3. Route 3 was designated New England Route 1A in 1922, a New England Interstate Route, but it has never been a US Route.