Interstate 295 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts)
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| Interstate 295 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Length: | 26.58 mi (42.78 km) |
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| South end: |  I-95 in Warwick, RI |
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 US 6 in Johnston Route 146 in Lincoln |
| North end: | I-95 in Attleboro, MA |
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Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) is an Interstate highway running a combined 26.58 miles (42.78km) in 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, Rhode Island. For more information, see Interstate 895 (Rhode Island/Massachusetts).
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[edit] Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
[edit] List of interchanges
| Town | Exit # | Mile | Road intersected | Notes |
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 begins at exit 11 |
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| Kent County | ||||
| Warwick | n/a | 0.0 | I-95 SOUTH |
No access to 95 NB |
| 1 | 1 |  Route 113 WEST |
Partial interchange: no NB entrance, no access to 113 EB | |
| 2 | 1 |  Route 2 |
Partial interchange: NB exits to 2 NB only, SB exits to 2 SB only Entrance from 2 SB to 295 SB only, entrance from 2 NB to 295 NB only. |
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| Cranston | 3 | 3 |  Route 37 |
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| Johnston | 4 | 7 |  Route 14 |
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| 5 | 8 | Scituate Avenue | New interchange opened in 2005. | |
| 6 | 10 |  US 6 and US 6A |
U-turn ramp from 295 NB to 295 SB | |
| Smithfield | 7 | 13 |  US 44 |
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| 8 | 16 |  Route 7 |
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| Lincoln | 9 | 19 | Route 146 |
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| Cumbelrand | 10 | 21 |  Route 122 |
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| 11 | 23 |  Route 114 |
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| RHODE ISLAND - MASSACHUSETTS BORDER | ||||
| Bristol County | ||||
| N. Attleborough | 1 | 2 |  US 1 |
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| Attleborough | 2 | 4 | I-95 |
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[edit] Rest Areas and Weigh Stations
- Blackstone River Visitor Center / Service Plaza - MP 20 - Northbound only between exits 9 and 10 - Food service, tourist info, phones, rest rooms, bike path access, state police station. Open 24 hours.
Weigh stations are located both northbound and southbound at MP 19 between exits 9 and 10.
An abandoned rest area is located on the southbound side, opposite the new Rest Area/Visitor Center at MP 20. The state plans to renovate and re-open it in the near future to have facilities similar to that on the NB side.
[edit] Notes
Interstate 295 is notorious with local amateur radio operators as being a very bad area for using mobile radios to access many Providence-area VHF and UHF repeaters due to the hilly terrain and multiple deep rock cuts.
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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95 | |
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Florida - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - New Jersey - Virginia | |
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Delaware/New Jersey - District of Columbia/Maryland - Florida - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Maine - New York - North Carolina - Virginia | |
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Connecticut/Massachusetts - District of Columbia/Virginia - Florida - Maryland - Maine | |
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Delaware - District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia - Maine - Massachusetts - New York | New Jersey - Pennsylvania |
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Florida - Maryland | Virginia |
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District of Columbia - Maryland - New York | Massachusetts - New Jersey - Pennsylvania |
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Florida (F) - Maryland | Virginia |
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Maryland - New York | Delaware - New Jersey/Pennsylvania - Rhode Island/Massachusetts - Virginia |
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<  I-291 |
MA | Route 295  > |
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<  Route 246 |
RI | Route 401  > |
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[edit] External links
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