Interstate 295 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)

Interstate 295
Providence Beltway
I-295 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-95
Maintained by RIDOT and MassDOT
Length	26.58 mi[1] (42.78 km)
Existed	1969[citation needed]–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-95 in Warwick, RI
Major intersections	US 6A in Johnston, RI US 44 in Smithfield, RI Route 99 / Route 146 in Lincoln, RI US 1 in North Attleborough, MA
North end	I-95 in Attleboro, MA
Location
Country	United States
States	Rhode Island, Massachusetts
Counties	RI: Kent, Providence MA: Bristol
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future
Rhode Island Routes
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State
← Route 295

Interstate 295 (I-295), sometimes called the Providence Beltway, is an

Entering Massachusetts in the town of North Attleborough, there is a cloverleaf interchange (exits 2A and 2B) with US 1 before reaching its northern terminus (locally eastbound) in Attleboro at exits 4A and 4B with I-95.^{[citation needed]}

History

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In the mid-1950s, the state of Rhode Island introduced plans to build a beltway around Providence, then known as Relocated Rhode Island Route 5 for inclusion in the Interstate Highway System. A modified version of this plan was accepted, with another modification done in 1960 resulting in a planned alignment. Construction began in 1964, and the original route was completed by 1975. The original intention was to have I-295 act as a full ring road around the Providence metropolitan area with the alignment roughly following Rhode Island Route 37 across Narragansett Bay and continuing in a northern direction with a major interchange located at I-195 exit 2 in Swansea, Massachusetts, before heading west toward Attleboro. Due to opposition from communities in the proposed alignment, cancelation occurred in 1982.

The original alignment of

In 2016, it was announced that both Rhode Island and Massachusetts interchanges were to receive new exit numbers based on route mileage in accordance with federal standards. Massachusetts was scheduled to start in 2016,[3] though the project was indefinitely postponed in mid-2016. On November 18, 2019, MassDOT confirmed the project will begin in late summer 2020.^[4][5] Massachusetts exits were renumbered over two nights on January 3–4, 2021. Rhode Island exits were renumbered from November 27, 2017, to December 8, 2017.^[6][7][8][9]

State	County	Location[10]	mi[10]	km	Exit[11]	Destinations	Notes
Rhode Island	Kent	Warwick	0.00	0.00	–	I-95 south – New York	Southern terminus; exit 28 on I-95
			Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
			0.70	1.13	1A	Route 113 west – West Warwick	No northbound entrance
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
	1.10– 1.50	1.77– 2.41	1B	Route 2 – Cranston, Warwick, Warwick Mall	No northbound access to Route 2 south
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
	T. F. Green Airport	Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west); exits 1A-B on Route 37
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
		Cranston–Johnston line	6.50	10.46	6	Route 14 (Plainfield Pike)
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
		Johnston	7.60	12.23	7	Rhode Island Resource Recovery Industrial Park	Opened in 2005
			Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
			8.80	14.16	9A-B	US 6 east – Providence	Southern end of US 6 overlap; signed as exits 9A (US 6) and 9B (NB U-Turn ramp to I-295 south)
			Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
9.50		15.29	9C	US 6A east – Providence, Hartford, CT	Northern end of US 6 overlap; western terminus of US 6A
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
10.60		17.06	10	Route 5 – Johnston, Smithfield	Opened July 28, 2018[12]
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
US 44 – North Providence, Smithfield	Signed as exits 12A (east) and 12B (west)
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
15.40	24.78	15	Route 7 – North Smithfield, North Providence	Signed as exits 15A (south) and 15B (north)
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
Lincoln	18.70	30.09	18	Route 99 north / Route 146 – Lincoln, Woonsocket	Signed as exits 18A (south) and 18B (north); Route 99 not signed; exits 8A-B on Route 146
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
Cumberland	21.10	33.96	20	Route 122 – Cumberland
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
22.80	36.69	22	Route 114 – Cumberland
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
			23.50 0.00	37.82 0.00	Rhode Island–Massachusetts state line
North Attleboro	Signed as exits 2A (south) and 2B (north)[5]
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
Boston, Providence, RI	Northern terminus; signed as exits 4A (south) and 4B (north);[5] exit 6 on I-95
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

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