Interstate 895 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)

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Interstate 895
Original proposed I-895 corridor highlighted in red, alternate corridor in blue
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-95
Existed	1968[citation needed]–1982[citation needed]
NHS	Entire route
Location
Country	United States
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State
Rhode Island Routes
← I-695 Mass. → US 1 ← Route 403 RI → US 1

Interstate 895 was a proposed

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History

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Interstate 895 was officially added to the

The original route for Interstate 895 was the shorter of the two routes and would have stayed completely within the Providence metro area.

Interstate 895's southern terminus would have been at the present-day

Interstate 895's alternate route was planned after the original route was cancelled due to community opposition. The alternate route would have been far longer than the original, but would have provided access to Newport.

The route would have started at Route 138 in

This route was also met with much opposition from residents in the communities affected. This opposition, combined with the discovery of a Civil War-era cemetery along one of the proposed Aquidneck Island alignments, caused Rhode Island and Massachusetts to briefly consider putting Interstate 895 along Rhode Island Route 24 and Massachusetts Route 24, though nothing ever came of those plans and eventually all plans for Interstate 895 were abandoned.

Existing pieces

The Interstate 295/Interstate 95 interchange in Attleboro, Massachusetts, is a half-cloverleaf with space left for connector ramps to Interstate 895. Older plans indicated an Attleboro Connector, but the ramps have since been straightened.^{[citation needed]} 41°57′21″N 71°18′09″W / 41.9558°N 71.3025°W / 41.9558; -71.3025^[1]

The stub ramps of the partially completed Newport Bridge Access Road in Newport (originally intended to terminate at Route 214 in Middletown) would have provided connections for the never-built part of Interstate 895 through Newport. One of these stubs now connects to a nearby Mainstay hotel. 41°30′32″N 71°18′53″W / 41.5089°N 71.3146°W / 41.5089; -71.3146 The access road to the Newport Bridge was reconfigured and remodeled in 2022, and the ramps and exit bridge initially built for 895 will be removed from Route 138 in 2023.^[2] According to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, the highway section of Route 138 was initially intended to meet up with Rhode Island Route 24 in Portsmouth but was not completed.^[3]

The interchange in Rhode Island with U.S. Route 1 at end of the Route 138 freeway was a half-cloverleaf with space left for connector ramps to the never-built section of freeway between U.S. Route 1 and Interstate 95. In the summer of 2008, the rest of the cloverleaf was completed for u-turns on US-1. 41°31′48″N 71°27′58″W / 41.5300°N 71.4661°W / 41.5300; -71.4661

References

External links

• I-895 on Kurumi.com
• Steve Anderson's BostonRoads.com: I-895 (Rhode Island, unbuilt)
• Steve Anderson's BostonRoads.com: I-895 (Massachusetts, unbuilt)