Interstate 295 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)
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Interstate 295 (I-295), sometimes called the Providence Beltway, is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It is maintained by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning nearly 27 miles (43 km), it forms a western beltway around Providence, Rhode Island, and is a bypass of I-95 as it travels through the capital city. I-895 was proposed as a complementary eastern beltway to complete a full loop around the city in the 1960s but was ultimately scrapped in the 1980s.
Providence Beltway | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
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South end | I-95 in Warwick, RI | ||||||
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North end | I-95 in Attleboro, MA | ||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||
States | Rhode Island, Massachusetts | ||||||
Counties | RI: Kent, Providence MA: Bristol | ||||||
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The southern terminus of I-295 is at its split from I-95 in Warwick, Rhode Island. Among several state highways, it intersects with US Route 6 (US 6) in Johnston, Rhode Island, and US 44 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, before entering North Attleborough, Massachusetts, from Cumberland, Rhode Island. It intersects with US 1 in North Attleborough before arriving at its northern terminus as it merges into I-95 in Attleboro. I-295 is the first highway in Rhode Island to convert to an exclusive mileage-based exit numbering system, having transitioned from a sequential numbering system in 2017. Exit signs north of the interchange with US 6 previously included both milemarkers and exit numbers before being replaced in 2007.[2]