Rhode Island Route 24
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| Fall River Expressway | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by RIDOT | ||||
| Length: | 7.7 mi[1] (12.4 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1966 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 Route 114 in Portsmouth | |||
 Route 138 in Portsmouth Route 77 in Tiverton | ||||
| North end: |
 Route 24 in Fall River | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Newport | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 24 is a limited-access state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It runs approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Route 114 in Portsmouth to Massachusetts Route 24 in Fall River, Massachusetts. The layout of Rhode Island's highways effectively make Tiverton and Little Compton isolated from the rest of the state. Because of this, people travelling to this part of the state from the Providence area will often cut through Massachusetts using Interstate 195 and Route 24. This route is often far faster than other routes which stay inside Rhode Island.
Route description
Route 24 starts at Route 114 in Portsmouth. It heads northeast and has a short concurrency with Route 138 over the Sakonnet River Bridge to Tiverton. It continues northeast until the border with Fall River, Massachusetts, where it continues as Massachusetts Route 24.
Exit list
Exits along the length of Route 24 were numbered only on gore signs until 2014 when an exit replacement project put numbers on all signs except for those for Exit 6, Fish Road.[2] All interchanges in Rhode Island will be renumbered to mileage-based numbers by 2018 under a plan announced by RIDOT in March 2016.[3] The entire route is in Newport County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Portsmouth | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 114 south (West Main Road) | Southern terminus | |
| 0.8 | 1.3 | 1 | To Route 138 south (via Turnpike Avenue) – Middletown, Newport Beaches | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| 2.0 | 3.2 | 2 | Route 138 south (Boyds Lane) – Island Park, Portsmouth, Bristol | South end of Route 138 overlap; no southbound entrance | |
| 3.3 | 5.3 | 3 | Hummocks Avenue – Common Fence Point | Northbound signage; southbound exit is via Anthony Road | |
| 3.6 | 5.8 | 3 | Anthony Road – Common Fence Point, Island Park | Southbound signage; northbound exit is via Hummocks Avenue | |
| Sakonnet River | 3.9 | 6.3 | Sakonnet River Bridge | ||
| Tiverton | 4.2 | 6.8 | 4 |  To Route 77 / Route 177 – Tiverton, Little Compton | Closed, former northbound exit and southbound entrance |
| 4.4 | 7.1 | 5 | Route 138 north / Route 77 south to Route 177 – North Tiverton, Tiverton, Little Compton | North end of Route 138 overlap | |
| 5.3 | 8.5 | 6 | Fish Road | ||
| 7.7 | 12.4 | Route 24 north – Fall River, Boston | Continuation into Massachusetts | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- 1 2 Google (2009-12-07). "Route 24" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ↑ David Golub (2016). "RI 24-Fall River Expressway". Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ↑ WPRI Eyewitness News (2016). "RI Set to Renumber All Its Highway Exit Signs". Retrieved March 30, 2016.