Rhode Island Route 24
Fall River Expressway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by RIDOT | ||||
Length | 7.7 mi[1] (12.4 km) | |||
Existed | 1966 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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North end |
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Counties | Newport | |||
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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. Route 24 is the primary freeway access for the two towns in the southeastern corner of the state, Tiverton and Little Compton. Though on the mainland, they are isolated from the rest of the state by an arm of the Narragansett Bay. Because of this, the main freeway connection to Providence involves using Rhode Island Route 24, Massachusetts Route 24, and Interstate 195.
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 were formerly numbered only on gore signs until 2014, when an project put numbers on all signs except for at Fish Road.[2] All interchanges in Rhode Island, including Route 24, will be renumbered to mileage-based numbers by 2020 under a plan announced by RIDOT in the fall of 2017.[3] The entire route is in Newport County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Portsmouth | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – | |||
0.8 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
2.0 | 3.2 | 2 | 2 | South end of Route 138 concurrency; no southbound entrance | |||
3.3– 3.6 | 5.3– 5.8 | 3 | 3 | Hummocks Avenue – Common Fence Point, Island Park | Southbound exit is via exit 3 | ||
Sakonnet River | 3.9 | 6.3 | Sakonnet River Bridge | ||||
Tiverton | 4.2 | 6.8 | 4 | – | Former northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
4.4 | 7.1 | 5 | 4 | North end of Route 138 concurrency | |||
5.3 | 8.5 | 6 | 5 | Fish Road | |||
7.7 | 12.4 | – | – | Continuation into Massachusetts | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Route map:
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.
- ↑ Patrick Anderson (2017). "Rhode Island Set to Renumber All Highway Exits". Retrieved October 25, 2017.