Route 24 (Rhode Island)
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Route 24 takes the following route through the State:- PortsmouthPortsmouth, Rhode IslandPortsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,389 at the 2010 U.S. Census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. Most of its land area lies on Aquidneck...
: 4.3 miles (6.9 km); Route 114Route 114 (Rhode Island)Route 114 is a numbered State Highway running in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It connects the city of Newport to the city of Woonsocket. Route 114 was a major north–south artery for its entire length until the arrival of the Interstate Highway System...
to Tiverton town line- Fall River Expressway
- Tiverton: 3.8 miles (6.1 km); PortsmouthPortsmouth, Rhode IslandPortsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,389 at the 2010 U.S. Census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. Most of its land area lies on Aquidneck...
town line to MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
State line at Route 24Route 24 (Massachusetts)Route 24 is a freeway south of I-93 in southeastern Massachusetts, linking Fall River with the Boston metropolitan area. It begins in the south in Fall River at the border with Tiverton, Rhode Island where it connects with Rhode Island Route 24, and runs north to an interchange with Interstate...
- Fall River Expressway
Exit list
Exits along the length of Route 24 are numbered only on gore signs. The entire route is located in Newport CountyNewport County, Rhode Island
-National protected areas:* Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge* Touro Synagogue National Historic Site-History:Newport County was constituted on June 22, 1703, as one of the two original counties of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport...
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Location | Mile | # Exit number An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore.... |
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Portsmouth Portsmouth, Rhode Island Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,389 at the 2010 U.S. Census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. Most of its land area lies on Aquidneck... |
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0.0 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance only | |||
0.8 | 1 | , Newport Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War... Beaches |
Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
2.0 | 2 | – NB: Island Park; SB: Portsmouth Portsmouth, Rhode Island Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,389 at the 2010 U.S. Census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. Most of its land area lies on Aquidneck... , Bristol Bristol, Rhode Island Bristol is a town in and the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,954 at the 2010 census. Bristol, a deepwater seaport, is named after Bristol, England.... |
South end of Route 138 overlap; no southbound entrance | |
3.3 | 3 | Hummocks Avenue, Common Fence Point | Southbound exit and entrance | |
3.6 | 3 | Anthony Road, Common Fence Point, Island Park | Northbound exit and entrance | |
Sakonnet River Sakonnet River The Sakonnet River is a tidal strait, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 23 km between Mount Hope Bay and Rhode Island Sound... crossing via Sakonnet River Bridge Sakonnet River Bridge The Sakonnet River Bridge is a four-lane truss bridge spanning the Sakonnet River in eastern Rhode Island. The bridge carries RI 24 and RI 138 between the communities of Portsmouth and Tiverton, Rhode Island... |
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Tiverton | ||||
4.2 | 4 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance only | ||
4.4 | 5 | – NB: North Tiverton; SB: Tiverton, Little Compton Little Compton, Rhode Island Little Compton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. Its population was 3,492 at the time of the 2010 census. Little Compton is located in southeastern Rhode Island, between the Sakonnet River and the Massachusetts state border... |
North end of Route 138 overlap | |
5.3 | 6 | Fish Road | ||
7.7 | Route 24 continues into Massachusetts |