The Runnins River is a river

River

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 in the U.S.

United States

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 states of Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 and Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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. It flows approximately 14 km (9 mi).

Course

The river begins in Seekonk, Massachusetts

Seekonk, Massachusetts

Seekonk is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Massachusetts border. It was incorporated in 1812 from the western half of Rehoboth. The population was 13,722 at the 2010 census. Until 1862, the town of Seekonk also included what is now the City of East Providence, Rhode...

 in the swamps east of Prospect Street, near Walker Street. From there, the river flows in a southwesterly direction towards East Providence, Rhode Island

East Providence, Rhode Island

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, where it then forms the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It continues flowing along the state line to its end at Mobil Dam. Below Mobil Dam (the boundary between fresh and salt water), the river broadens out and empties into Hundred Acre Cove and becomes the Barrington River

Barrington River

The Barrington River is a tidal extension of Runnins River in the U.S. state of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It flows approximately 6 km . There are no dams along the river's length.-History:...

.

Crossings

Below is a list of all crossings over the Runnins River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.

• Seekonk
  • Prospect Street
  • Woodward Avenue
  • Greenwood Avenue
  • Ledge Road
  • Arcade Avenue
  • Taunton Avenue (U.S. 44)
  • Pleasant Street
  • Brook Hill Drive
  • Fall River Avenue (MA 114A)
  • Leonard Street
• East Providence
  • Warren Avenue
  • Interstate 195
    Interstate 195 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts)
    Interstate 195 is an Interstate Highway running a combined 40.1 miles in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It travels from a junction with Interstate 95 in Providence, Rhode Island east to a junction with Interstate 495 and Route 25 in Wareham, Massachusetts...
    
    
  • Highland Avenue (U.S. 6)
  • Mink Road (RI 114A
    Route 114A (Rhode Island)
    Route 114A is an alternate to Rhode Island Route 114, located along the Massachusetts – Rhode Island border in East Providence, RI and Seekonk, MA. The road begins and ends within East Providence in Rhode Island at Route 114...
    
    )
  • River Road

Tributaries

Aitken Brook and Luthers Brook are the only named tributaries of Runnins River, though it has many unnamed streams that also feed it.

See also

• List of rivers in Massachusetts
• List of rivers in Rhode Island
• Barrington River
  Barrington River
  The Barrington River is a tidal extension of Runnins River in the U.S. state of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It flows approximately 6 km . There are no dams along the river's length.-History:...