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The portion of US 1 south of Boston is also known as the Boston–Providence Turnpike, Washington Street, ... (NH 17) for a short distance in Seabrook. [9]
Providence Highway to I-95 / US 1 / Route 128 – Boston, Providence, RI: Formerly US 1, south end of silent concurrency with Providence Highway and then US 1: See Route 128 exits 29-26 and I-93 exits 1-17B: Suffolk: Boston: I-93 north / Route 3 north (Storrow Drive) – Government Center
I-195 runs from I-95 in Providence to I-495/Route 25 in the Cape Cod region. I-295 runs as a loop around Providence, and ends at I-95 in Massachusetts. I-395 runs from I-95/Connecticut Turnpike in East Lyme, and ends at I-90, where it becomes I-290. I-495 serves as an outer beltway of Boston, and is the second longest auxiliary interstate highway.
The country's first successful long-distance stagecoach service was launched by Levi Pease along the upper road in October 1783. [4] During the 19th century, turnpike companies took over and improved pieces of the road. Large sections of the various routes are still called the King's Highway and Boston Post Road.
Junction with Route 37 in Warwick. The diagonal corridor of Route 3 was a well-traveled shortcut to the older US 1 even before any part of I-95 was built. In the 1930s, a further cutoff was built in southeastern Connecticut and southwestern Rhode Island, joining Old Mystic, Connecticut, to Route 3 in Hopkinton.
Route 28 north (Cranberry Highway) / Maple Springs Road to I-495 north / Route 25 west – Boston, Providence: Western end of Route 28 concurrency: 46.108: 74.204: Glen Charlie Road to Route 25 – Cape Cod, Boston: Barnstable: Buzzards Bay: 50.336: 81.008: Route 25 west / Route 28 south to I-195 west / I-495 north – Boston, Falmouth, The Islands
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Route through the U.S. state of Rhode Island, specifically within the Providence metropolitan area. Staying close to the Atlantic Ocean and Narragansett Bay , it is a longer route than Interstate 95 (I-95), and many portions are a four-lane divided highway .
The Massachusetts Turnpike is informally divided into two sections by MassDOT: the original 123-mile (198 km) "Western Turnpike" extending from the New York state border through the interchange with I-95 and Route 128 at exit 123 in Weston, and the 15-mile (24 km) "Boston Extension" that continues beyond exit 123 through Boston. [4]