Route 24 is a freeway 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 24 | ||||
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| Fall River Expressway | ||||
 Route 24 highlighted in red | ||||
| 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 / Route 138 in Tiverton | ||||
| North end |  Route 24 in Fall River, MA | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Rhode Island | |||
| Counties | Newport | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editRoute 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.[citation needed]
Exit list
editExits were formerly numbered only on gore signs until 2014, when a 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. In November 2019, RIDOT announced that Route 24 will be renumbering the exits in spring 2020.[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 | – | – |  Route 114 south (West Main Road) | Southern terminus | |
| 0.8 | 1.3 | – | 1 |  To Route 138 south – Middletown, Newport Beaches | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via Turnpike Avenue | ||
| 2.0 | 3.2 | – | 2 | Route 138 south (Boyds Lane) – Island Park, Portsmouth, Bristol | Southern terminus of Route 138 concurrency; no southbound entrance; Route 138 not signed northbound | ||
| 3.3– 3.6 | 5.3– 5.8 | – | 3 | Hummocks Avenue / Anthony Road / Common Fence Point / Island Park | Signed for Hummocks Ave. northbound, Anthony Rd./Island Park southbound | ||
| Sakonnet River | 3.9 | 6.3 | Sakonnet River Bridge | ||||
| Tiverton | 4.2 | 6.8 | 4 | – |  To Route 77 / Route 177 – Tiverton, Little Compton | Former northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 4.4 | 7.1 | 5 | 4 |  Route 77 south / Route 138 north to Route 177 – North Tiverton, Tiverton, Little Compton | Northern terminus of Route 138 concurrency; northern terminus of Route 77 | ||
| 5.3 | 8.5 | 6 | 5 | 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
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References
edit- ^ a b "Route 24" (Map). Google Maps. 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.