Interstate 295
Providence Beltway
I-295 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route ofI-95
Maintained byRIDOT andMassDOT
Length	26.58 mi[1] (42.78 km)
Existed	1969[citation needed]–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-95 inWarwick, RI
Major intersections	US 6 /US 6A inJohnston, RI US 44 inSmithfield, RI Route 146 inLincoln, RI US 1 inNorth Attleborough, MA
North end	I-95 inAttleboro, MA
Location
Country	United States
States	Rhode Island,Massachusetts
Counties	RI:Kent,Providence MA:Bristol
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future
Rhode Island Routes
Massachusetts State Highway System Interstate US State
←Route 246 RI →Route 401 ←I-291 MA →Route 295

Interstate 295 (I-295), sometimes called theProvidence Beltway, is anauxiliary Interstate Highway in theUS states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It is maintained by theRhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and theMassachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning nearly 27 miles (43 km), it forms a westernbeltway aroundProvidence, Rhode Island, and is a bypass ofI-95 as it travels through the capital city.I-895 was proposed as a complementary eastern beltway to complete a full loop around the city in the 1960s but was ultimately scrapped in the 1980s.

The southern terminus of I-295 is at its split fromI-95 inWarwick, Rhode Island. Among several state highways, it intersects withUS Route 6 (US 6) inJohnston, Rhode Island, andUS 44 inSmithfield, Rhode Island, before enteringNorth Attleborough, Massachusetts, fromCumberland, Rhode Island. It intersects withUS 1 in North Attleborough before arriving at its northern terminus as it merges intoI-95 inAttleboro. I-295 is the first highway in Rhode Island to convert to an exclusivemileage-based exit numbering system, having transitioned from asequential numbering system in 2017. Exit signs north of the interchange with US 6 previously included both milemarkers and exit numbers before being replaced in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

I-295 serves as a partialcircumferential highway aroundProvidence, bypassing the city to the west and north. The southern terminus of I-295 is located inWarwick (I-95 exit 28A). The complex interchange involves access between I-95, I-295, andRoute 113, which is labeled exit 1A (the interchange with I-95 is unnumbered). Immediately after this interchange, I-295 crosses thePawtuxet River and passesWarwick Mall, which lies on a property outlined by the interchange and the two highways. The mall is accessed via exit 1B, which provides partial access toRoute 2 (northbound I-295 exits to northbound Route 2, while southbound I-295 exits to southbound Route 2). Exits 3A and 3B provide access toRoute 37 within the city ofCranston. Exit 6 forRoute 14 is next, known locally as Plainfield Pike, which defines the border between Cranston andJohnston. Exit 7 provides access to a local industrial park. There is a complex interchange withUS 6 andUS 6A in Johnston, labeled exits 9A, 9B, and 9C, which involves near overlap between US 6 and I-295 (US 6 uses thecollector–distributor lanes along the side of I-295 briefly, and access from US 6 westbound to I-295 southbound requires the use of a special double-loop ramp at exit 9B). Adiamond interchange (exit 10) withRoute 5 is the last exit in Johnston, and the highway entersSmithfield and immediately has acloverleaf interchange (exits 12A and 12B) withUS 44. After another cloverleaf interchange (exits 15A and 15B) withRoute 7, the highway begins a gentle curve eastward toward Massachusetts. Within the town ofLincoln, I-295 meetsRoute 146 (exits 18A and 18B). There are two interchanges in the town ofCumberland, beingRoute 122 (exit 20) andRoute 114 (exit 22).^{[citation needed]}

EnteringMassachusetts in the town ofNorth Attleborough, there is a cloverleaf interchange (exits 2A and 2B) withUS 1 before reaching its northern terminus (locally eastbound) inAttleboro at exits 4A and 4B withI-95.^{[citation needed]}

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In the mid-1950s, the state of Rhode Island introduced plans to build a beltway around Providence, then known as RelocatedRhode Island Route 5 for inclusion in theInterstate Highway System. A modified version of this plan was accepted, with another modification done in 1960 resulting in a planned alignment. Construction began in 1964, and the original route was completed by 1975. The original intention was to have I-295 act as a full ring road around theProvidence metropolitan area with the alignment roughly followingRhode Island Route 37 acrossNarragansett Bay and continuing in a northern direction with a major interchange located atI-195 exit 2 inSwansea, Massachusetts, before heading west toward Attleboro. Due to opposition from communities in the proposed alignment, cancelation occurred in 1982.

The original alignment ofI-84 called for an east–westright-of-way from the Rhode Island and Connecticut state line (Willimantic, Connecticut, andFoster, Rhode Island) toJohnston, Rhode Island, through theScituate Reservoir. The connection with I-295 was planned as a full interchange with flyover ramps. Due to fears of runoff affecting the Scituate Reservoir, this alignment of I-84 was canceled. This interchange (exits 9A, 9B, and 9C) currently acts as multiplex for US 6 with a partial interchange withRhode Island Route 10 further down US 6. The ramp that was originally going to be used to merge onto I-84 west from I-295 north has been converted to a turnaround ramp (exit 9B) from I-295 north to I-295 South.

In 2016, it was announced that both Rhode Island and Massachusetts interchanges were to receive new exit numbers based on route mileage in accordance with federal standards. Massachusetts was scheduled to start in 2016,^[2] though the project was indefinitely postponed in mid-2016. On November 18, 2019, MassDOT confirmed the project will begin in late summer 2020.^[3][4] Massachusetts exits were renumbered over two nights on January 3–4, 2021. Rhode Island exits were renumbered from November 27, 2017, to December 8, 2017.^[5][6][7][8]

State	County	Location[9]	mi[9]	km	Exit[10]	Destinations	Notes
Rhode Island	Kent	Warwick	0.00	0.00	–	I-95 south –New York	Southern terminus; exit 28 on I-95
			Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
			0.70	1.13	1A	Route 113 west –West Warwick	No northbound entrance
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
	1.10– 1.50	1.77– 2.41	1B	Route 2 –Cranston,Warwick,Warwick Mall	No northbound access to Route 2 south
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
	Providence	Cranston	3.70	5.95	3	Route 37 / Phenix Avenue –Cranston,T. F. Green Airport	Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west); exits 1A-B on Route 37
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
		Cranston–Johnston line	6.50	10.46	6	Route 14 (Plainfield Pike)
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
		Johnston	7.60	12.23	7	Rhode Island Resource Recovery Industrial Park	Opened in 2005
			Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
			8.80	14.16	9	US 6 east –Providence	Southern end of US 6 concurrency; signed as exits 9A (US 6) and 9B (NB U-Turn to I-295 south)
			Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
9.50		15.29	9C	US 6 west /US 6A east –Providence,Hartford, CT	Northern end of US 6 concurrency; western terminus of US 6A
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
10.60		17.06	10	Route 5 –Johnston,Smithfield	Opened July 28, 2018[11]
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
Smithfield	12.20	19.63	12	US 44 –North Providence,Smithfield	Signed as exits 12A (east) and 12B (west)
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
15.40	24.78	15	Route 7 –North Smithfield,North Providence	Signed as exits 15A (south) and 15B (north)
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
Lincoln	18.70	30.09	18	Route 146 –Lincoln,Woonsocket	Signed as exits 18A (south) and 18B (north); exits 8A-B on Route 146
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
Cumberland	21.10	33.96	20	Route 122 –Cumberland
	Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
22.80	36.69	22	Route 114 –Cumberland
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
			23.50 0.00	37.82 0.00	Rhode Island–Massachusetts state line
Massachusetts	Bristol	North Attleborough	1.86	2.99	2	US 1 –Pawtucket, RI,North Attleboro	Signed as exits 2A (south) and 2B (north)[4]
		Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
Attleboro	4.03	6.49	4	I-95 –Boston,Providence, RI	Northern terminus; signed as exits 4A (south) and 4B (north); exit 6 on I-95
Module:Jctint/USA warning: Unused argument(s): old
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

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