- Route 114A (Rhode Island
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Route 114A Route information Length: 3.4 mi (5.5 km)
RI: 0.4 mi (0.6 km)
MA: 3.0 mi (4.8 km)Existed: c. 1960s – present Major junctions South end: Route 114 in East Providence, RI I-195 in Seekonk, MA North end: US 1A / Route 114 in East Providence, RI Location States: Rhode Island, Massachusetts Counties: RI: Providence, MA: Bristol Highway system Rhode Island Routes
Massachusetts State Highway Routes← Route 114 RI Route 115 → ← Route 114 MA Route 115 → 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. Most of the road, however, is located within Seekonk in Massachusetts.
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Route description
Route 114A begins as Mink Road at an intersection with Route 114 in East Providence. It crosses into the Massachusetts town of Seekonk after 0.1 miles (0.16 km) and continues north as Mink Street then Fall River Avenue through Seekonk center. Route 114A continues north back into Rhode Island, where it ends back at Route 114, which is overlapped with U.S. Route 1A (US 1A) at this point in East Providence.
This is the only instance in Massachusetts of an "A" or "alternate" route carrying the numerics for a highway signed in another state, as Massachusetts Route 114 is over 50 miles (80 km) away, running between Lawrence and Marblehead. Three other such instances of this exist in New England. One is in New Hampshire, where New Hampshire Route 113B is actually a loop off Maine State Route 113. The other two are in Vermont, where Vermont Route 10A is a continuation of New Hampshire Route 10A, a loop off New Hampshire Route 10; and Vermont Route 22A is a continuation of New York Route 22A, a spur off New York Route 22.
History
Route 114A was not commissioned until some time in the 1960s.[citation needed]
Major intersections
State County Location Mile Destinations Notes Providence East Providence 0.0 Route 114 Southern terminus of Route 114A 0.1
0.0State line Massachusetts Bristol Seekonk 0.4 US 6 Brief concurrency between the two routes 0.9 I-195 Exit 1 on I-195 2.7 US 44 3.0
0.1State line Providence East Providence 0.4 US 1A
Route 114Northern terminus of Route 114A; to Route 152, via US 1A/Route 114 north 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi See also
References
Categories:- Numbered routes in Massachusetts
- Numbered routes in Rhode Island
- Transportation in Providence County, Rhode Island
- Transportation in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- East Providence, Rhode Island
- Seekonk, Massachusetts
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