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Olneyville Bypass
Route 10 is a numbered State highway (US), state highway Connector (road), connector in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, traveling along the Huntington Expressway, the first freeway in the state. It connects Rhode Island Route 12, Route 12 (Park Avenue) on the Cranston, Rhode Island, Cranston–Providence, Rhode Island, Providence city line with Interstate 95 in Rhode Island, Interstate 95 (I-95), U.S. Route 6 in Rhode Island, U.S. Route 6 (US 6), and Memorial Boulevard in downtown Providence, passing just east of the Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island, Olneyville area of Providence. It provides an alternate route to I-95 south of downtown, and connects it with the US 6 freeway west from Olneyville towards Interstate 295 in Rhode Island, I-295 and Connecticut. Route description Route 10 begins at an incomplete interchange (road), interchange with Route 12 (RI), Route 12 (Park Avenue) on the Cranston (RI), Cranston-Providence (RI), Providence border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Rhode Island, most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, Rhode Island, Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England, founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port, as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay. Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries. Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and List of colleges and universities in Rhode Island#Institutions, eight instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranston (RI)
Cranston, formerly known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The official population of the city in the 2020 United States Census was 82,934, making it the second-largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston. Cranston is a part of the Providence metropolitan area. Cranston ranked 36th on the list of "America's 50 Best Cities to Live" in a 2014 survey done by 247wallst.com. The Town of Cranston was created in 1754 from a portion of Providence north of the Pawtuxet River. After losing much of its territory to neighboring towns and the city of Providence, Cranston itself became a city on March 10, 1910. History Much of the land was purchased by Roger Williams from the Narragansett Indians in 1638 as part of the Pawtuxet Purchase, and the first settler in the area was William Arnold, who was followed shortly by William Harris, William Carpenter, and Zachariah Rhodes. Stephen Arnold, a brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island Route 2
Route 2 is a state highway in Rhode Island, that runs from U.S. Route 1 in Charlestown to US 1 in Providence. Route description Route 2 starts at US 1 in Charlestown, which is also the southern terminus of Route 112. Route 2 and Route 112 continue north, and Route 2 splits off to the northeast before intersecting with Route 138. Continuing in a northeast direction, Route 2 has a short concurrency with Route 102 in North Kingstown. It then turns to the north and parallels Route 4 until reaching Interstate 95. Route 2 passes the eastern terminus of Route 3 before reaching an interchange with Interstate 295. It continues through downtown Cranston and has interchanges with Route 37 and Route 10 before reaching its northern terminus at US 1 slightly inside the city line of Providence. Route 2 is a heavily traveled highway in Cranston and Warwick as it is a major commercial corridor. History By 1939, Route 2 was paved with concrete between the spl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olneyville Bypass Labelled
Olneyville is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island bordered by Atwells Avenue to the north, U.S. Route 6 to the south and Rhode Island Route 10 to the east. The Woonasquatucket River runs through the southern portion of the neighborhood. The area is roughly triangular. Olneyville Square is a major traffic intersection in Olneyville, defined by the intersection of Westminster Street, Broadway, Hartford Ave, Plainfield Street, and Manton Avenue. History Roger Williams founded Providence Plantations, which became part of the Colony of Rhode Island. Settlement in Olneyville began at Olneyville Square in the early 18th century as a center of trade with a nearby Narragansett village. The settlement grew significantly around 1785, after Christopher Olney founded a grist mill and a paper mill on a wide part of the Woonasquatucket River. Olney was a captain during the American Revolutionary War and owned a 95-acre farm in the area. By the end of the war, a forge and foundry and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 195 (RI)
Interstate 195 (I-195) is the designation for the following six existing Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to I-95: *Interstate 195 (Maine), a spur in Saco *Interstate 195 (Maryland), a spur to BWI Airport *Interstate 195 (New Jersey), a spur to the Jersey Shore *Interstate 195 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts), a spur to Cape Cod *Interstate 195 (Virginia), a spur in Richmond *Interstate 195 (Florida), a spur in Miami Other *Interstate 195 (District of Columbia), a future designation for the north–south portion of I-395 from the Southeast–Southwest Freeway to New York Avenue *Interstate 195 (Delaware) Interstate 95 (I-95) is an Interstate Highway running along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canadian border in Houlton, Maine. In the state of Delaware, the route runs for across the Wilmington area ..., a proposed portion of I-95 in Delaware, while under construction {{road disambiguation 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence Place Mall
Providence Place is a large enclosed shopping mall located in downtown Providence, adjacent to the Rhode Island State House and Amtrak's Providence Station. Opened in 1999, the mall comprises approximately 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m²) of gross leasable area, making it the largest shopping mall in the state. Developed by The Taubman Company, the mall spans three levels and includes a mix of retail stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues. As of 2025, the mall is anchored by Macy's, Boscov's, and Level99 following a series of anchor changes in the 2010s. Providence Place is currently under state receivership due to fiscal insolvency, and is managed by Centennial Real Estate Management LLC. History From 1838 to 1877, the site that would become the Providence Place Mall housed the Rhode Island State Prison, notable for the 1845 execution of John Gordon, the last person legally executed in Rhode Island. In 1854, the Rhode Island Normal School, a teacher-training inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Overhead Olneyville
Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Maine, United States People *Old (surname) Music *OLD (band), a grindcore/industrial metal group * ''Old'' (Danny Brown album), a 2013 album by Danny Brown * ''Old'' (Starflyer 59 album), a 2003 album by Starflyer 59 * "Old" (song), a 1995 song by Machine Head *"Old", a 1982 song by Dexys Midnight Runners from ''Too-Rye-Ay'' Other uses * ''Old'' (film), a 2021 American thriller film *''Oxford Latin Dictionary'' *Online dating *Over-Locknut Distance (or Dimension), a measurement of a bicycle wheel and frame See also *Old age *List of people known as the Old *''Old LP'', a 2019 album by That Dog * * *Olde, a list of people with the surname *Olds (other) Olds may refer to: People * The olds, a jocular and irreverent online nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olneyville (RI)
Olneyville is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island bordered by Atwells Avenue to the north, U.S. Route 6 to the south and Rhode Island Route 10 to the east. The Woonasquatucket River runs through the southern portion of the neighborhood. The area is roughly triangular. Olneyville Square is a major traffic intersection in Olneyville, defined by the intersection of Westminster Street, Broadway, Hartford Ave, Plainfield Street, and Manton Avenue. History Roger Williams founded Providence Plantations, which became part of the Colony of Rhode Island. Settlement in Olneyville began at Olneyville Square in the early 18th century as a center of trade with a nearby Narragansett village. The settlement grew significantly around 1785, after Christopher Olney founded a grist mill and a paper mill on a wide part of the Woonasquatucket River. Olney was a captain during the American Revolutionary War and owned a 95-acre farm in the area. By the end of the war, a forge and foundry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 2 (RI)
Route 2 is a state highway in Rhode Island, that runs from U.S. Route 1 in Charlestown to US 1 in Providence. Route description Route 2 starts at US 1 in Charlestown, which is also the southern terminus of Route 112. Route 2 and Route 112 continue north, and Route 2 splits off to the northeast before intersecting with Route 138. Continuing in a northeast direction, Route 2 has a short concurrency with Route 102 in North Kingstown. It then turns to the north and parallels Route 4 until reaching Interstate 95. Route 2 passes the eastern terminus of Route 3 before reaching an interchange with Interstate 295. It continues through downtown Cranston and has interchanges with Route 37 and Route 10 before reaching its northern terminus at US 1 slightly inside the city line of Providence. Route 2 is a heavily traveled highway in Cranston and Warwick as it is a major commercial corridor. History By 1939, Route 2 was paved with concrete between the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestantism, Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God". The Friends are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to be guided by the inward light to "make the witness of God" known to everyone. Quakers have traditionally professed a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with Evangelical Friends Church International, evangelical, Holiness movement, holiness, liberal, and Conservative Friends, traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity, as well as Nontheist Quakers. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 95 (RI)
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running generally southwest–northeast through the US state of Rhode Island. It runs from the border with Connecticut near Westerly, through Warwick and Providence, and to the Massachusetts state line in Pawtucket. It has two auxiliary routes, both of which enter Massachusetts— I-195, a spur from Providence east to Cape Cod, and I-295, a western bypass of the Providence metropolitan area. South of Warwick, I-95 does not follow US Route 1 (US 1), which it generally replaced in New England. It instead takes a shorter inland route, parallel to Route 3. Route 3 was designated New England Route 1A in 1922, a New England Interstate Route, but it has never been a US Route. Route description History Southern Rhode Island The diagonal corridor of Route 3 was a well-traveled shortcut to the older US 1 even before any part of I-9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston in the north to Washington, D.C., in the south, with major stops in Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven, Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford, New York City, Newark, New Jersey, Newark, Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, and Baltimore. The NEC is roughly paralleled by Interstate 95 for most of its length. Carrying more than 2,200 trains a day, it is the busiest passenger rail line in the United States by ridership and service frequency. The corridor is used by many Amtrak trains, including the high-speed ''Acela'' (formerly ''Acela Express''), intercity trains, and several Long-distance Amtrak routes, long-distance trains. Most of the corridor also has frequent Commuter rail in North America, commuter rail service, operated by the MBTA Commuter Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
