Route 116 is a
state highway
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running in
Providence County
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, and
Kent County,
Rhode Island
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. Its southern terminus is at
Route 33 and
Route 117 in
Coventry
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, and its northern terminus is at
Route 114 in
Cumberland
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.
Route description
Route 116 begins at an intersection with
RI-33 and
RI-117 in Coventry, Rhode Island. It is known as Knotty Oak Road. Route 116 runs north for from Route 117 to the
Scituate town line. In Scituate, the route runs . The highway intersects the following routes from south to north:
Route 115,
Route 12,
Route 14, and
US 6
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. In
Glocester
Glocester, otherwise officially called the Town of Glocester, Rhode Island, is a New England town, town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 9,974 as of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The villages o ...
, the route runs . It reaches
US 44
U.S. Route 44 (US 44) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that runs for through four states in the Northeastern United States. The western terminus is at US 209 and New York State Route 55 (NY 55) in Kerhonks ...
in
Smithfield. It runs concurrent with US 44 for half a mile. Then, it turns northeast. It continues as Pleasant View Avenue as it then meets
Route 104. It runs concurrently north with Route 104, then turns east as the George Washington Highway. The George Washington Highway is a rural, two-laned expressway with a 50 mph speed limit. The road continues east and ends at
Route 114 in Cumberland.
Major intersections
Notes
Route 116 is a major corridor in
Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincoln (na ...
,
Cumberland
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and parts of
Smithfield.
The interchange between Route 116 and
Route 146 was the first
cloverleaf interchange
A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange (road), interchange in which all turns are handled by slip roads. To go left (in right-hand traffic; reverse directions in left-driving regions), vehicles first continue as one road passe ...
to be constructed in the state. In the mid-2000s the ramps in the interchange's southeast quadrant were removed, being replaced by rebuilt ramps in the northeast quadrant which join 116 at a new
signaled intersection with turn lanes.
Then in 2019, the sharply curved ramps in the southwest and northwest quadrants were removed and the outer ramps in the same quadrants were reconfigured to provide full access to and from Route 116 and Route 246. And again, the signals with turn lanes were added to accommodate the full access.
References
External links
2019 Highway Map, Rhode Island{{Numbered routes in Rhode Island, state=expanded
116
Transportation in Kent County, Rhode Island
Transportation in Providence County, Rhode Island
Coventry, Rhode Island
Lincoln, Rhode Island
Scituate, Rhode Island
Glocester, Rhode Island
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Cumberland, Rhode Island