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Adbandoned section of RI-3?

Started by Mergingtraffic, August 25, 2016, 04:16:33 PM

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Mergingtraffic

Road geeking in RI today and noticed a stub on RI-3 just south of Exit 4 on I-95 in Richmond, RI.  It may be the original pavement as I see cracks on what would me the lanes going straight and merging into today's I-95.  Anybody know more about this?

Abandoned section of RI-3. by mergingtraffic, on Flickr
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NE2

That's the north end of original RI 3 bypassed by what was built as a four-lane surface RI 3 realignment (and is now I-95). It was abandoned when I-95 was built, incorporating this four-lane south of here and using a new alignment to the north.

An oxbow was cut off just to the south, but I don't know if anything remains (besides grading). Note that the 'obvious' dirt path under power lines near the south end of the oxbow is not old RI 3; it's too far to the north.

http://historicaerials.com/?layer=1963&zoom=16&lat=41.5304&lon=-71.6835
pre-1945 Florida route log

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