I-95 Rhode Island - South

This welcome to Rhode Island sign stood ahead of the on-ramp from Middle Street along Interstate 95 south. A new sign was erected beside the Exchange Street overpass as part of a landscaping project completed by 2014. 07/28/07

Crossing the original Pawtucket River Bridge, Interstate 95 & U.S. 1 south split at Exit 27. This bridge was replaced during a three year project completed in May 2013. 04/21/11

Reassurance marker posted beyond the Exit 27 gore point west of the Pawtucket River. This sign was removed during the 2010-13 reconstruction of I-95 through here. The George Street overpass in the background was replaced during that project as well. 07/28/07

This diagrammatic sign outlined the former left-hand ramp for Interstate 195 & U.S. 6 east. It was posted at the merge with the ending R.I. 146 southbound freeway, 1.25 miles north of the three-wye interchange (Exit 21) with I-195. 07/28/07

This bridge mounted overhead for Exits 22C/B/A to U.S. 6 west and RI 10 (Huntington Expressway) south at Orms Street was removed when the overpass was rehabilitated. 04/21/11

A second diagrammatic sign for Interstate 195 & U.S. 6 east to Cape Cod was changed to reflect the new alignment of I-195 across the Iway bridge and the shift from a left-hand to a right-hand exit completed in October 2009. 07/28/07

A second diagrammatic sign for Interstate 195 & U.S. 6 east to Cape Cod was changed to reflect the new alignment of I-195 across the Iway bridge and the shift from a left-hand to a right-hand exit completed in October 2009. 04/21/11

This diagrammatic sign outlined the configuration of the two-lane ramp (Exits 22C/B/A) departing for U.S. 6 & RI 10 west, Memorial Boulevard east and Providence Place. It was taken down during the Providence Viaduct Replacement Project by 2014. 07/28/07

As U.S. 6 combined with I-95 south at the Atwells Avenue overpass, another diagrammatic sign outlined the former left-hand ramp for Interstate 195 to East Providence. This required U.S. 6 eastbound motorists to merge across all lanes to continue toward Massachusetts. 07/28/07

The left-hand lane formerly defaulted onto Interstate 195 leading away from Downtown Providence to East Providence with three remaining lanes continuing along I-95 south to Cranston and T.F. Green Airport (PVD). 07/28/07

A look at the original beginning of Interstate 195 from the left. All of old Interstate 195, including the ramps with I-95, were removed by 2012. 07/28/07

A look at Interstate 95 south during the Iway project to relocate Interstate 195 & U.S. 6 onto a new alignment. Exit 19 was shifted to a new ramp that departs to the right in this scene. 07/28/07

The new ramps from I-195 west to Eddy Street and I-95 south loomed in the distance as Exit 19 departed for adjacent Eddy Street. This ramp was abandoned due to the Iway project. 07/28/07

Signs for Exit 18 originally referenced U.S. 1A directly, despite the fact that the route is parallel to I-95. Overheads were replaced by 2010. 07/28/07