Rhode Island Route 12

Route 12
Route information
	Maintained by RIDOT
Length	17.0 mi [1] (27.4 km)
Major junctions
West end	Route 14 / Route 102 in Scituate
	US 1 in Cranston ; Route 10 in Cranston; US 1A / Route 117 in Cranston
East end	Broad Street in Cranston
Location
Counties	Providence
Highway system

Last updated May 05, 2019

Route 12 is a numbered state highway in Rhode Island, United States. It runs approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Route 14 in Foster to Broad Street in Cranston.

A state highway, state road, or state route is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways in the hierarchy. Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other.

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest state in area, the seventh least populous, the second most densely populated, and it has the longest official name of any state. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. It also shares a small maritime border with New York. Providence is the state capital and most populous city in Rhode Island.

Route 14 is a numbered state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It runs approximately 23 miles (37 km) from Connecticut routes 14 and 14A at the border with Sterling, CT to Route 6 in Providence.

Route description

Route 12 starts at Route 14 and Route 102 in Foster. It roughly follows the shore of the Scituate Reservoir before passing over its dam. It passes over I-295 without an interchange and heads towards downtown Cranston. After passing the city center as a main east–west corridor, Route 2 passes Route 10's southern terminus. It passes US 1A and ends at Broad Street, an old alignment of US 1A, 0.3 miles (0.48 km) later.

Route 102 is a numbered state highway running 44.4 miles (71.5 km) in Rhode Island. Route 102 serves as a non-freeway beltway around the Providence metro area. It begins in the village of Wickford and travels through less developed areas of western Rhode Island. The route ends in the village of Slatersville.

Foster is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, in the United States. The population was 4,606 at the 2010 census.

The Scituate Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in the state of Rhode Island. It has an aggregate capacity of 39 billion US gallons (150,000,000 m³) and a surface area of 5.3 square miles (13.7 km²). It and its six tributary reservoirs—which make up a total surface area of 7.2 square miles (18.6 km²)—supply drinking water to more than 60 percent of the state population, including Providence.

History

Major intersections

The entire route is in Providence County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Scituate	0.0	0.0	Route 14 / Route 102 (Plainfield Pike)
Scituate	7.2	11.6	Route 116 (East Road)
Cranston	12.5	20.1	Route 51 south (Phenix Avenue)	Northern end of Route 51
	12.9	20.8	Route 5 (Atwood Avenue)
	14.6	23.5	Route 2 (Reservoir Avenue)
	15.6	25.1	US 1 (Elmwood Avenue)
	15.8	25.4	Route 10 north to I‑95	Interchange, southern end of Route 10
	16.6	26.7	US 1A / Route 117 (Warwick Avenue)
	17.0	27.4	Broad Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

1 2 Google (December 23, 2013). "Route 12" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

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[google_maps-1] 1 2 Google (December 23, 2013). "Route 12" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved December 23, 2013.