Rhode Island Route 126

Infobox RI Route
type=
route=126
length_mi=14.3
length_km=23.0
formed=
dir1=South
dir2=North
from=
junction= in Providence
|to=
previous_type=
previous_route=123
next_type=
next_route=128

Route 126 is a numbered State Highway running 14.3 miles in Rhode Island.

Route

Route 126 takes the following route through the State:

*Providence: 0.7 miles; U.S. 1 to Pawtucket city line
** [Smithfield Avenue] (Frost Street, Nashua Street) and Smithfield Avenue
*Pawtucket: 1.4 miles; Providence city line to Lincoln town line
**Smithfield Avenue
*Lincoln: 8.6 miles; Pawtucket city line to North Smithfield town line
**Smithfield Avenue, Front Street, River Road and Old River Road
*North Smithfield: 0.1 miles; Lincoln town line to Woonsocket city line
**Manville Road
*Woonsocket: 3.5 miles; North Smithfield town line to Massachusetts State line at Route 126
**Manville Road, Hamlet Avenue, Cumberland Street, [Clinton Street] (Cumberland Street, Social Street) and Social Street

History

Prior to the early 1960s, Route 126 was in the Tiverton and Little Compton area. It started at the intersection of present-day Route 179 and Route 81. It went north along Route 179 to present-day Route 77. It then went north on Route 77 to end at Route 138 near the eastern end of the now demolished Stone Bridge.

Notes

Route 126 is a heavily traveled route in Pawtucket.