Rhode Island Route 5

Infobox RI Route
type=
route=5
length_mi=26.0
length_km=41.8
formed=by 1934
dir1=South
dir2=North
from=
junction=
to=Central Street in Millville, MA
previous_type=
previous_route=4
next_type=U.S.
next_route=6

Route 5 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

Route

Route 5 takes the following route through the State:
*Warwick: 2.9 miles; US 1 to Cranston city line
**Greenwich Avenue and Lambert Lind Highway
*Cranston: 4.9 miles; Warwick city line to Johnston city line
**Oaklawn Avenue and Atwood Avenue
*Johnston: 6.0 miles; Cranston city line to Smithfield town line
**Atwood Avenue, Greenville Avenue and Sanderson Road
*Smithfield: 5.7 miles; Johnston city line to North Smithfield town line
**Sanderson Road, Cedar Swamp Road, Pleasant View Avenue and Farnum Pike
*North Smithfield: 6.5 miles; Smithfield town line to Massachusetts State line at Central Street
**Farnum Pike, Douglas Pike, Greenville Road, Providence Pike, Railroad Street, Main Street, North Main Street and Central Avenue

Notes

A trip along Route 5 gives the traveler a view of a high-traffic commercial corridor through Warwick, Cranston and Johnston while also providing a view of beautiful rural communities in northern Rhode Island.

Route 5 becomes an unnumbered road in Massachusetts. However, the northernmost Route 5 shields are at Route 102, at the south end of the Route 146A concurrency, so to the public it appears to end at other numbered State Highways.

Route 5 crosses Route 2 at the Meshanticut Interchange.

Route 5 was once numbered Route 1C along the 3.0 miles (4.8 km) between its south end at U.S. Route 1 (New England Interstate Route 1 before 1926) and Route 2 (originally Route 1A). It was renumbered Route 5 and extended north by 1934.