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The route crosses the Pawcatuck again and crosses into the town of Charlestown and changes names with Alton–Carolina Road. Route 91 winds past numerous residences before reaching the southern end of Carolina, where it junctions with Route 112 (Carolina Back Road). This junction marks the eastern terminus of Route 91. [2]
Route 117 (Centerville Road / West Shore Road) to I-95: 41.5: 66.8: Route 5 north (Greenwich Avenue) Southern terminus of Route 5: 42.8: 68.9: Route 113 (Main Avenue) to I-95: Southbound exit and northbound entrance: 43.6: 70.2: T. F. Green Airport Connector Road to I-95 – T.F. Green Airport: Interchange: 44.8: 72.1: Route 37 west to I-95 / I ...
Route 112 was one of the state's original routes designated in 1923. At the time it was first designated, Route 112 extended beyond its current northern terminus to end at Route 3 (then Route 1A) in the village of Wyoming using modern Route 138. The route was truncated in the mid-1930s when Route 138 was extended west to the Connecticut state line.
The Charlestown, RI Chamber of Commerce holds an annual seafood and lobster festival in the first week of August. Local businesses and vendors set up booths for various seafood based events. [ 14 ] The Seafood Festival has been named one of the Top 100 Events in America by the American Tour Bus Association in 1988, 1996 and 2008.
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.
The highway through Charlestown was constructed as a 14-foot-wide (4.3 m) macadam road in 1915. [7] The highway through Charlestown was bypassed when the Charlestown Cut-Off (later U.S. Route 40, now MD 7) was constructed in 1921, eliminating two dangerous bridges across the Pennsylvania Railroad (now Amtrak) from the course of the main highway.
The district covers 5,600 acres (23 km 2) and is bounded by Route 112 on the east, U.S. Route 1 on the south, King's Factory Road (Bureau of Indian Affairs Route 411) on the west, and Route 91 on the north. [2]
The village of Charlestown is in the northwestern part of the CDP, at the northern head of Ninigret Pond. The hamlet of Charlestown Beach is in the southern part of the CDP, separated by a tidal inlet from the physical Charlestown Beach along the Atlantic. The CDP continues east into South Kingstown, on the north side of Green Hill Pond.