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State highways in Rhode Island are signed with a standard square shield (for 2-digit routes) or a rectangular shield (for 3-digit routes), with black digits on a white background. The state initials of R.I. are placed above the number, as seen in the adjacent picture.
Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]
The cemetery holds approximately 9000 graves, including many members of Grace Church including its rector and the first Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, as well as nationally prominent architect Russell Warren who was a member of the church and architect of the first Grace Church (1828). It is likely he designed ...
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An enlargeable map of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Names Common name: Rhode Island. Pronunciation: / r oʊ d ˈ aɪ l ɪ n d / ⓘ Official name: State of Rhode Island [1] Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: RI; ISO 3166-2 code: US-RI; Internet second-level domain: .ri.us; Nicknames Little Rhody [2]
The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone Valley from Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island.The corridor follows the course of the Industrial Revolution in America from its origin at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island as it first spread north along the valley to Worcester, Massachusetts, and then to the rest of the nation.
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New England is a region in the North Eastern United States consisting of the states Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.Most of New England consists geologically of volcanic island arcs that accreted onto the eastern edge of the Laurentian Craton in prehistoric times.