Route 116 | ||||
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Route 116 highlighted in red
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by RIDOT | ||||
| Length | 25.1 mi[1] (40.4 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   Route 33 / Route 117inCoventry | |||
| Major intersections |  US 6inScituate US 44inGreenville Route 146inLincoln | |||
| North end |  Route 114inCumberland | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Rhode Island | |||
| Counties | Providence | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 116 is a state highway running 25.1 miles (40.4 km) in Providence County, and Kent County, Rhode Island. Its southern terminus is at Route 33 and Route 117inCoventry, and its northern terminus is at Route 114inCumberland.
Route 116 begins at an intersection with RI-33 and RI-117 in Coventry, Rhode Island. It is known as Knotty Oak Road. Route 116 runs north for 2.7 miles (4.3 km) from Route 117 to the Scituate town line. In Scituate, the route runs 9.5 miles (15.3 km). The highway intersects the following routes from south to north: Route 115, Route 12, Route 14, and US 6. In Glocester, the route runs 0.6 miles (0.97 km). It reaches US 44inSmithfield. It runs concurrent with US 44 for half a mile. Then, it turns northeast. It continues as Pleasant View Avenue as it then meets Route 104. It runs concurrently north with Route 104, then turns east as the George Washington Highway. The George Washington Highway is a rural, two-laned expressway with a 50 mph speed limit. The road continues east and ends at Route 114 in Cumberland.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Kent | Coventry | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 33 / Route 117 (Washington Street) | Southern terminus |
| Providence | Hope | 2.9 | 4.7 |   Route 115 east (Main Street) | Western terminus of Route 115 |
| Scituate | 4.9 | 7.9 |  Route 12 (Scituate Avenue) | ||
| 6.9 | 11.1 |  Route 14 (Plainfield Pike) | |||
| North Scituate | 10.7 | 17.2 | US 6 (Hartford Pike) | ||
| Greenville | 14.0 | 22.5 |  US 44 west (Putnam Pike) | Southern terminus of concurrency with US 44 | |
| 14.1 | 22.7 | US 44 east (Putnam Pike) | Northern terminus of concurrency with US 44 | ||
| 15.0 | 24.1 |   Route 5 south (Cedar Swamp Road) | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 5 | ||
| Smithfield | 16.8 | 27.0 |  Route 104 south (Farum Pike) | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 104 | |
| 17.0 | 27.4 |  Route 5 north / Route 104 north (Farum Pike) | Northern terminus of concurrency with Routes 5 and 104 | ||
| 18.3 | 29.5 |  Route 7 (Douglas Pike) | |||
| Lincoln | 21.4 | 34.4 |   Route 146toRoute 246 | Interchange; exit 7 on Route 146 | |
| 22.2 | 35.7 |  Route 126 (Old River Road) | |||
| Blackstone River | 23.1 | 37.2 | Bridge | ||
| Cumberland | 23.3 | 37.5 |    Route 122 north (Mendon Road) to I-295 | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 122 | |
| 23.4 | 37.7 | Route 122 south (Mendon Road) | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 122 | ||
| 25.1 | 40.4 | Route 114 (Diamond Hill Road) | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Route 116 is a major corridor in Lincoln, Cumberland and parts of Smithfield.
The interchange between Route 116 and Route 146 was the first cloverleaf interchange to be constructed in the state. In the mid-2000s the ramps in the interchange's southeast quadrant were removed, being replaced by rebuilt ramps in the northeast quadrant which join 116 at a new signaled intersection with turn lanes. Then in 2019, the sharply curved ramps in the southwest and northwest quadrants were removed and the outer ramps in the same quadrants were reconfigured to provide full access to and from Route 116 and Route 246. And again, the signals with turn lanes were added to accommodate the full access.
