en Rhode Island Route 24

Route 24
Route 24
Fall River Expressway
	Route 24 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by RIDOT
Length	7.7 mi (12.4 km)
Existed	1966–present
Major junctions
South end	Route 114 in Portsmouth
	Route 138 in Portsmouth; Route 77 / Route 138 in Tiverton
North end	Route 24 at the Massachusetts state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Rhode Island
Counties	Newport
Highway system
	Rhode Island Routes;

Route 24 is a freeway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It runs approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Route 114 in Portsmouth to Massachusetts Route 24 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Route 24 is the primary freeway access for the two towns in the southeastern corner of the state, Tiverton and Little Compton. Though on the mainland, they are isolated from the rest of the state by an arm of the Narragansett Bay. Because of this, the main freeway connection to Providence involves using Rhode Island Route 24, Massachusetts Route 24, and Interstate 195.

Route description

Route 24 starts at Route 114 in Portsmouth. It heads northeast and has a short concurrency with Route 138 over the Sakonnet River Bridge to Tiverton. It continues northeast until the border with Fall River, Massachusetts, where it continues as Massachusetts Route 24.^{[citation needed]}

Exit list

Exits were formerly numbered only on gore signs until 2014, when a project put numbers on all signs except for at Fish Road.^[2] All interchanges in Rhode Island, including Route 24, will be renumbered to mileage-based numbers by 2020 under a plan announced by RIDOT in the fall of 2017. In November 2019, RIDOT announced that Route 24 will be renumbering the exits in spring 2020.^[3] The entire route is in Newport County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Portsmouth	0.0	0.0	–	–	Route 114 south (West Main Road)	Southern terminus
	0.8	1.3	–	1	To Route 138 south – Middletown, Newport Beaches	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via Turnpike Avenue
	2.0	3.2	–	2	Route 138 south (Boyds Lane) – Island Park, Portsmouth, Bristol	Southern end of Route 138 concurrency; no southbound entrance; Route 138 not signed northbound
	3.3– 3.6	5.3– 5.8	–	3	Hummocks Avenue / Anthony Road / Common Fence Point / Island Park	Signed for Hummocks Ave. northbound, Anthony Rd./Island Park southbound
Sakonnet River	3.9	6.3	Sakonnet River Bridge
Tiverton	4.2	6.8	4	–	To Route 77 / Route 177 – Tiverton, Little Compton	Former northbound exit and southbound entrance
	4.4	7.1	5	4	Route 77 south / Route 138 north to Route 177 – North Tiverton, Tiverton, Little Compton	Northern end of Route 138 concurrency; northern terminus of Route 77
	5.3	8.5	6	5	Fish Road
	7.7	12.4	–	–	Route 24 north – Fall River, Boston	Continuation into Massachusetts
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Concurrency terminus Incomplete access