Route 14
Length:	23.1 mi (37 km)
West end:	Route 14 in Sterling, CT
East end:	Route 6 in Providence
Rhode Island Routes < Route 12 Route 15 >

Route 14 is a numbered State Highway running 23.1 miles in the U.S. State of Rhode Island.

Route

Route 14 takes the following route through the State:

• Coventry: 4.2 miles; Connecticut State line at CT 14 to Foster town line
  • Plainfield Pike
• Foster: 5.2 miles; Coventry town line to Scituate town line
  • Plainfield Pike
• Scituate: 7.0 miles; Foster town line to Johnston city line
  • Plainfield Pike
• Johnston: 5.4 miles; Scituate town line to Providence town line
  • Plainfield Pike and Plainfield Street
• Providence: 1.3 miles; Johnston town line to US 6
  • Plainfield Street

History

Route 14 roughly runs along the historic Providence & Norwich Turnpike, later renamed to "Plainfield Pike". The only section of Route 14 that does not roughly follow the original road is in Scituate, where approximately 1.5 miles of original road have been bypassed. Half of the bypassed road is currently submerged under the Scituate Reservoir. The bypassed section, a road called "Old Plainfield Pike" can be driven by car from its beginning at Route 102 to Route 12. The original road continues past Route 12 as a paved path. This paved path continues for approximately .25 miles up to the Scituate Reservoir, at which point the path is underwater for approximately a mile. It resurfaces out of the Reservoir on the northeast side and continues for another .25 miles and then rejoins with Route 14. The pavement between Route 12 and the Reservoir, and between the Reservoir and Route 14 on the northeast side, is believed to be original from before the Reservoir was created.

Notes

Route 14, from just east of Route 5 to just west of Interstate 295, runs on the Cranston/Johnston town line, with Route 14 Eastbound in Cranston and Route 14 Westbound in Johnston.

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