Route 138A (Rhode Island)
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| Length: | 48.3 mi (77.7 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1922 (east of Newport) 1932 (west of Newport) – present |
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| West end: |
 Route 138 in Voluntown, CT
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 I‑95 in Richmond US 1 in North Kingstown Route 24 in Portsmouth
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| North end: |
 Route 138 in Fall River, MA
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| Counties: | Washington, Newport | |||
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| Length: | 4.1 mi (6.6 km) |
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Route 138 is a numbered State Highway running 48.3 miles (77.7 km) in Rhode Island. Route 138 begins in Exeter at the Connecticut state line in the west and runs to the Massachusetts state line in Tiverton in the east, and is the only state-numbered route to completely cross Rhode Island. Route 138 also keeps the same route number on the other side of both state lines.
Route 138 is a major thoroughfare in southern Rhode Island. The route ultimately connects Interstate 95 and the University of Rhode Island campus with the island town of Jamestown, the city of Newport, as well as the Tiverton-Little Compton coastal region.
Route 138 takes the following route through the State:
Route 138 used the Stone Bridge over the Sakonnet River until 1954.
Before the opening of the Jamestown section of the Route 138 Expressway in 1994, Route 138 came off the Jamestown Bridge and used Eldred Avenue (which has now been partially cut off by the Expressway) and East Shore Road to the Newport Pell Bridge. As of 2005, there is still a Route 138 reassurance marker northbound on East Shore Road just north of the Newport Pell Bridge.
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