Rhode Island Route 165
State highway in Washington County, Rhode Island, US
Route 165 is a 7.1-mile-long (11.4 km) numbered state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It runs from the Connecticut state line east to Route 3 in Exeter. It runs entirely on Ten Rod Road, where one rod is 16.5 feet and so ten rods is 165 feet, matching the route number.
Route description
Route 165 enters Rhode Island on a causeway over Beach Pond. It travels east through the woods along Ten Rod Road. Shortly before its eastern end, the highway passes beneath Interstate 95, however Route 165 does not connect directly to the Interstate. It ends at an intersection with Nooseneck Hill Road, which carries Route 3.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Exeter, Washington County.
“Rhode Island Route 165” enters the record as state highway in Washington County, Rhode Island, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rhode, Island and Route can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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