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Rhode Island Route 94

State highway in Providence County, Rhode Island, US

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ823334 ↗
Source-derived summary

Route 94 is a numbered state highway running 12.7 miles (20.4 km) in Rhode Island. Route 94's southern terminus is at Route 14 and Route 102 in Foster and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 44 (US 44) in Chepachet.

Route description

Route 94 takes the following route through the State:

Foster: 7.1 miles (11.4 km); Route 14/Route 102 to Glocester town line

Foster Center Road and Mount Hygeia Road

Chepachet (Town of Glocester): 5.6 miles (9.0 km); Foster town line to US 44

Reynolds Road

Major intersections

The entire route is in Providence County.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Rhode Island Route 94” as state highway in Providence County, Rhode Island, US. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rhode, Island and Route.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 96-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rhode, Island and Route providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rhode Island Route 94”, the useful work is to connect “state highway in Providence County, Rhode Island, US” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q823334.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Rhode Island Route 94”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Rhode Island Route 94 primary sources, Rhode Island Route 94 archive and Rhode research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Rhode Island Route 94”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Rhode Island Route 94” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.