67-688: Interstate 195 ( I-195 ) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway running a combined 44.55 miles (71.70 km) in the US states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts . It travels from a junction with I-95 in Providence, Rhode Island , east to a junction with I-495 and Massachusetts Route 25 in Wareham, Massachusetts . It runs east–west and passes through the cities of Fall River, Massachusetts , and New Bedford, Massachusetts . The portion of I-195 in East Providence
134-615: A central police department, and one post office (zip code 02719). The Fairhaven police department is located on Byrant Lane, a half-mile east of the center of town. The police, fire, and rescue all are located at the same site on Washington Street. Fairhaven's four public schools are all part of the Fairhaven Public School District. The town has two elementary schools; East Fairhaven and Leroy L. Wood, one middle school, Elizabeth Hastings; and one high school, Fairhaven High . Fairhaven High School , donated by Rogers in 1906,
201-471: A female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. Of all households, 30.5% were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
268-541: A left exit; moreover, the concrete supports had deteriorated to the point that steel shoring were needed to reinforce the intersection's many bridges. In the 1980s, RIDOT reviewed many plans to deal with the aging section of I-195 in Providence, which was built in the 1950s. Along with having to complete numerous repairs on one of the busiest stretches of highway in Rhode Island, traffic volumes had increased tremendously over
335-660: A no-build option in which the existing route would be reconstructed. RIDOT ultimately chose an alignment south of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier , which would allow safety problems and congestion issues to be addressed, while also allowing for significant redevelopment of the Providence waterfront. The 400-foot (120 m) center span of the new Providence River Bridge was built offsite at the Quonset Business Park and floated up to Providence in August 2006. The span
402-524: A number of the high and mighty; he also became a friend, advisor, and patron to a number of the less-well-off. Among his friends were Booker T. Washington , Anne Sullivan , Helen Keller , and Mark Twain , all of whom came to visit Rogers in Fairhaven, sometimes for protracted periods. Late in Twain's life, he had managed to impoverish himself; Rogers lent him a helping hand, and Twain did whatever he could to return
469-578: A place where the highway mileage resets to zero. Beltways are also preceded by an even number in the first digit. Some examples of beltways include: Fairhaven, Massachusetts Fairhaven ( Massachusett : Sconticut ) is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts , United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay , an arm of
536-632: A plan announced by RIDOT in September 2017 and scheduled to begin on January 28, 2020. In June 2008, RIDOT nominated the Iway bridge float for the America's Transportation Award on the basis that the project "demonstrate[d] innovative management". The Iway bridge float was one of 10 finalists for the national award, receiving an Innovative Management award in the large project category. The Publicity Club of New England also gave RIDOT its annual "Bell Ringer" award for
603-486: A project scheduled to begin in 2016, until the project was indefinitely postponed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). On November 18, 2019, MassDOT announced the project would begin in late mid-2020. The exit numbers were changed starting on October 25, 2020, and the work was completed on November 6, 2020. Rhode Island interchanges were renumbered to a mileage-based system early in 2020 in
670-458: A state. There are three states that have no auxiliary Interstate Highways: Alaska, Arizona, and New Mexico. North Dakota has an auxiliary route, but it is unsigned , and Wyoming's does not meet Interstate Highway standards. Auxiliary Interstates are divided into three types: spur , loop , and bypass routes. The first digit of the three digits usually signifies whether a route is a bypass, spur, or beltway. The last two digits are derived from
737-448: A town of shipwrights , ship chandlers , ropemakers , coopers , and sailmakers . It also became a popular location for ship-owners and ship-captains to build their homes and raise their children. Among Fairhaven's natives was Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840–1909), a businessman and philanthropist. Rogers was one of the key men in John D. Rockefeller 's Standard Oil trust. He later developed
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#1732855113255804-685: A yacht club, and several marinas for recreational craft. There are several small bathing beaches, the largest being the Fort Phoenix State Reservation , a south-facing beach to the east of the fort and the New Bedford Harbor Hurricane Barrier . There is also a bike path, the Phoenix Rail Trail, which travels along a long-unused railroad right-of-way (formerly the Fairhaven Branch Railroad ), just to
871-688: Is also known as the East Providence Expressway . I-195 provides a direct highway route to Cape Cod from Rhode Island and, via I-95, from New York and Connecticut as well. I-195 begins at I-95 at a semi-directional T interchange , which along with a new bridge over the Providence River , was part of the large Iway construction project. At this point, US Route 6 (US 6) is also signed along I-195. The complex Iway interchange includes several ramps for local streets (labeled exits 1A and 1B) and an interchange with I-95, which
938-508: Is also where US 6 and US 1A leave the freeway. I-195 then leaves Rhode Island, having gone 3.82 miles (6.15 km). I-195 enters Seekonk, Massachusetts , and interchanges with Route 114A at exit 1. There are two interchanges in Swansea , exit 5 for Route 136 and exit 8 for US 6 . Access to the town of Somerset and the village of Ocean Grove in Swansea
1005-523: Is currently represented by William R. Keating . The state's senior member of the United States Senate is Elizabeth Warren , and its junior senator is Ed Markey . Fairhaven is governed by a representative town meeting , run by a five-person select board (expanded from three seats in 2022) and a town administrator. The town has one public library (the Millicent Library), one fire station,
1072-454: Is located in the 10th Bristol state representative district, which includes all of Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, as well as a portion of Middleborough. The town is represented in the state senate in the 2nd Bristol-Plymouth district, which includes the city of New Bedford and the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Mattapoisett. On the national level, Fairhaven is a part of Massachusetts's 9th congressional district , and
1139-814: Is the most recognizable landmark in the town, given its prominent location on Route 6 (Huttleston Avenue) and its impressive appearance. The school's teams are known as the Blue Devils, and their colors are royal blue and white. In addition to the public school, prospective high school students may choose to attend either Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School ("Voc-Tech") in New Bedford or Bristol County Agricultural High School ("Bristol Aggie") in Dighton , free of charge. Two recent former elementary schools include Oxford School (closed 2007) and Rogers School (closed 2013). Oxford School opened in 1896 until it
1206-665: Is unnumbered. US 44 and US 1A join at the next interchange with Gano and Main streets, labeled exits 1C, 1D, and 1E. The road crosses the Washington Bridge over the Seekonk River into East Providence. US 44 leaves the freeway at exit 1C in East Providence. Exit 1D is a partial interchange with Route 103 while exit 2A provides access to several local streets in East Providence. Exits 2B and 2C provide access to Route 114 , which
1273-610: Is via exit 10 ( Route 103 ). I-195 crosses the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge over the Taunton River , entering Fall River . The bridge passes over Battleship Cove and USS Massachusetts , after which exit 11 provides access to Route 79 and Route 138 . Exits 12 and 13 provide access to downtown Fall River streets, while a brief concurrency with Route 24 exists between exits 14A (Route 24 south) and 14B (Route 24 north). Passing
1340-721: The Acushnet River at its mouth. The lands of the town jut out into the bay via Sconticut Neck and West Island, along with several other small islands. Most of the town's water area consists of its harbors, bays and coves, along with a portion of the Acushnet's waters, and Nasketucket and Scipping Creeks. The town lies along coastal plain, and has some swampland along the Nasketucket and around Boy's and Girl's Creeks, north of Priest's Cove. Fairhaven's localities include Fairhaven Center, North Fairhaven, East Fairhaven, Oxford, Poverty Point, Nasketucket, Sconticut Neck, and Winsegansett Heights. Most of
1407-733: The Acushnet River takes I-195 to the town of Fairhaven , where there is the northern terminus of Route 240 freeway at exit 29. Exit 31 is for North Street in Mattapoisett , exit 35 is Route 105 in Marion , and exit 39 is Route 28 in Wareham . I-195 ends at trumpet interchange with I-495 (exit 40B) and Route 25 (exit 40A) in Wareham, having 40.73 miles (65.55 km) in Massachusetts. Predating I-195 were two sections of road—Fox Point Boulevard and
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#17328551132551474-543: The New Bedford Regional Airport . The nearest national air service is at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island. As of the census of 2020, there were 15,924 people, 8,423 households, and 4,354 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,303.4 inhabitants per square mile (503.2/km ). There were 7,266 housing units at an average density of 586.1 per square mile (226.3/km ). The racial makeup of
1541-686: The Virginian Railway . Rogers and his wife, Abbie Gifford Rogers , another Fairhaven native (who was the daughter of the whaling captain Peleg Gifford), donated many community improvements in the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century, including a grammar school, an extraordinarily luxurious high school , the Town Hall , the George H. Taber Masonic Building, the Unitarian Memorial Church ,
1608-615: The Washington Bridge . The Washington Bridge, crossing the Seekonk River between Providence and East Providence , was opened on September 25, 1930, replacing an 1885 swing bridge with a higher bascule bridge . A new westbound bridge opened in November 1968. Fox Point Boulevard, later George M. Cohan Boulevard, was a surface boulevard connecting the Washington Bridge west to the Point Street Bridge and Downtown, Providence. It
1675-663: The Watuppa Ponds , I-195 enters Westport , where exit 15 is a partial interchange with Sanford Road, and exit 16 marks the northern terminus of Route 88 . Exits 19 and 22 provide access to local roads in Dartmouth , while, shortly after entering the port city of New Bedford , there is a full cloverleaf interchange with the Route ;140 freeway (exits 24A and 24B). Exits 25 to 29 are partial interchanges with several local New Bedford city streets. A bridge over
1742-488: The 2012–13 academic year. Oxford School was converted to residential apartments in 2022 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. The town is also home to Saint Joseph's School, a Roman Catholic parochial school which provides an education from nursery through eighth-grade. The school is operated by the nearby Saint Joseph Church. The Northeast Maritime Institute based in Fairhaven offers
1809-612: The Acushnet River. They burned ships and warehouses in New Bedford, skirmished at the Head-of-the-River bridge (approximately where the Main Street bridge in Acushnet is presently situated), and marched through Fairhaven to Sconticut Neck, burning homes along the way. In deference to the overwhelming force approaching from the landward side, the fort was abandoned, and it was destroyed by the enemy. An attack on Fairhaven village itself
1876-481: The Atlantic Ocean. The town shares a harbor with the city of New Bedford , a place well known for its whaling and fishing heritage; consequently, Fairhaven's history, economy, and culture are closely aligned with those of its larger neighbor. The population of Fairhaven was 15,924 at the time of the 2020 census . Fairhaven was first settled in 1659 as "Cushnea," the easternmost part of the town of Dartmouth . It
1943-460: The Bristol and Plymouth county lines. The town is the southeastern corner of Bristol County, and contains the easternmost point of the county, on West Island. Fairhaven is approximately 54 miles (87 km) south of Boston , 21 miles (34 km) by land west of Cape Cod , and 32 miles (51 km) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island . The town is located on Buzzards Bay , on the eastern bank of
2010-463: The British raider, HMS Nimrod . Alerted by the firing of the guns at Fort Phoenix, the militia gathered, and the British did not come ashore. The fort was decommissioned in 1876, and in 1926 the site was donated to the town by Cara Rogers Broughton (a daughter of Henry Huttleston Rogers ). Today, the area surrounding the fort includes a park and a bathing beach. The fort lies just to the seaward side of
2077-643: The I-195 and I-95 intersection. The relocation made the segment safer for traffic, reunified the Jewelry District with Downtown , and freed up more space. In the process, some 35 buildings, housing over 80 businesses and six residences, were demolished. The new stretch of highway is called the Iway by RIDOT and includes a signature bridge over the Providence River as well as a landscaped pedestrian walkway over
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2144-422: The Iway logo. One of the key features of the Iway, the new Providence River Bridge, is illuminated by architectural lighting, making it visible from many points in the city and on the Providence River. There has been criticism that this lighting has caused a considerable amount of light pollution , which has made it difficult for astronomers in the Providence area to view the night sky. Complaints have been made to
2211-570: The Tabitha Inn, the Millicent Library , and a modern water-and-sewer system. These structures were erected to top-quality construction standards, a trademark philosophy of Henry H. Rogers; some are still in regular use more than one hundred years later. In 1885, Rogers built a huge and modern (for the times) elementary school and, in 1893, a memorial to his beloved daughter, Millicent, in the form of an Italian-Renaissance palazzo that serves as
2278-450: The end of 2008. On June 18, 2009, the new Iway bridge opened to westbound I-195 traffic to I-95 south. By October 2009, all westbound traffic on I-195 was using the new highway; the onramps to the old I-195 were closed completely, but some of the old alignment's ramps remained open. The last major ramp of the project opened in October 2011. The Washington Bridge on the westbound side of I-195
2345-485: The entrance from Friendship Street still exists. The I-95 interchange at this end opened in fall 1964; the Pine Street ramp was kept for a while. The next section to be constructed was the part in East Providence. It opened to the last exit before the state line on December 15, 1959, and was extended into Massachusetts by August 1960. I-195 cut through the center of Watchemoket Square, which, about 30 years earlier,
2412-484: The favors. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 14.1 square miles (37 km ), of which 12.4 square miles (32 km ) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km ), or 12.06%, is water. It is bordered by the river and New Bedford to the west, Acushnet to the north, Mattapoisett to the east and Buzzards Bay to the south. The town line with Mattapoisett lies along
2479-524: The fort, the first naval battle of the American Revolution took place on May 14, 1775. Under the command of Nathaniel Pope and Daniel Egery, a group of 25 Fairhaven minutemen (including Noah Stoddard ) aboard the sloop Success retrieved two vessels previously captured by a British warship in Buzzards Bay. On September 5 and 6, 1778, the British landed four thousand soldiers on the west side of
2546-479: The harbor's hurricane barrier. Prior to the second half of the nineteenth century, whale oil was the primary source of fuel for lighting in the United States. The whaling industry was an economic mainstay for many New England coastal communities for over two hundred years. The famous whaling port of New Bedford is located across the Acushnet River from Fairhaven. Fairhaven was also a whaling port; in fact, in
2613-524: The highway. It connects India Point Park to the Fox Point neighborhood. It involved renovating India Point Park and constructing a 50-foot-wide (15 m) pedestrian bridge ; building a signature arch bridge over the Providence River ; and improved highway flow, access, and safety, as the original intersection was not built for modern traffic standards. The previous lane alignment was dangerous and created congestion, as lane shifts were often required to avoid
2680-474: The last interchange before Massachusetts. It also carries US 1A and US 44 over the Washington Bridge and its approaches, though the former has almost no signs. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) started reconstructing the westbound Washington Bridge in October 2021, following years of delays. I-195's stretch through Providence was reconstructed with a $ 610-million (equivalent to $ 832 million in 2023) project by RIDOT to relocate
2747-550: The main Interstate Highway. For instance, I-115 contains an odd number in the first digit (1), which indicates that this freeway is a spur. The last two digits signify the highway's origin. In this case, the "15" in I-115 shows that it is a supplement to I-15 . Exceptions to the standard numbering guidelines exist for a number of reasons. In some cases, original routes were changed, extended, or abandoned, leaving discrepancies in
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2814-423: The main retail center for neighboring Acushnet and Mattapoisett as well. SRTA provides bus service between Fairhaven and New Bedford, as well as two short shuttle routes between the town and Acushnet and Mattapoisett. The town has no rail or air service. The MBTA is in the process of extending commuter rail service to neighboring New Bedford. New Bedford also is the location of the nearest airport to Fairhaven,
2881-537: The original Dartmouth land-purchase eventually became a fifth town, Westport .) Fort Phoenix , owned by the Town of Fairhaven, is located in Fairhaven at the mouth of the Acushnet River, and it served, during colonial and revolutionary times, as the primary defense against seaborne attacks on New Bedford harbor. It is adjacent to the Fort Phoenix State Beach and Reservation operated by the state. Within sight of
2948-542: The parent route at one end; bypasses , which connect to the parent route at both ends; and beltways , which form a circle that intersects the parent route at two locations. Some routes connect to the parent route at one end but to another route at the other end; some states treat these as spurs while others treat them as bypasses. Like the primary Interstate Highways , auxiliary highways meet Interstate Highway standards (with rare exceptions ). The shorter auxiliary routes branch from primary routes; their numbers are based on
3015-489: The parent route's number. All of the supplement routes for Interstate 95 (I-95) are designated with a three-digit number ending in "95": I-x95. With some exceptions, spur routes are numbered with an odd hundreds digit (such as I-395 ), while bypasses and beltways are numbered with an even hundreds digit (such as I-695 ). Because longer Interstates may have many such supplemental routes, the numbers can repeat from state to state along their route, but they will not repeat within
3082-487: The population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over. Fairhaven is the home of the Acushnet Company , a world-renowned manufacturer of golf equipment under the brand name Titleist (now owned by Fila ). Fairhaven is also home to Nye Lubricants , a firm dealing in industrial lubricants and whose history dates back to 1844 and the whaling industry. Fairhaven
3149-471: The rest of New Bedford by the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge , a swing-span truss bridge over one hundred years old. Massachusetts Route 240 , a short, 1 mile (1.6 km) divided highway, connects Interstate 195 at Exit 29 to the intersection of Route 6 and Sconticut Neck Road. The town's retail center is located at this intersection, and includes several stores, markets, and restaurants, and is
3216-415: The same Interstate, some states treat these as bypasses while others treat these as spurs—see Spur route above. A beltway (also known as a loop route ) completely surrounds a metropolitan city, and it is often connected with multiple junctions to other routes. Unlike other auxiliary Interstate Highways (and by extension, all primary Interstate Highways ), beltways do not have termini; however, they have
3283-410: The south of Route 6. The 5.2-mile long rail trail connects Fairhaven Center with Mattapoisett Center. Interstate 195 travels on an east–west path through town, crossing the Acushnet River at the point where it begins to broaden as it approaches New Bedford Harbor. Fairhaven is also crossed by U.S. Route 6 , which enters the town on a bridge between the mainland and Pope's Island, which is connected to
3350-412: The state and in response, lights are turned off at 11:00 pm to save energy and reduce light pollution. Auxiliary Interstate Highway Auxiliary Interstate Highways (also called three-digit Interstate Highways ) are a subset of highways within the United States' Interstate Highway System . The 323 auxiliary routes generally fall into three types: spur routes , which connect to or intersect
3417-516: The system. In other cases, it may not be possible to use the proper number because the limited set of available numbers has been exhausted, causing a "non-standard" number to be used. A spur route 's number usually has an odd number for its first digit. It is usually one of the following: Examples include: Sometimes, a three-digit Interstate Highway branches off from another three-digit Interstate Highway. These spurs do not connect directly with their parent highways, but are associated with them via
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#17328551132553484-472: The three-digit highways they do intersect with. Examples include: A bypass route may traverse around a city, or may run through it with the mainline bypassing. In a typical 3-digit Interstate Highway, bypasses usually have both its two termini junctioned with another Interstate highway. Bypass routes are preceded by an even number in the first digit. Examples include: In the case of an auxiliary Interstate highway which has both ends at Interstates but not
3551-400: The town was 96.32% White , 0.60% African American , 0.26% Native American , 0.44% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.19% from other races , and 1.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population. There were 6,622 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 11.0% had
3618-522: The town's free public library to this day. On February 22, 1894, when the Fairhaven Town Hall, a gift of Abbie Palmer (Gifford) Rogers, was dedicated, Mark Twain delivered a humorous speech to mark the occasion. Less than three months later, on May 21, 1894, Abbie Rogers died in New York following surgery for stomach cancer. His grandson was The 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896–1966). Rogers befriended
3685-469: The town's population lies either in the west side of town, along Sconticut Neck or in the village of East Fairhaven, with the northeast quarter of the town's land sparsely populated. The town has two large public parks, Livesey Park and Cushman Park, as well as a number of smaller ones. Cushman Park, as well as having tennis courts and ballfields and a bandstand, is the location of Fairhaven High School 's running track. The town has several commercial wharves,
3752-477: The year 1838, Fairhaven was the second-largest whaling port in the United States, with 24 vessels sailing for the whaling grounds. The author of Moby-Dick , Herman Melville , departed from the port of Fairhaven aboard the whaleship Acushnet in 1841. However, once New Bedford's predominance in the whaling industry became apparent, Fairhaven's economy evolved into one that supplemented the New Bedford economy rather than competing directly with it. Fairhaven became
3819-551: The years. The highway, designed for 75,000 vehicles a day, carried more than 160,000 cars daily at the time. The old design also had tight curves, left-hand exits, and closely spaced exits, which had contributed to excessive congestion on I-195 and nearby streets. RIDOT worked on the Iway's environmental impact statement (EIS) in the early 1990s, finding that the existing highway deteriorated bridges, substandard roadway alignments, sharp curves, and substandard shoulder widths. The department looked at three alternatives, including
3886-459: Was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 79,432 and $ 50,384 per capita as of 2021. About 6.6% persons were below the poverty line. 28.9% of the population had a bachelor's degree or higher and 91% had a high school degree. Males had a median income of $ 38,201 versus $ 29,736 for females. About 6.5% of families and 9.0% of
3953-513: Was assigned, as all intercity routes were numbered before the auxiliary Interstate numbering was chosen, and the Providence– New Bedford, Massachusetts , route was too long to be considered intracity. The I-195 designation was assigned in 1959 with the final numbering. At some time after 1976, the definition of I-195 was extended east to I-495 (which was itself extended). I-195 still carries US 6, now in both directions, from I-95 to
4020-471: Was built with no cross traffic by using U-turn ramps in the median to reverse direction. This was the last part in Providence to be built as a freeway , opened in December 1968. The first freeway section came off the west end of Cohan Boulevard and over the Providence River , ending at the one-way pair of Pine and Friendship streets, which opened in November 1958. The ramp to Pine Street has been closed, but
4087-479: Was closed in December 2023 due to a critical failure of a number of pins which were designed to brace the bridge. On December 13, 2023, Rhode Island officials announced that two lanes would be restored westbound using two eastbound lanes sometime during the weekend of December 16, but the full repair of the westbound span is still expected to take three months pending any additional findings. Massachusetts interchanges were to be renumbered to mileage-based numbering in
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#17328551132554154-518: Was founded on land purchased by English settlers at the Plymouth Colony from the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit , and his son, Wamsutta . In 1787, the eastern portion of Dartmouth seceded and formed a new settlement called New Bedford . This new town included areas that are the present-day towns of Fairhaven, Acushnet , and New Bedford itself. Fairhaven eventually separated from New Bedford, and it
4221-484: Was merged with the newly reconstructed East Fairhaven School in 2007. Rogers School opened in 1885 as the first building donated to the town by Henry Huttleston Rogers. It remained open until 2013 when, like Oxford and East Fairhaven Schools, its student body was consolidated with that of LeRoy Wood School. As the new Wood School building was being constructed, its staff and students moved to the Oxford School building for
4288-416: Was officially incorporated in 1812. At that time, Fairhaven included all of the land on the east bank of the Acushnet River . The northern portion of Fairhaven, upriver from Buzzards Bay , formed another independent town, called Acushnet, in 1860. Thus, what had once been a single town, Dartmouth, with a substantial land area, became, in less than 75 years, four separate municipalities. (The western portion of
4355-422: Was placed on self-propelled modular transporters , rolled onto two large barges, and floated up the bay. The opening of the Iway was preceded by a public walk on the Iway on October 20, 2007. On November 4, 2007, the new Iway bridge opened to eastbound traffic from I-95 north to I-195 east. The new alignment of I-195 opened in stages over the next two years. The old I-195 eastbound roadway was completely closed at
4422-461: Was repelled by militia under the command of Major Israel Fearing, who had marched from Wareham , some 15 miles (24 km) away, with additional militiamen. Fearing's heroic action saved Fairhaven from further molestation. The fort was enlarged before the War of 1812 , and it helped repel an attack on the harbor by British forces. In the early morning hours of June 13, 1814, landing boats were launched from
4489-489: Was the heart of downtown East Providence but was on the decline in the 1950s. Half of the square was demolished to make way for the highway. Before the Interstate Highway System numbering was decided upon, I-195 was planned as a relocation of US 6; in fact, all but the last section was signed as US 6 when built (the first section only eastbound though). In 1957, the number Interstate 95E ( I-95E )
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