A Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) highway project, currently underway and scheduled for completion next year, will provide a direct, uninterrupted freeway link between I-95, Route 4, and the Quonset Business Park, including the Port of Davisville (a public port located within the business park).

The $144 million I-95 “Missing Move” and Quonset Ramps Construction Project, which had been discussed for decades, is so named because it is constructing two critical highway ramps that were planned but never built when Route 4 — a 5.4-mile freeway linking Route 102 to the I-95 merge — was constructed in the 1960s. The current project will afford direct highway connections between I-95 North and Route 4 South, and Route 4 North and I-95 South, allowing drivers to transition between the two highways without having to exit onto local roads. This eliminates an estimated 15 to 20 minutes of daily commuting time and stops industrial trucks from having to drive through neighborhoods in towns like North Kingstown, Warwick, and East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

The project also will make numerous improvements at and near the Quonset Business Park — an important and rapidly growing economic growth center — including new ramps on Route 403 (the Quonset Freeway) and a roundabout at Compass Circle.

The Quonset Business Park is a 3,200-acre industrial and commercial hub located on Narragansett Bay in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Over 260 companies operate out of the park, creating more than 15,000 jobs. It generates over $7 billion in economic output every year. The Port of Davisville is a multi-use maritime facility, strategically located near the mouth of Narragansett Bay. The port offers five terminals with 4,500 feet of berthing space and 235 acres of operating capacity, and is one of the top 10 automobile importers in the U.S.

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