420foreverandalways t1_iuoygrk wrote on November 1, 2022 at 11:29 PM

You can see a map from 1939 here: https://ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a2960d1a022e4dccaab14aa4a58f5d45

If a railroad isn't where a highway currently is, then you can be sure a disenfranchised neighborhood (usually Black) was demolished to make room for the highway. This pdf has some descriptions of a neighborhood destroyed during urban renewal. http://www.upparts.org/uploads/4/5/8/2/45820603/01-a_brief_history_of_urban_renewal_and_displacement_in_the_former_west_elmwood_neighborhood.pdf

So, you can clearly see 195 more or less follows an arterial that was already there, (plus some collatoral damage to what I think was Cape Verdean at the time). I-95 follows the rail at some points. Then you can be sure those neighborhoods it cuts through are Black or Chinese or Narragansett, etc.)

bartolo345 t1_iup99iz wrote on November 2, 2022 at 12:45 AM

And why 895 was never built

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_895_(Rhode_Island%E2%80%93Massachusetts)

WikiSummarizerBot t1_iup9bbn wrote on November 2, 2022 at 12:46 AM

Interstate 895 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)

>Interstate 895 was a proposed Interstate Highway in Rhode Island and Massachusetts that would have supplemented Interstate 295 to create a full beltway around Providence.

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bartolo345 t1_iup9unx wrote on November 2, 2022 at 12:49 AM

Good bot

pvdjay t1_iuto4va wrote on November 2, 2022 at 10:57 PM

An interstate along Nayatt Rd. LMAO. Never stood a chance! It’s super cool that there are some remnants of the second plan. I’ve always wondered what’s up with the stubs at the end of 295 @ 95 and at the end of the Newport Bridge access road in Newport. Thanks for posting!

ananda_yogi t1_iuqz31y wrote on November 2, 2022 at 11:52 AM

Exactly this, there are probably many reasons why the highway was built where it was, but its no accident that 195 and 95 went around the wealthiest areas of the East End, essentially cutting through and cutting off already disenfranchised neighborhoods.