Route 12 is a numbered state highway in

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...

, United States. It runs approximately from Route 14 in Foster to Broad Street in Cranston.

Route description

Route 12 starts at Route 14 and Route 102 in Foster. It roughly follows the shore of the

Scituate Reservoir The Scituate Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in the state of Rhode Island. It has an aggregate capacity of and a surface area of 5.3 square miles (13.7 km²). It and its six tributary reservoirs—which make up a total surface a ...

before passing over its dam. It passes over

I-295 Interstate 295 is the designation for several Interstate Highways in the United States: *Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania), a bypass of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Interstate 295 (Florida), a beltway around central Jacksonville * Interstate ...

without an interchange and heads towards downtown Cranston. After passing the city center as a main east–west corridor, Route 2 passes Route 10's southern terminus. It passes

US 1A U.S. Route 1A is the name of several highways found in the United States. North Carolina Wake Forest–Youngsville U.S. Route 1A (US 1A) is a alternate route of U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina, US 1 through the towns of Wake Forest, ...

and ends at Broad Street, an old alignment of US 1A, later.

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2019 Highway Map, Rhode Island

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Transportation in Providence County, Rhode Island