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U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

Associate Administrator
John Baxter
202-366-9494
john.baxter@dot.gov
www.fhwa.dot.gov/flh/

Federal Lands Highway
provides planning,
design, and engineering
services to support the
highways and bridges
that provide access to
and within federally
owned lands.

Federal Lands Divisions

Eastern
Federal Lands

Eastern Federal Lands

Division Engineer
Melisa Ridenour
703-404-6201
melisa.ridenour@fhwa.dot.gov
www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov

September 2007
See FLH website for sources

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Fact Sheet

 

Rhode Island FLHP

Rhode Island FLHP road miles: 25
Funding Authorized FY 98 – 07: $18,090,000
Federal land acreage as percentage of total state area: 0.6%*
Rhode Island population: 1,067,610

Rhode Island State

  • National Park Service (3 units)

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs/ Tribal Governments (1)

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (5)

  • This percentage includes Federal lands that are not part of the FLHP core program and not depicted on the map

A photo of the Sachuest Point NWR The Federal Lands Highway Program in Rhode Island. Kettle Pond Visitor Center located in Charlestown celebrates the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex. Two of the NWR located within the state, Sachuest Point and Ninigret, are very popular sites. Over 250 bird species visit seasonally and many nest on the property, making bird watching and photography popular activities. Sachuest Point NWR is also renowned for fantastic saltwater fishing and the largest winter population of harlequin ducks on the East Coast. Ninigret NWR, named after a Narragansett Indian chief, was used as a Naval Auxiliary landing field during WorldWar II.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, the Town of Middletown, and Eastern Federal Lands agreed to the design and construction work in Sachuest Point and Ninigret. The partners provided funding for resurfacing of the Sachuest Point Road and new entrance lanes into the Second Beach Parking Area, as well as reconstruction of the Ninigret entrance road and parking area, removal of runways, and a new entrance off US Route 1 into Ninigret NWR.

Download the Rhode Island State FLHP Fact Sheet

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