Cranston, once called Pawtuxet, could be a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, u. S.. With a population of eighty,387 at the 2010 census, it’s the third largest town within the state. The middle of population of Rhode Island is found in Cranston. Cranston could be a a part of the Providence metropolitan space. Cranston was named one in all the “100 Best Places to Live” within the u. S. By cash magazine in 2006. It’s among the highest twenty five safest cities within the country, in step with CQ Press’s analysis. The city of Cranston was created in 1754 from some of Providence north of the Pawtuxet watercourse. When losing a lot of of its territory to neighboring cities and therefore the town of Providence, Cranston itself became a town on ten March 1910.
Four freeways travel through Cranston: I-95, I-295, American state ten (the Huntington Expressway) and American state thirty seven. Alternative state-numbered roads in Cranston square measure U.S. 1, US 1A, RI 2, RI 5, RI 12, RI 33, RI 51, American state one hundred fifteen and American state 117. Cranston is served by Rhode Island transit Authority (RIPTA) buses. Amtrak’s Northeast passageway passes through however has no station within the town. The MBTA’s Providence/Stoughton Line additionally passes through however doesn’t embody a station in Cranston. However, a station stop has been planned. Currently, the closest MBTA stations square measure in Providence and Warwick at T.F. Inexperienced Airport- each stations additionally being associate degree Amtrak stop.
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