Roads in Providence County

Interstates 95 and 295 and Route 146 connect the county to the rest of the metro. Route 146 runs 16.2 miles from Interstate 95 in Providence to the Massachusetts line.

Providence

Providence sits at the head of Narragansett Bay, and its port, ProvPort, is one of two deep-water ports in New England.

ProvPort is at 35 Terminal Road on the Providence River, about a mile from the highways, with on-dock rail that connects to major North American railroads. The campus is more than 140 acres, with 4,200 feet of berthing that can work six vessels at once, 50,000 square feet of covered storage and more than 20 acres of open laydown. It imports salt, cement, energy products and offshore wind components and exports scrap metal and equipment: over 2 million tons and more than 400 vessel arrivals in 2024. Most of that cargo is bulk and does not ride on pallets; the pallets belong to the packaged goods that move through nearby warehouses and the city's institutions.

Pawtucket

Interstate 95 and US 1 run side by side through the west of Pawtucket, so loads reach it quickly from both ends of the metro. The city still makes lace, non-woven and elastic woven materials, jewelry, silverware, metals and textiles.

Woonsocket

Woonsocket is the Blackstone Valley's northern mill city, and Route 146 bypasses its west side on the way to Massachusetts. Its Pound Hill Road exit leads to Industrial Drive in North Smithfield, where a CVS distribution centre stands.

Johnston

Johnston holds Amazon's robotics fulfillment centre, 3.8 million square feet over six storeys off Route 6, Hartford Avenue, near Interstate 295. It opened on July 1, 2025 with more than 1,500 new jobs, and the state committed $11 million in safety upgrades on Route 6 for the traffic.

Johnston is also the site of the state's only landfill, which Rhode Island Resource Recovery lists among its statewide options for wood pallets, as a drop-off only, with fees that may apply. Wood pallets do not go in the household recycling bin; pallet recycling covers the other options.

East Providence

East Providence sits across the Providence River from the capital and is joined to it by the Washington Bridge and the Henderson Bridge. Interstate 195 crosses the city.

Rhode Island Resource Recovery lists Railside Environmental Services LLC in East Providence among the statewide options open to anyone for wood pallets. Fees may apply.