U, S. Route 1 from Boston passes through Prxjvldence and then follows 

 the \jesterly shore of Narragansett Bay for nearly its entire length. 

 The chief east-west highway is U« S. rtoute 6, connecting Providence 

 with Hartford, Fall Iliver and the Gape Cod area. State Route No, 

 nil serves Newport and other communities along the easterly shore. 



The main line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 

 from Boston to Mew York provides daily passenger and freicjht service 

 for the Providence area. Branch lines serve Fall River and Newport, 

 The Theodore Francis Green Airport in 'Warwick, about 7 .5 miles south 

 of the center of Providence, is the center of commercial aviation. 

 Major airlines provide regularly scheduled flights to all parts of 

 the United States. 



19, RECP.EATION 



Narragansett Bay has long been famous as a recreation and vaca- 

 tion center. Newport is one of the oldest resorts in the Itaited 

 States, Other famous resorts are Jamestown and Narragansett, With 

 more than 250 miles of coastline, Narragansett Bay nattjrally features 

 salt-v/ater spoi*ts. Bathing is en.joyed from early summer until late 

 September at public and orivate beaches. Striped bass, bluefish and 

 tauLoc^ are popular attractions for sports fishermen. A large number 

 of yacht clubs and boat yards maintain facilities for small boats 

 and fishint' craft. In the summer there are frequent yacht races, 

 includint]; such national events as the *Jewport to Bermuda and Newport 

 to Annaoolis races. 



20, DEFSTT3S establ];shme:}1ts 



'.iJithin tlie Lower and Middle Bays is one of the primary Naval 

 bases of the United States. The vjaters provide ?. natural land-locked, 

 deep-water, ice-free harbor for the larj^est ships of the Navj?-, A 

 complex of docks, repair yards, berthing areas, airfields and train- 

 in?, schools occupies large stretches of the coast, particularly in 

 NewDort, Morth Kingsto^m and Portsmouth. Airiong the more important 

 establishments are the Newport Naval Basej the Naval War College and 

 the Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, both in '-lewportj the Naval 

 Air Station at Quonset Point in North Kingstovn; the Naval Construc- 

 tion Battalion Center at Davisville in North Kini^stown; and the Naval 

 Net ijenot in Portsmouth, 



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