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Town of Glocester, RI
Providence County
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[Adopted 1-10-1975, as amended 2-11-1988 (Ch. II, § 7, 2-07-06, of the 1991 Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall drive a vehicle on the herein designated highways, roads, lanes, drives, terraces, and streets at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In any event, speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle, or other conveyance, on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.
Where no special hazard exists that require lower speed for compliance with § 258-6 hereof, the speed of any vehicle not in excess of the limits specified in this section (on highways, roads, lanes, drives, terraces and streets designated below) shall be lawful, but any speed in excess of the limits specified in this section shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful on the highways, roads, lanes, drives, terraces and streets designated below:
Name of Street
Speed Limit
(mph)
Absalona Hill Road
25
Aldrich Road
25
Blackinton Road
20
Briarwood Road
20
Brook Hill Road
20
Bungy Road
25
Chestnut Hill Road
25
Chestnut Oak Road
25
Colwell Road
25
Cooper Road
25
Cranberry Ridge Road
25
Curry Road
15
Dexter Saunders Road
25
Dickson Lane
15
Dorr Drive
15
Douglas Hook Road
25
Durfee Hill Road
25
Echo Road
20
Eddy Road
15
Edgewood Drive
15
Elbow Rock Road
15
Eleanor Street
15
Elmdale Road
25
Elmwood Terrace
15
Ernest Street
15
Evans Road
25
Farnum Road
25
First Street
15
Francis Road
20
Gazza Road
20
George Allen Road
25
Glen Drive
15
Grist Mill Road
15
Hazelwood Drive
20
Highland Road
15
Huntinghouse Road
25
Jackson Schoolhouse Road
25
Jeffrey Road
20
Joe Sarle Road
25
Joe Sweet Road
20
Keach Dam Road
25
Killingly Road
20
Lake Drive
20
Lake Shore Drive
20
Lee Street
15
Long Entry Road
25
Loop Road
20
Maplewoods Drive
20
Middle Road
15
Oakview Terrace
20
Oil Mill Lane
15
Olney Keach Terrace
20
Paris Irons Road
25
Pinecrest Drive
20
Pine Orchard Road
25
Pine Road
15
Potter's Lane
15
Pound Road
25
Pray Hill Road
25
Pulaski Road
25
Putnam Heights Road
25
Quarry Road
25
Ramble Road
20
Robin Vale Drive
20
Rosewood Drive
20
Rube Keach Road
20
Salisbury Road
15
Sand Dam Road
15
Sandy Brook Road
25
Second Street
15
Shore Drive
15
Sidney Winsor Road
25
Snake Hill Road
25
Sprague Hill Road
15
Spring Grove Road
25
Spruce Ridge Drive
25
Steere Road
15
Sterling Drive
20
Stone Dam Road
20
Tanyard Lane
15
Tarklin Road
15
Tourtellot Hill Road
25
Valley Road
15
Whipple Road
20
Widow Smith Road
15
Willie Woodhead Road
15
Will Sherman Road
15
Wilmarth Road
15
Every person convicted of a violation of this article, either § 258-6 or 258-7 hereof, may be punished by fine not exceeding in amount $500 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.