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LOCALITY

Portsmouth is centrally located on the eastern seaboard between the major metropolitan areas of New York and Boston.

Interstate highways, I-95, I-195, and 24 make Portsmouth easily accessible to the rest of the Northeast.  It is located just 4 miles north of historic Newport, 22 miles east of Providence (a regional financial, rail, air and service center), 10 miles south of Fall River (a major source of semi-skilled and unskilled labor), 70 miles south of Boston ( a worldwide center of finance, education, and technology), and 210 miles east of New York City. Over 4.5 million people visit the Island each year, and most pass through Portsmouth