The Saugatucket River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the U.S.

United States

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 state of Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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. It flows approximately 13 km (8 mi). There are three dams along the river's length.

Course

The river begins in a small pond east of Deer Ridge Drive in North Kingstown

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

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. From there, it flows south through South Kingstown

South Kingstown, Rhode Island

South Kingstown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 30,639 at the 2010 census.South Kingstown includes the villages of Kingston, West Kingston, Wakefield, Peace Dale, Snug Harbor, Tuckertown, East Matunuck, Matunuck, Green Hill, and Perryville. Peace...

 to its mouth at Silver Spring Cove, south of the village of Wakefield

Wakefield, Rhode Island

Wakefield is a village in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, and the commercial center of the town. Together with the village of Peace Dale, it is treated by the U.S. Census as a component of the census designated place identified as Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island. South Kingston was...

.

Crossings

Below is a list of all crossings over the Saugatucket River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.

• South Kingstown
  • Mooresfield Road (RI 138
    Route 138 (Rhode Island)
    Route 138 is a numbered State Highway running in Rhode Island. It runs from the Connecticut state line to the Massachusetts state line and is the only state-numbered route that traverses the entire state.-Route description:...
    
    )
  • Broad Rock Road
  • Saugatucket Road
  • Kersey Road
  • Kingstown Road (RI 108
    Route 108 (Rhode Island)
    Route 108 is state route in Narragansett and South Kingstown. The route stretches for 8.6 miles , beginning at Ocean Road in Point Judith to Route 138 in Kingston. The road intersects with US 1 in Wakefield...
    
    )
  • Church Street
  • Main Street
  • Silver Lake Avenue
  • U.S. 1

Tributaries

Fresh Meadow and Rocky Brooks are the only two named tributaries of the Saugatucket River, though it has many unnamed streams that also feed it.