The rules of the game:
1) Other states maintain their signage as current even if a route ends at the border. No more border continuity (CT-RI 216, RI-MA 81, etc.); in the case of RI-MA 114A, I presume MA would renumber to MA 89 to match my proposed RI 89. (87 and 89 are both free and would both fit.)
2) No new Interstate routes. No RI 95 to avoid conflict.
3) US 1A will be decommissioned because MA does not recognize it, and US 6A will be decommissioned because it is short and not a useful alternate to US 6. (It could be signed Business US 6 if RIDOT were so inclined.) All other US highways will cross the state border at the same points but may be rerouted (especially in the Providence area). No RI 1, 6, or 44 to avoid conflicts.
3) No new miles of road may be built. Freeways may not be upgraded from existing surface roads (e.g. upgrading RI 146 north of RI 99), but surface roads may be upgraded from town maintenance to state maintenance and standards.
4) A US highway or state route may be downgraded to a town road.
5) For my purposes, odds go N-S, evens go E-W, and numbers increase from the NW corner. Routes ending in 5 or 0 are the longest. Anything state-maintained will have a two-digit designation, including US and Interstate routes and short stubs measurable in hundreds of feet. It's up to RIDOT whether to sign a particular route or not, though I imagine the Interstate and US highway "secret routes" will go unposted because they are not continuous with the major route.
6) Any route or section of route not mentioned in the list is downgraded. Any route mentioned in the list that was town- or city-maintained (such as RI 51) is now state-maintained.

My proposed state route shield in the colors of the Ocean State.

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US/INTERSTATE	PROPOSED RI ROUTES (directions given S-N and W-E)
US 1	RI 90, RI 43, RI 45, RI 55, RI 65, RI 67, RI 77, RI 75
US 6	RI 30, RI 35, RI 28, RI 34
US 44	RI 10, RI 20, RI 22, RI 55, RI 61, RI 28
I-95	RI 35, RI 49, RI 28, RI 77
I-195	RI 28, RI 26
I-295	RI 35, RI 12

NEW	CURRENT (directions given S-N and W-E)
RI 2	RI 114 west of RI 121
RI 3	RI 78
RI 5	Watch Hill Rd., RI 1A, US 1, Grove Ave., RI 3, RI 102, RI 94
RI 7	RI 100
RI 8	RI 107
RI 9	RI 96
RI 10	US 44, RI 102, RI 146A, RI 146, Sayles Hill Rd., RI 126, Main St./Manville Hill Rd., RI 122, RI 120
RI 11	RI 102 north of RI 94, RI 98
RI 12	I-295 east of RI 146
RI 13	RI 3 between RI 102 and 118
RI 14	RI 116 east of RI 104
RI 15	Hopkins Hill Rd., RI 3, RI 33, RI 116, RI 5, RI 104, Providence St., Main St., Truman Dr., RI 126
RI 16	RI 123
RI 17	RI 216 south of northern RI 91 junction
RI 18	Anan Wade Rd., Snake Hill Rd., W. Greenville Rd.
RI 19	RI 112 north of RI 2
RI 20	US 44 east of RI 102, RI 15, Main St./Church St., Park Pl., RI 114, RI 15
RI 21	RI 33 north of RI 117, RI 115, RI 51
RI 22	US 44 between RI 15 and eastern US 1 junction
RI 23	RI 33 north of RI 115
RI 24	RI 101
RI 25	RI 2, RI 5 south of RI 116
RI 26	I-195 east of Exits 4-5
RI 27	RI 110
RI 28	US 6 east of I-295 (RI 10, I-95, I-195), US 44 west of Broadway
RI 29	RI 108 north of RI 1A
RI 30	US 6, US 6A, Broadway, US 1, Memorial Blvd., Waterman St./Angell St., Henderson Bridge, Broadway, US 44
RI 31	RI 4
RI 32	RI 14 east of RI 102, Westminster St., US 1 south of Broadway
RI 33	Branch Pike, RI 5, RI 146A
RI 34	RI 103, Warren Ave., US 6
RI 35	I-95, I-295, RI 146, RI 99
RI 36	RI 12 west of Old Plainfield Pike
RI 37	RI 128, US 44, RI 104 south of RI 5
RI 38	Natick Ave. south of RI 51, RI 37
RI 39	RI 10 south of US 6
RI 40	RI 14, Old Plainfield Pike, RI 12
RI 41	RI 5, RI 2
RI 42	Airport Connector
RI 43	RI 108, US 1 south of RI 1A
RI 45	Ocean Rd. (Point Judith), RI 1A, US 1, Weybosset St./Westminster St., College St.
RI 46	RI 113
RI 47	RI 7, Douglas Pike to MA
RI 48	RI 115
RI 49	I-95 between I-295 and I-195
RI 50	RI 117 west of Warwick Neck Ave.
RI 51	US 1A, Post Rd., Broad St. south of US 1
RI 52	RI 103 east of RI 114
RI 53	RI 117A
RI 54	RI 118, RI 3, Cowesett Rd.
RI 55	Warwick Neck Ave., RI 117, US 1A, US 44, US 1, RI 246 to Admiral St., RI 146
RI 56	RI 401
RI 57	RI 146 south of Admiral St.
RI 59	RI 246 north of Admiral St.
RI 60	RI 177
RI 61	US 1A/US 44, India St., Gano St. south of Angell St.
RI 62	Bates Trail, Frenchtown Rd., RI 402
RI 63	RI 126 south of Social St./Clinton St.
RI 64	RI 403
RI 65	US 1 north of RI 246, RI 122, Cumberland St., RI 126, Railroad St., RI 122
RI 67	US 1 north of RI 122, George St., Park Pl., RI 15, RI 114, RI 121
RI 68	RI 179, Adamsville Rd. to MA
RI 69	Veterans Memorial Pkwy.
RI 70	RI 165, RI 3, RI 102 to east
RI 71	Broadway (East Providence), RI 152
RI 72	RI 138 between RI 114 and RI 138A
RI 73	RI 103A
RI 74	RI 138 between US 1 and RI 238
RI 75	RI 138A west of Thames St., RI 238, RI 138, RI 114, RI 103 (Barrington), RI 114, US 1
RI 76	Bridgetown Rd. (from RI 138 to RI 1A)
RI 77	I-95 north of US 6
RI 78	RI 238 west of RI 138A (Goat Island)
RI 79	US 1A north of RI 114
RI 80	RI 138 west of US 1
RI 81	RI 114 north of RI 103 (Barrington), East Shore Expwy.
RI 82	RI 216, RI 91 to east
RI 83	RI 214
RI 84	RI 91 west of RI 216 (as signed)
RI 85	RI 138A east of Thames St., RI 138, Boyds Lane, RI 114, RI 136
RI 86	RI 1A, South Kingston section west of Beach St.
RI 88	RI 1A, section near RI 110
RI 89	RI 114A (both)
RI 90	US 1 west of RI 108
RI 92	RI 1A, Rum Pond section
RI 93	RI 24
RI 94	RI 1A, Charlestown section
RI 96	RI 1A, Ninigret Park section
RI 97	RI 77, RI 138
RI 98	RI 1A, Westerly section east of Watch Hill Rd.
RI 99	RI 81

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