State routes in Maine are highways within the
Maine State Highway System
In the state of Maine, the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has a system of numbered highways, defined as the "''connected main highways throughout the state which primarily serve arterial or through traffic''." As of 2006, 22,236 mi ...
that are signed and maintained by the
Maine Department of Transportation
The Maine Department of Transportation, also known as MaineDOT (occasionally referred to as MDOT), is the office of state government charged with the regulation and maintenance of roads, rail, ferries, and other public transport infrastructure in ...
, and not
U.S. Routes
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these h ...
or routes of the
Interstate highway system
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. Th ...
. Some parts of these roads are maintained by local government authorities. There are over 100 State routes.
Note about termini: In several cases there is disagreement between the administrative termini of a route (which are defined by MaineDOT) and the termini signed in the field. All termini listed on this page are administrative termini; discrepancies are listed on the respective pages.
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Primary and secondary routes
Special routes
Routes crossing state borders
New Hampshire Route 113B
State Route 113 (SR 113) is a state highway in southwestern Maine (and partly in extreme eastern New Hampshire). It runs from an intersection with Maine State Route 25 in Standish north to the town of Gilead, where it ends at U.S. Rout ...
and
New Hampshire Route 153
New Hampshire Route 153 is a secondary north–south highway in Strafford and Carroll counties in eastern New Hampshire. The southern terminus is in Farmington at New Hampshire Route 11. The northern terminus is in Conway village (town of Co ...
enter Maine. NH 153 remains entirely under NHDOT maintenance. NH 113B is a loop of
Maine State Route 113
State Route 113 (SR 113) is a state highway in southwestern Maine (and partly in extreme eastern New Hampshire). It runs from an intersection with Maine State Route 25 in Standish north to the town of Gilead, where it ends at U.S. Rout ...
. The spans of NH 113B within Maine are considered unnumbered highway by the MDOT. SR 113 enters New Hampshire several times but remains under MDOT maintenance.
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New England Interstates
See also
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References
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External links
RoadsAroundMEA History of Maine Roads 1600 - 1970.
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