State Route 149 (SR 149) is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Maine. The highway runs along the western banks of the
Sandy River Sandy River may refer to:
Rivers in the United States
* Sandy River (Chandler Bay), Jonesport, Maine
* Sandy River (Kennebec River) in Maine
* Sandy River (Mississippi River), a tributary of the Mississippi River in Minnesota
* Sandy River (Red Lak ...
entirely in
Franklin County. It complements
SR 4, which runs on the east side of the river. SR 149 travels through Fairbanks (a neighborhood within
Farmington
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Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
*Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
* Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
* Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
...
),
Strong
Strong may refer to:
Education
* The Strong, an educational institution in Rochester, New York, United States
* Strong Hall (Lawrence, Kansas), an administrative hall of the University of Kansas
* Strong School, New Haven, Connecticut, United Sta ...
, and
Phillips
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Businesses Energy
* Chevron Phillips Chemical, American petrochemical firm jointly owned by Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66.
* ConocoPhillips, American energy company
* Phillips 66, American energy company
* Phil ...
.
Route description
SR 149 begins at an intersection in the Fairbanks neighborhood of Farmington at SR 4. The road, named South Strong Road, heads northwest and north past small houses before traveling into a wooded area east of the Sandy River. While traveling through this area, the road climbs and descends rolling hills. After passing through the settlement of South Strong, SR 149 continues traveling through forested areas before climbing a small hill to intersect
SR 234 (Norton Hill Road). SR 149 and SR 234 form a
concurrency
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* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
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and travel into downtown Strong along Norton Hill Road. At North Main Street, which carries
SR 145, SR 234 ends but SR 149 continues along Lambert Hill Road first northwest, then west. As it descends a hill, it enters the town of
Avon
Avon may refer to:
* River Avon (disambiguation), several rivers
Organisations
*Avon Buses, a bus operating company in Wirral, England
*Avon Coachworks, a car body builder established in 1919 at Warwick, England, relaunched in 1922, following ...
on River Road and then travels closer to the river than before. On this portion, SR 149 passes to the north small farms along the riverbed whilst passing south of wooded bluffs. After curving to the northwest, it enters Phillips and passes a line of small houses. It makes a 90-degree bend to the south to cross the Sandy River on a narrow bridge. It makes another 90-degree bend to the west to travel along Main Street through Phillips's business district. SR 149 ends at
SR 142 about to the northwest of SR 4.
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Major junctions
References
External links
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149
Transportation in Franklin County, Maine
Farmington, Maine