State Route 194 (SR 194) is a
numbered state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
Maine
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. The route runs from an intersection with
SR 27 in
Pittston to an intersection with
SR 215 in North Newcastle, a village of
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. The state route has one major junction with
SR 218 in the town of
Whitefield.
History
SR 194 was designated in 1925 and originally ran from
New England Interstate Route 24 (now
U.S. Route 1
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) in
Easton, a town in
Aroostook County, and the
Canadian border
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. In the 1930s, SR 194 was decommissioned, and the border crossing became one of the few in Maine to not have an assigned route number. After the original route was decommissioned, SR 194 was assigned to a short road located entirely in the town of
Rockport.
[ In 1948, SR 194 was decommissioned again when the road was designated part of the new SR 90. SR 194 was assigned to its current alignment in 1951.][
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Junction list
References
External links
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Transportation in Kennebec County, Maine
Transportation in Lincoln County, Maine