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State Route 46 (abbreviated SR 46) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in the central coastal part of the state. It is in length. Its southern terminus is located on the OrlandBucksport town line at
U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making i ...
, State Route 3 and State Route 15. Its northern terminus is located east of Eddington at State Route 9.


Route description

SR 46 begins at an intersection with
US 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making i ...
, SR 3, and
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on the town line between Orland and Bucksport. It runs almost directly on the border for before turning northward into Bucksport. SR 41 crosses through the western edge of Dedham and then the eastern edge of
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, where it crosses
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. SR 41 crosses into Eddington where it runs along the east side of the Holbrook and Davis Ponds before reaching its northern terminus at SR 9.


History

The entirety of SR 46 used to be part of SR 175 as first designated in 1925. In 1960, SR 175 was truncated to its current northern terminus in Orland and its concurrency with US 1 / SR 3 / SR 15 was eliminated. The remainder of its northern segment was renumbered SR 46.


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References

{{Reflist 046 Transportation in Hancock County, Maine Transportation in Penobscot County, Maine