State Route 27 (abbreviated SR 27) is part of

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's system of numbered

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s, running from the village of Newagen in

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at SR 238 to the

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, where it continues into

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as Route 161. SR 27 passes through the major cities, towns, and villages of

Boothbay Harbor Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Bayville, Sprucewold, and West Boothbay Harbor. During summer months, the entire Boothbay Harbor regio ...

, Wiscasset, Gardiner, Augusta, the Belgrade Lakes Region,

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, Kingfield, and Eustis.

Route description

SR 27 begins at SR 238 in Southport and heads northeast to the town of Boothbay Harbor. It intersects SR 96, then heads north to the town of

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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 ...

, where it turns left along US 1 heading into the town of Wiscasset. It intersects SR 218, and then immediately turns right and continues north to Dredsen, where it intersects SR 197. SR 27 continues north to

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where it intersects State Route 194 and State Route 126. SR 27 continues into Randolph where it intersects SR 226 and then turns west as SR 9 continues north to Augusta. In Augusta, SR 27 intersects

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and US 201, then intersects

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, SR 11, SR 17 and SR 100 at a rotary. Continuing north, SR 27 leaves US 201 and turns northwest toward

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. It intersects SR 105 and SR 104 before heading towards

I-95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadia ...

along with SR 8 and SR 11. In North Augusta, the highway intersects SR 3 and, in Sidney, intersects SR 23. In Belgrade, SR 8 and SR 11 split off and SR 27 intersects SR 135 before passing through Belgrade Lakes Village. In

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, SR 27 intersects SR 225. It then joins

US 2 U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west U.S. Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada. Unlike some routes, whi ...

, enters the town of New Sharon, and intersects SR 134. In Farmington Falls, it intersects SR 41, which heads south. SR 27 then turns onto SR 4 and SR 43. The three routes then turn east toward

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. SR 27 splits off and heads north into New Vineyard. SR 27 then joins

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before entering New Portland. It then intersects SR 146 and heads north to Kingfield. It intersects SR 142 and joins SR 16. The two routes enter Carrabassett Valley, where they pass

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. The routes then enter Stratton, where SR 16 forks to the west towards Rangeley, leaving SR 27 to head north to Eustis. The highway curves to the northeast to Coburn Gore where it crosses the border into

, continuing as

Quebec Route 161 Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its current northern terminus is east of the junction of Quebec Autoroute 55, Autoroute 55 in Saint-Wenceslas, and its southern terminus is at the border of Main ...

History

Major intersections

References

External links

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Maine State Route log via floodgap.com
027 Transportation in Lincoln County, Maine Transportation in Kennebec County, Maine Transportation in Franklin County, Maine Transportation in Somerset County, Maine