Vermont Route 122 (VT 122) is a

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in the U.S. state of

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. The highway runs from

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(US 5) and VT 114 in

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north to VT 16 in Glover. VT 122 connects Lynch and the towns of Wheelock and

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in Caledonia County with Glover in Orleans County. The highway has an

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in Lyndon that provides access to

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Route description

VT 122 begins at a four-legged intersection with US 5 and VT 114 (East Burke Road) just north of the incorporated village of Lyndonville in the town of Lyndon; the U.S. Highway heads north as Lynburke Road and south across the

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into the village on Main Street. The two-lane state highway heads west on Stevens Loop, which passes north of the confluence of the river and Miller Run, and meets the north end of VT 122 Alternate (Center Street) and Pudding Hill Road, which leads to Caledonia County Airport. VT 122 continues northwest along Miller Run on Gilman Road, which has a four-ramp

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interchange with

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. The highway crosses Squabble Hollow Brook and enters the town of Wheelock. VT 122 crosses Mathewson Brook and twice crosses a bend of Miller Run and passes through the Wheelock Common Historic District. The highway enters Sheffield and crosses Miller Run in the town's main village. VT 122 crosses Square Brook, Oregon Brook, Nation Brook, and Trout Brook; the highway follows the last stream to its source at Sheffield Heights. As the route descends from the mountain, it crosses the Caledonia–Orleans county line into the town of Glover and reaches its terminus at VT 16 (Dry Pond Road) in the valley of the

Barton River The Barton River is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over long, in northern Vermont in the United States. It runs north from Glover, Vermont, Glover through Barton, Vermont, Barton, Brownington, Vermont, Brownington, Coventry, Vermont, Coven ...

Major intersections

Alternate route

Vermont Route 122 Alternate (VT 122 Alternate) was

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. Signed at the north end and inconsistently throughout as ALT 122, it is a town-maintained,

of VT 122 that runs from US 5 north to VT 122 within Lyndon. The two-lane highway, which is named Center Street, begins at US 5 (Broad Street) in the incorporated village of Lyndonville in the town of Lyndon. VT 122 Alternate heads west and crosses the Passumpsic River, then curves north into the village of Lyndon Center. There, the highway intersects College Road, which leads to the

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and Lyndon State College. The alternate route continues north past the historic District 6 School House and crosses the

Bradley Covered Bridge The Bradley Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Center Street over Miller Run, a tributary of the Passumpsic River, in Lyndon, Vermont. Built in 1878, it is the last of Vermont's many 19th-century covered bridges to carry a numbe ...

over Miller Run just west of the stream's confluence with the Passumpsic River and just south of its terminus at VT 122 (Gilman Road). ;Major intersections

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External links

{{Attached KML 122 Transportation in Caledonia County, Vermont Transportation in Orleans County, Vermont Lyndon, Vermont Glover, Vermont