Vermont Route 18 (VT 18) is a

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. It runs from the

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state line, continuing there as

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northward to

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(US 2) in the town of St. Johnsbury. The route parallels and connects to

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(I-93) and is a former routing of the

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Route description

Vermont Route 18 begins at the

state line between Littleton and

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. After crossing the

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into Vermont, VT 18 veers westward to cross under

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into Lower Waterford village. VT 18 then continues northwest running closely parallel to I-93 on its west side for roughly until Stiles Pond. Just north of the pond, I-93 changes direction from northwest to southwest. VT 18 crosses under I-93 at this point with an interchange at Exit 1, where US 2 Truck joins VT 18 for a short concurrency. Soon after junction with I-93, which is the only numbered exit on that route in Vermont, VT 18 and US 2 Truck end at

about past the St. Johnsbury town line. US 2 continues into the town center. VT 18 is part of the Connecticut River Byway.

History

Vermont Route 18 was originally part of the

, a transcontinental

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organized in 1919 running from

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via

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. Several years later, in 1922, the

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states adopted the

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, assigning route numbers to the main through routes in the region.Motor Sign Uniformity,

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, April 16, 1922 The Roosevelt Highway routing in Vermont was assigned Route 14 from

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to Montpelier, and Route 18 from Montpelier to the

state line in

. The original Vermont portion of Route 18 ran from Montpelier to St. Johnsbury using modern

, then modern Vermont Route 18 from St. Johnsbury to the New Hampshire line. In late 1926, the

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system was established.

in Vermont was designated on New England Route 14 (Burlington to Montpelier),

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(Montpelier to Wells River) and New England Route 15 (St. Johnsbury to Lunenburg), connected by a brief overlap with

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.United States Numbered Highways, ''

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'' (

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), April 1927''Official Automobile Blue Book, Vol. 1'', 1927 edition, (Automobile Blue Books Inc., Chicago, 1927) In 1935, the portion of U.S. Route 2 between Montpelier and St. Johnsbury was relocated to use the alignment of Vermont Route 18. The previous alignment from Montpelier to Wells River was designated as part of newly established U.S. Route 302, and the overlap with U.S. Route 5 was eliminated.''Automobile Legal Association Green Book'', 1938/39 edition, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1938) This truncated the northern/western end of Vermont Route 18 to St. Johnsbury.

Major intersections

References

External links

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Connecticut River Byway
(National Scenic Byway)
Photographs of VT 18 termini (state-ends.com)

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Transportation in Caledonia County, Vermont Waterford, Vermont St. Johnsbury, Vermont