Vermont Route 38 (VT 38) is a long

state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

located in Franklin County,

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. The route, known locally as Lower Newton Street, begins at a junction with U.S. Route 7 in the city of

St. Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman ro ...

. The route runs northwest into the town of

before ending at the entrance to the Northwest State Correctional Facility, where VT 38 transitions into Town Highway 6 heading westward. One of the newest state highways in Vermont, VT 38 was designated in 1990.

Route description

VT 38 begins at a field just west of the Northwest State Correctional Facility in the Franklin County town of

as a continuation of Lower Newton Street (Town Highway 6). Going west, TH 6 runs west to VT 36 while VT 38 runs east along Lower Newton along the northern edges of the prison, passing County Road and the entrance to the prison. Now running along the fields in St. Albans, passing a junction with Kellogg Road and turns southeast. VT 38 crosses over the former alignment of the

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

Montrealer, passing a local development in St. Albans, soon becoming a residential road as it enters the city of

. Now a main two-lane road, VT 38 past multiple residences, beginning a bend eastward at North Elm Street. After several blocks as a main west–east road, the route reaches a junction with U.S. Route 7 (North Main Street). This junction marks the eastern terminus of VT 38, which continues east on Upper Newton Street for two blocks through St. Albans.

History

VT 38 was designated by the state of Vermont from the city of St. Albans to the Northwest State Correctional Facility in 1990.

Major intersections

References

External links

{{commons category, Vermont Route 38 038 Transportation in Franklin County, Vermont