Vermont Route 5A (VT 5A) is a
state highway
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in extreme northeastern
Vermont
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. It is an
alternate route
An official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Highway system and various state an ...
of
U.S. Route 5
U.S. Route 5 (US 5) is a north–south United States highway running through the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Significant cities along the route include New Haven, Connecticut; Hartford, Connecticut; and Spring ...
(US 5) that travels along the east shore of
Lake Willoughby
Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, United States.
The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest. This state forest includes Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, c ...
. VT 5A begins at US 5 in
West Burke and ends at US 5 and
VT 105 in
Derby Center, about south of the
Canada–United States border
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.
VTrans' 2006 Route Log lists the official length of VT 5A to be , with the last milepost reading at VT 105 in
Charleston.
However, VT 5A continues along a silent
concurrency with VT 105 from Charleston to Derby Center. The only mention of a concurrency between VT 5A and VT 105 is from
VT 111 at its western terminus.
Route description
VT 5A begins in the south at an
intersection
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with US 5 in the village of West Burke. Both routes connect Burke with Derby, but VT 5A uses a more direct, easterly route than US 5. VT 5A proceeds north into
Orleans County and the town of
Westmore traversing through the Willoughby State Forest and along the eastern side of Lake Willoughby before intersecting with the eastern end of VT 16.
History
While the designation of VT 5A has changed since its initial construction, its routing and function have not. The entirety of modern VT 5A was first designated as
New England Interstate Route 2A (NEI 2A), part of the
New England road marking system
,
,
,
,
,
The New England road marking system was a regional system of marked numbered routes in the six-state region of New England in the United States. The routes were marked by a yellow rectangular sign with black numbers and border. ...
that existed between 1922 and 1927. NEI 2A was designated as an alternate to
NEI 2, a designation which covered the entirety of modern US 5. When the New England Interstate system was supplanted by the
United States Numbered Highways
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these hi ...
, NEI 2 was designated as US 5 in 1926 and NEI 2A was redesignated as a state highway.
Major intersections
See also
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List of state highways in Vermont
The following is a list of state highways in Vermont as designated by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). The classification of these state highways fall under three primary categories: Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, and Vermont ...
References
External links
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005A
Transportation in Caledonia County, Vermont
Transportation in Orleans County, Vermont
Burke, Vermont
Westmore, Vermont
Brownington, Vermont
Charleston, Vermont
Derby, Vermont
U.S. Route 5