The Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing is at the Clair–Fort Kent Bridge that connects the town of

Fort Kent, Maine Fort Kent ( French: ''Fort-Kent'') is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, situated at the confluence of the Fish River and the Saint John River, on the border with New Brunswick, Canada. The population was 4,067 in the 2020 cens ...

, with

Clair, New Brunswick Clair (2016 population: 781) is a former Canadian village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, now part of Haut-Madawaska. History Situated on the Saint John River opposite Fort Kent, Maine. The name Clair finds its roots in the community na ...

, on the

Canada–United States border The international border between Canada and the United States is the longest in the world by total length. The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Canada' ...

. It marks the northern terminus of

U.S. Route 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, ...

. This crossing first opened in 1905 with the construction of a footbridge that traversed the Saint John River. A steel bridge for vehicles was built in 1930. This bridge was replaced in 2014. The US built a two-story wooden colonial border station with a canopy in 1930. It was replaced with a brick border station around 1974. Canada built a wooden hip-roofed border stations with both inbound and outbound canopies in 1930. It was replaced around 1955 with a two-story brick border station that is still in use today. The crossing is open 24 hours a day. About 2,000 cars use it per day.

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Canada–United States border crossings Fort Kent, Maine Madawaska County, New Brunswick 1905 establishments in Maine 1905 establishments in New Brunswick U.S. Route 1 {{Maine-geo-stub

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