Maine State Highway System

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Maine State Highway System

Interstate 95 marker

U.S. Route 1 marker

State Route 11 marker

Standard markers in Maine
System information
Length22,236 mi[1] (35,785 km)
Highway names
InterstatesInterstate x (I-X)
US HighwaysU.S. Route x (US-X)
StateState Route x or Route x (SR X)
System links

In the state of

U.S. Routes, state highways
, and other urban and rural local roads.

Route types and funding

Interstate Highways

Main article: List of Interstate Highways in Maine
freeways
and are built under set standards for roadway design.

U.S. Numbered Highways

Main article: List of U.S. Highways in Maine

Maine contains two primary U.S. numbered highways: U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 2.

US 201A
.

US 2A as well as two child routes - US 202, a southwestern spur stretching to Delaware, and US 302, a western loop connecting US 1 in Portland to US 2 in Montpelier, Vermont
. These routes are generally maintained and funded in the same manner as state routes, with these responsibilities falling to the
MaineDOT
.

Maine 22 intersection on Maine 77

State Routes

Main article: List of state routes in Maine
MaineDOT as "those in which the population according to the last United States census exceeds 7,500 inhabitants. Urban compact municipalities are also those in which the population according to the last United States census is less than 7,500 inhabitants but more than 2,499 inhabitants, and in which the ratio of people whose place of employment is in a given municipality to employed people residing in that same municipality according to the last United States census is 1.0 or greater." In this case, the section of road is the responsibility of the municipality.[2]

State-aid highways

State-aid highways are roads chosen by the local municipality which serve as links between other state routes. Winter snow removal is the responsibility of the municipality, while other maintenance and funding is handled by the state, with the exception of urban compact areas.

Townways

Townways in Maine are classified as all highways that do not fall into one of the preceding categories. These roads are chosen, funded, and maintained by the towns, or the county in unorganized areas. The vast majority of highways in the state fall under this category. These also represent the closest thing to

county roads in the state, as Maine does not have signed county roads as other states such as New York
do.

Signage practices

State Routes

Maine's route marker is a simple black-on-white design, nearly identical to route markers used in Massachusetts. One- and two-digit numbered routes use 24-by-24-inch (610 mm × 610 mm) or 36-by-36-inch (910 mm × 910 mm) signs while three-digit numbered routes use 30-by-24-inch (760 mm × 610 mm) or 45-by-36-inch (1,140 mm × 910 mm) signs.[3]

Maine has three business state routes, indicated with a "Business" banner accompanying the route shield.

U.S. Highways

Maine uses standard shields for

U.S. Route 1 Bypass
, indicated in the same way, with a bypass shield.

Interstate Highways

Maine uses standard-size Interstate shields on its Interstate Highways. Many of Maine's Interstate shields contain the state name, and others do not. I-95 shields on the Maine Turnpike are generally accompanied by Maine Turnpike shields. The Falmouth Spur, designated I-495 in 2004, is unsigned.

See also

  • Maine Turnpike

References

  1. ^ a b Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Frequently Asked Questions and General Information about Maine State Highways
  2. ^ "MaineDOT Community Programs: MaineDOT Community Programs: State Urban Compact Municipalities". Archived from the original on 2018-03-16.
  3. ^ "Standard Details" (PDF). Maine Department of Transportation. November 2014. p. 645 (08). Retrieved August 4, 2017.

External links

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