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Maine State Route 9

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State Route 9

Map
Route of SR 9 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained byMaineDOT
Length289.09 mi[1](465.25 km)
Existed1925, 2007 (current alignment)–present
Major junctions
West endNH 9/NH 236inSomersworth, NH
Major intersections
East endFerry Point International BridgetoRoute 170inSt. Stephen, NB,Canada
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaine
CountiesYork,Cumberland,Kennebec,Penobscot,Hancock,Washington
Highway system
←SR 8→SR 9A
←Route 8N.E.→Route 10

State Route 9(SR 9) is a numberedstate highwayinMaine,running from theNew Hampshireborder atBerwickin the west to theCanada–US borderwithNew BrunswickatCalaisin the east. SR 9 runs a total of 289 miles (465 km).

Route description[edit]

Maine State Route 9 east ofBangor.
Looking east toLead Mountainalong State Route 9

State Route 9 is a meandering highway that works its way fromNew HampshiretoCanada.It frequently runsconcurrentwith other highways listed below and also frequently changes direction. State Route 9 runs through most of Maine's major cities includingBiddeford,Saco,South Portland,Portland,Augusta,andBangor.

Over the years, a number of improvements have been made by the Route 9 Committee, a partnership of local government officials and business interests in the Baileyville-Calais area.

The Airline[edit]

The leg from Bangor toCalaisis often referred to as "The Airline", commonly thought to be due to its shorter route than the olderU.S. 1.(Before the coming ofair travel,the termairlineoften referred to such a shortcut.) Although anecdotes about unexploded ordnance deriving from bombers flying from the formerDow Air Force Base(nowBangor International Airport) using a number of towers and landmarks along "The Airline", in fact the term goes back to the early 1850s as a contrast to theshorelineroute.[2]The last section of "The Airline" was paved in 1973 in Crawford and many old sections of the road are visible to the side of the present roadway. The "Whale's Back", a 2-mile stretch built atop aneskerinHancock Countywas one of the most notable features of the highway until it was rebuilt.[3]

Future bypass of Brewer[edit]

There have been plans to extendI-395connect it to SR 9 began as early as 2001.[4]In February 2008,MaineDOTsuggested five possible routes to extend I-395 to SR 9, with two in particular designated as "State's Choice" and "Holden's Choice".[5]The state approved the "Holden's Choice" route, designated 2B-2. All three affected communities issued resolutions in 2014 opposing this route,.[6]

The state went forward with the project — not as an I-395 extension — but as a 5.5-mile (9 km)super tworerouting of SR 9. The design was finalized in 2021, with construction commencing in 2022 and completion expected in 2025.[7]When completed, the existing segment of Route 9 through downtownBrewerwill be redesignated as Route 9 Business.[8]

Junction list[edit]

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
YorkBerwick0.00.0

NH 9west /NH 236west (Market Street) –Somersworth		Continuation intoNew Hampshire
0.20.32SR 236(Allen Street) –South BerwickNorthern terminus of SR 236
North Berwick7.211.6
SR 4south (Elm Street)		Southern terminus of concurrency
7.612.2
SR 4north (High Street) –Sanford		Northern terminus of concurrency
Wells11.418.3SR 9B(Littlefield Road) –OgunquitWestern terminus of SR 9B
13.521.7SR 9A(Crediford Road) –SanfordWestern terminus of SR 9A
14.323.0
SR 109north (Sanford Road) –Sanford		Northern terminus of concurrency
14.924.0I-95/Maine TurnpikeMaine Turnpike exit 19
16.526.6
US 1south (Post Road) –Ogunquit
SR 109		Southern terminus of SR 109
Southern terminus of US 1/SR 9 concurrency
18.329.5
US 1north (Post Road) –Kennebunk		Northern terminus of US 1/SR 9 concurrency
Kennebunk22.536.2SR 9A/SR 35(Port Road) –Kennebunk CenterEastern terminus of SR 9A
Southern terminus of SR 35
Biddeford31.851.2
SR 208south (Bridge Road) –Biddeford Pool		Southern terminus of concurrency
37.159.7SR 111(Alfred Street) /SR 208–Arundel,KennebunkEastern terminus of SR 111
Northern terminus of SR 208
Saco38.161.3
US 1south (Elm Street) –Biddeford


US 1north /SR 5south (Main Street) –Scarborough

SR 5/SR 112north (North Street) –Buxton		Southern terminus of SR 112
Old Orchard Beach45.773.5
SR 5toSR 98(Old Orchard Street)		Southern terminus of SR 5
CumberlandScarborough51.182.2
US 1south –Saco		Southern terminus of concurrency
54.287.2SR 114(Gorham Road) –Gorham
SR 207(Black Point Road)		Southern terminus of SR 114
Northern terminus of SR 207
55.489.2


ToI-95/I-295/Maine Turnpike(Scarborough Connector) –Portland		Partial interchange
South Portland56.791.2


ToI-95/I-295/Maine Turnpike(Maine Turnpike Approach)		UnsignedSR 703
56.891.4
US 1north (Main Street) –South Portland		Northern terminus of concurrency
57.692.7
I-295north –Portland		I-295 exit 3; partial interchange
No access to SR 9 from I-295 north
Portland59.495.6

ToI-95/Maine Turnpike(Skyway Drive)		Maine Turnpike exit 46
59.796.1
SR 22west (Congress Street)		Western terminus of concurrency
61.298.5
SR 22east (Congress Street)		Eastern terminus of concurrency


ToI-295/US 1
61.298.5SR 25(Brighton Avenue)
62.6100.7

US 302east /SR 100south (Forest Avenue)		Southern terminus of concurrency


ToI-295/US 1
62.7100.9

US 302west /SR 100north (Forest Avenue)		Northern terminus of concurrency
63.9102.8SR 26(Washington Avenue) –Gray,Munjoy Hill

ToI-295/US 1
Falmouth67.3108.3

ToI-295/US 1(Bucknam Road)		I-295 exit 10
North Yarmouth74.3119.6
SR 115east (Walnut Hill Road) –Yarmouth		Southern terminus of concurrency
74.6120.1
SR 115west (Walnut Hill Road) –Gray,Pineland Center		Northern terminus of concurrency
AndroscogginDurham86.9139.9
SR 136south (Royalsborough Road) –Freeport		Southern terminus of concurrency
87.3140.5
SR 136north (Royalsborough Road) –Auburn		Northern terminus of concurrency
91.1146.6
SR 125south (Pinkham Brook Road) –Freeport		Southern terminus of SR 9/125 concurrency
Lisbon91.4147.1
SR 125north (Main Street) –West Bowdoin

SR 196east (Lisbon Street) –Topsham		Northern terminus of SR 9/125 concurrency
Eastern terminus of SR 9/196 concurrency
92.2148.4
SR 196west (Lisbon Street) –Lewiston		Western terminus of SR 9/196 concurrency
Sabattus99.3159.8I-95/Maine Turnpike–Gardiner,Augusta,Lewiston,PortlandMaine Turnpike exit 86
100.7162.1
SR 126west (Sabattus Street) –Lewiston		Western terminus of concurrency
101.7163.7SR 132(Wales Road) –Wales,MonmouthSouthern terminus of SR 132
102.9165.6SR 197(Litchfield Road) –RichmondWestern terminus of SR 197
KennebecWest Gardiner117.3188.8

I-95south /Maine Turnpikesouth –Lewiston,Auburn		Maine Turnpike exit 102; partial interchange
117.4188.9



I-295toI-95north /Maine Turnpikenorth –Augusta,Brunswick		I-295 exit 51
Gardiner120.5193.9
US 201south (Brunswick Avenue) –Brunswick		Southern terminus of US 201/SR 9/126 concurrency
120.9194.6
US 201/SR 27north (Maine Avenue) –Hallowell,Augusta
SR 24(Maine Avenue) –Richmond		Northern terminus of US 201/SR 9 concurrency
Western terminus of SR 9/27/126 concurrency
Northern terminus of SR 24
Randolph121.1194.9

SR 27south /SR 126east (Water Street) –Randolph,USVA Togus,Wiscasset		Eastern terminus of SR 9/27/126 concurrency
Augusta126.8204.1
SR 17south (Eastern Avenue) –USVA Togus,Rockland		Southern terminus of SR 9/17 concurrency
127.3204.9



US 202west /US 201/SR 17/SR 100south toI-95south –Gardiner,Winthrop
SR 105(Cony Street) –Windsor		Northern terminus of SR 9/17 concurrency
Southern terminus of US 201/202/SR 9/100 concurrency
Western terminus of SR 105
127.9205.8
US 201/SR 100north (Riverside Drive) –Waterville		Northern terminus of US 201/SR 9/100 concurrency
128.9207.4

SR 3west (Augusta Bypass) toI-95–Waterville,Portland		Western terminus of US 202/SR 3/9 concurrency
China138.1222.3
SR 32north (Vassalboro Road)		Western terminus of concurrency
139.3224.2
SR 32south (Windsor Road) –Windsor		Eastern terminus of concurrency
139.5224.5
SR 3east (Belfast Road) –Belfast		Eastern terminus of US 202/SR 3/9 concurrency
146.6235.9
SR 137west (Waterville Road) –Winslow		Western terminus of concurrency
Albion153.9247.7
SR 137east (Belfast Road) –Freedom		Eastern terminus of concurrency
WaldoUnity160.2257.8
SR 139west (School Street)		Western terminus of US 202/SR 9/139 concurrency
161.1259.3

SR 139east /SR 220south (Thorndike Road)		Eastern terminus of US 202/SR 9/139 concurrency
Southern terminus of US 202/SR 9/220 concurrency
Troy164.1264.1
SR 220north (Detroit Road)		Northern terminus of US 202/SR 9/220 concurrency
PenobscotDixmont170.8274.9SR 7(Moosehead Trail) –Newport,Brooks
173.0278.4SR 143(Simpson Corner Road) –EtnaSouthern terminus of SR 143
Newburgh181.4291.9
SR 69toI-95(Carmel Road) –Carmel,Winterport
Hampden187.5301.8
US 202east		Eastern terminus of US 202/SR 9 concurrency
187.9302.4
US 1Awest (Main Road) –Winterport		Western terminus of US 1A/SR 9 concurrency
Bangor192.4309.6
I-395/US 202/SR 15toI-95–Brewer,Ellsworth,Orono,Newport		I-395 exit 3; US 202 joins northbound and leaves southbound
193.1310.8


US 202east toUS 2/SR 100(Main Street)		Eastern terminus of US 1A/202/SR 9 concurrency
Brewer193.7311.7
US 1Aeast (Wilson Street) –Ellsworth,Bar Harbor		Eastern terminus of US 1A/SR 9 concurrency
194.0312.2State Street (former US 1A)
SR 178		Southern terminus of SR 178
Eddington198.1318.8
SR 178north (Riverside Drive) –Old Town		Eastern terminus of concurrency
204.6329.3SR 46(Jarvis Gore Drive) –HoldenNorthern terminus of SR 46
Clifton207.0333.1SR 180(Rebel Hill Road) –Otis,EllsworthNorthern terminus of SR 180
HancockAmherst217.4349.9SR 181–EllsworthNorthern terminus of SR 181
Aurora219.5353.3SR 179–EllsworthNorthern terminus of SR 179
WashingtonBeddington233.5375.8SR 193(Beddington Road) –Deblois,CherryfieldNorthern terminus of SR 193
Wesley258.4415.9SR 192(Jr. Williams Road) –Machias
Baileyville281.1452.4
US 1north –Baileyville,Houlton		Southern terminus of concurrency
Baring282.3454.3SR 191–MachiasNorthern terminus of SR 191
Calais285.8460.0ToRoute 1(International Drive) –Saint John NBInternational Avenue Bridge- As of 2010, all commercial vehicles must use this border crossing
286.3460.8ToRoute 170–Milltown NBMilltown International Bridge
287.9463.3
US 1south (Main Street) –Machias		Eastern terminus of concurrency
288.3464.0ToRoute 170Ferry Point International Bridge
Eastern terminus of SR 9
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Map Viewer".Maine Office of GIS.Maine DOT.Retrieved2017-09-14.
  2. ^"The Airline Road".Maine's French Communities.Archived fromthe originalon 2001-07-07.
  3. ^Dudley, John."The Airline Road".mainething.
  4. ^"I-395/Rt. 9 Connector Study".Archived fromthe originalon November 30, 2001.Retrieved2007-08-24.
  5. ^Ricker, Nok-Noi (February 21, 2008)."MDOT pitches 5 ideas for I-395-Route 9 link".Bangor Daily News.p. 1. Archived fromthe originalon November 5, 2012.Retrieved2011-03-01.
  6. ^ Gagnon, Dawn; Ricker, Nok-Noi (September 23, 2014)."US Fish, Wildlife Service issues report on proposed I-395-Route 9 connector".Bangor Daily News.Retrieved2014-10-23.
  7. ^"Latest Updates - I-395/Route 9 Connector Project Project | MaineDOT".maine.gov.Retrieved2022-11-13.
  8. ^Route 9 Connector Project, Overview & Description | MaineDOT,retrieved2023-02-28

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