New England Interstate Route 9

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Route 9
Length:	446 mi (718 km) Vermont: 47.15 mi (75.86 km) New Hampshire: 110.00 mi (179 km) Maine: 289 mi (465 km)
Formed:	1922
West end:	NY 7 in Hoosick, NY
Major junctions:	I-91 in Brattleboro, VT I-89 in Hopkinton, NH I-93 in Concord, NH Route 16 in Dover, NH I-95 in Wells, ME I-395 in Bangor, ME
East end:	NB 1 in St. Stephen, NB

Route 9 is a multi-state state highway in the New England region of the United States, running across the southern parts of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Its number was assigned in 1922, when it was designated one of the New England Interstate Routes. Route 9 in Maine has since been extended eastward by about 250 miles (400 km) from its original terminus in Wells through Bangor to the Canadian border in Calais.

New York Route 7, from the Vermont state line west to Troy, New York, was also part of Route 9, but was renumbered in 1926 due to the new U.S. Route 9.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Vermont 1.2 New Hampshire 1.3 Maine 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Route description

[edit] Vermont

Route 9 begins at the New York state line in Bennington, Vermont, where it continues west as Route 7. It crosses the Connecticut River from Brattleboro, Vermont into Chesterfield, New Hampshire.

County	Location	Mile	Road(s)	Notes
Bennington	Bennington	0.0	NY 7	New York State Line.
		4.4	US 7
	Searsburg	18.3	VT 8	Northern terminus of VT 8.
Windham	Wilmington	25.2	VT 100
		26.3	VT 100
	Brattleboro	43.5	I-91	Exit 2 (I-91).
		44.6	US 5 South	Southern terminus of duplex.
		44.8	VT 30
		46.9	US 5 North	Connection to I-91 Exit 3.
		47.2	NH 9	New Hampshire State Line

Legend
Crossing, no access	Concurrency termini	Decommissioned	Unconstructed	Closed

[edit] New Hampshire

In New Hampshire, Route 9 runs through Keene, Concord and Dover. It runs concurrent with U.S. Route 202 for much of its path across the state. Route 9 crosses the Salmon Falls River from Somersworth, New Hampshire into Berwick, Maine.

Route 9A is an alternate route in Chesterfield.

[edit] Maine

Main article: Route 9 (Maine)

In Maine, Route 9 runs in a rather circuitous route from Berwick to Calais, where it ends at the Canadian border - the St. Croix River - and becomes Route 1 in the province of New Brunswick. The original Route 9 only included the short piece west of U.S. Route 1 in Wells; the rest was added by 1934.^[1] US 1 - New England Interstate Route 1 before 1926 - also runs between Wells and Calais.

[edit] See also

• U.S. Route 202, which runs concurrently with much of Route 9 in New Hampshire
• New York State Route 7, once part of Route 9 east of Troy, New York
• Vermont Route 279, a partial bypass of Route 9 around Bennington, Vermont

[edit] References

1. ^ 1934 Hammond's Auto Route Distance Map of Northern New England

Browse numbered routes
< VT 8A	VT		VT 10 >
< NH 4A	NH		NH 9A >
< Route 8	N.E.		Route 10 >