U.S. Route 4

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U.S. Route 4
Length:	256 mi[1] (412 km)
Formed:	1926[1]
West end:	US 9/US 20 near Albany, NY
Major junctions:	US 7 in Rutland, VT I-91 in White River Junction, VT I-93 in Concord, NH
East end:	I-95/US 1 Bypass in Portsmouth, NH
United States Numbered Highways

U.S. Route 4 is a United States highway that runs from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to East Greenbush, New York. In New Hampshire and Vermont it runs generally east-west; in New York, north-south. Signage changes from "East/West" to "North/South" at the Vermont/New York state line. It is known in New York as "the Great River Road." As of 2004, there is an instance of a Route 4 shield that is an incorrect New York state route shield. This shield has since been replaced with a larger than normal new shield. The location of this shield is in Whitehall, New York, just east of the split with NY-22.

Before being designated as US 4, the road from Whitehall, New York eastward through Vermont was known as New England Interstate Route 13 (NE-13). From the Vermont-New Hampshire state line to Franklin, New Hampshire, it was the eastern end of NE-14. From Franklin to Concord, New Hampshire it used NE-6 (now US 3), and from Concord to Northwood, New Hampshire it used NE-9 (now NH-9). Between Northwood and Dover, New Hampshire, it used a road that was previously not numbered. From Dover to its eastern terminus at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the road used to be known as NE-16 (now NH-16).

[edit] History of termini

[edit] States

U.S. Highway 4 travels through the following states:

[edit] Child routes

• U.S. Highway 104 (decommissioned, now New York State Route 104, never directly connected to US 4 but had a sensible designation as it was on the same latitude as its "parent" and had no other logical designations)

[edit] See also

• List of U.S. Routes

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} US Highways From US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz.

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