Maine State Route 16
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State Route 16 |
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Length: | 190 miles |
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Direction: | West/East |
From: | New Hampshire state line |
To: | Orono, Maine |
Major cities: | Rangeley, New Portland, Moscow, Milo, Orono |
System: | Maine State Highway System |
State Route 16 is a numbered state highway in Maine, United States. SR-16 runs from the New Hampshire state line at Wentworth's Junction (near Lake Aziscohos) in the west to Orono at the eastern terminus. State Route 16 runs a total of 190 miles (305.8 km), passing mostly through rural areas, with the largest population center at its eastern terminus in Orono.
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[edit] Concurrent routes
The following highways run concurrently with State Route 16:
- State Route 4, Rangeley (7 miles)
- State Route 27, Eustis to Kingfield (23 miles)
- State Route 4 and U.S. Route 201 Alternate, Anson to Embden (7 miles)
- State Route 15, Abbot to Dover-Foxcroft (12 miles)
- State Route 6, Abbot to Lagrange (35 miles)
[edit] Local names
Within the towns connected by State Route 16, the highway also is known by various local names:
- Rangeley: Main Street, Pleasant Street, Dead River Road
- Anson: New Portland Road, Elm Street, Main Street, Solon Road
- Bingham: Bridge Street, Main Street
- Abbot: West Road
- Guilford: Elm Street, Main Street, Water Street, Dover Road
- Dover-Foxcroft: Guilford Road, Main Street, Summer Street, Milo Road
- Sebec: Milo-Dover Road
- Milo: Dover Road, Main Street, Elm Street
- Alton, Old Town, Orono: Bennoch Road
[edit] Notes
State Route 16 originally followed present-day State Route 6 from Lagrange to the Canadian border.