Vermont Route 100

Vermont Route 100
Route information
Maintained by VTrans
Length: 216.823 mi[1] (348.943 km)
Major junctions
South end: Route 8 at Clarksburg, MA
  US 4 near Rutland
VT 15 in Hyde Park
I-89 in Waterbury
North end: VT 105 in Newport
Location
Counties: Bennington, Windham, Windsor, Rutland, Addison, Washington, Lamoille, Orleans
Highway system

State highways in Vermont

← I-93 VT 100A →

Vermont Route 100 is a north–south state highway in Vermont, United States. Running through the center of the state, it travels nearly the entire length of Vermont and is 216.59 miles (349 km) long. Route 100 is the longest Vermont state highway, the longest north-south route in Vermont, and the longest numbered highway in Vermont of any type.

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Route description

The southern terminus of the route is at the Massachusetts state line in Stamford, where it continues south as Route 8. Its northern terminus is at VT 105 in the town of Newport, which lies on the Canadian border. VT 100 passes along the eastern edge of the Green Mountain National Forest for much of its length and also passes through the Mad River Valley. It runs parallel to, and lies between, U.S. Route 7 to the west and U.S. Route 5 to the east.

The road is the main thoroughfare for some of Vermont's most well-known resort towns, including Wilmington, Ludlow, Killington, Warren, and Stowe. As such, many of Vermont's ski resorts are located either directly on, or in proximity to, Route 100; these include Mount Snow, Killington, Sugarbush, Mad River Glen, Stowe Mountain Resort and Jay Peak.

Route 100 is a popular tourist route during the fall (for foliage) and winter (for skiing), and can be heavily trafficked during those seasons. Despite this, the road retains a rural feel through most of the towns it traverses and is relatively free of development, except for some of the areas around the ski resorts. The most populous town through which Route 100 passes is Morristown, with a population of just over 5,100.

Several of the most heavily traveled sections of Route 100 (such as the section between Waterbury and Stowe and Warren to Waitsfield) are currently (October 2011) in very poor condition due to state and local road maintenance budget shortfalls, recent harsh winters and heavy damage by Tropical Storm Irene. Motorcycles in particular should take extra precautions.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Bennington
 Stamford 0.000 Route 8
VT 8		 Route 8 is continuation into Massachusetts; southern terminus of VT 8; southern terminus of VT 8 / VT 100 overlap
Readsboro 7.945 VT 8 north Northern terminus of overlap
Windham
 Jacksonville 21.428 VT 112 Northern terminus of VT 112
Wilmington 27.046 VT 9 east Eastern terminus of overlap
28.109 VT 9 west Western terminus of overlap
Jamaica 50.792 VT 30 south Southern terminus of overlap
58.928 VT 30 north Northern terminus of overlap
Londonderry 65.705 VT 11 west Western terminus of overlap
66.119 VT 11 east Eastern terminus of overlap
Windsor
 Weston 74.505 VT 155 Southern terminus of VT 155
Village of Ludlow 81.598 VT 103 south Southern terminus of overlap
Town of Ludlow 83.432 VT 103 north Northern terminus of overlap
Plymouth 92.162 VT 100A Southern terminus of VT 100A
Bridgewater 97.555 US 4 east Southern terminus of overlap
Rutland
 Killington 103.992 US 4 west Northern terminus of overlap
Windsor
 Stockbridge 114.705 VT 107 Western terminus of VT 107
Rochester 122.443 VT 73 Eastern terminus of VT 73
Addison
 Hancock 127.521 VT 125 Eastern terminus of VT 125
Washington
 Waitsfield 147.459 VT 17 Eastern terminus of VT 17
Moretown 152.900 VT 100B Southern terminus of VT 100B
159.906 US 2 east Southern terminus of overlap
Waterbury 161.221 US 2 west Northern terminus of overlap
161.483 I-89 Exit 10 (I-89)
Lamoille
 Stowe 171.291 VT 108 Southern terminus of VT 108
Morrisville 180.142 VT 12 / VT 15A Northern terminus of VT 12; western terminus of VT 15A
Morristown 181.384 VT 15 east Southern terminus of overlap
Village of Hyde Park 183.315 VT 15 west Northern terminus of overlap
Town of Hyde Park 188.453 VT 100C Northern terminus of VT 100C
Eden 192.731 VT 118 Southern terminus of VT 118
Orleans
 Lowell 201.905 VT 58
Troy 209.876 VT 101 Southern terminus of VT 101
Town of Newport 215.907 VT 14 Northern terminus of VT 14
216.823 VT 105
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed •      Unopened

Related routes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "2006 (Route Log) AADTs – State Highways" (PDF). Vermont Agency of Transportation. June 2007. http://www.aot.state.vt.us/Planning/Documents/TrafResearch/Publications/2006%20Route%20Log%20AADTs%20State%20Highways-Final.pdf. Retrieved May 17, 2009.