Vermont Route 129

Vermont Route 129
Route information
Length: 5.415 mi[2] (8.715 km)
Existed: By 1947[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: School and Church Streets in Isle La Motte
East end: US 2 in Alburgh
Location
Counties: Grand Isle
Highway system

State highways in Vermont

← VT 128 VT 131 →

Vermont Route 129 is a short, 5.415-mile (8.715 km) connector route for Isle La Motte and Alburgh in the state of Vermont in the United States. Route 129 begins at an intersection in the centre of Isle La Motte, heads northward and terminates at an intersection with U.S. Route 2. The route originated as Vermont Route F-2 in 1926, and was the name of the road that approached a ferry to Chazy. Route F-2 followed the same routing as the current Route 129, to which it was renumbered by 1947.

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Route description

Route 129 begins at an intersection with School and Church Streets on Isle La Motte, heading northward as a portion of Main Street. This part of the highway is town maintained and is not signed as a state route. Route 129 then heads north, intersecting with Shrine Road (Town Highway 2) before leaving Isle La Motte over a bridge for Alburgh. The highway turns eastward, intersecting with local roads and passing to the south of Alburg Golf Links. Route 129 then heads to the south, paralleling the shores of the La Motte Passage (a part of Lake Champlain). At a curve to the east, Route 129 intersects with a short extension of a nearby highway, which terminates quickly. The route leaves the connector and heads eastward towards U.S. Route 2, soon terminating at an intersection with US 2 on the shores of another connector in South Alburgh.[3]

History

The entire length of Vermont 129 was originally designated as Vermont Route F-2 in 1926.[4] Route F-2 originally went from US 2 to a ferry across Lake Champlain to Chazy, New York. Many of the F-x series routes along the shores of Lake Champlain were changed to new designations in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Route F-2 was redesignated by 1947 as Vermont Route 129.[1] Between 1947 and 2008, Route 129 was truncated to School Street on Isle La Motte.[5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Grand Isle County.

Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Isle La Motte 0.000 School Street / Church Street
Alburgh 2.688 West Shore Road Major Collector 0291[A 1]
South Alburgh 5.415 US 2
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed •      Unopened

Notes

  1. ^ State-wide, unsigned numeric designation for town highways signed as state routes. A collector road is a civil engineering term meaning a road that connects populated areas with arterial highways

References

  1. ^ a b State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1947-48 ed.). 
  2. ^ a b "2006 (Route Log) AADTs - State Highways". 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 2007-12-23.  Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of VT 129 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS232US232&hl=en&q=from:+Main+St/VT-129+%4044.877130,+-73.338890+to:+VT-129+%4044.887484,+-73.278767&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 
  4. ^ Official Automobile Blue Book. 1. Automobile Blue Books Inc.. 1926. 
  5. ^ Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) (2008). Official Vermont Map and Travel Accommodations (Map). 

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