Vermont Route 12
Vermont Route 12 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by VTrans | ||||
Length: | 97.53 mi[1] (156.96 km) | |||
Existed: | 1922 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | NH 12 in Weathersfield | |||
I-91 in Hartland US 4 in Woodstock US 2 in Montpelier | ||||
North end: | VT 100 at Morrisville | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Windsor, Orange, Washington, Lamoille | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Vermont Route 12 is a north-south state highway in Vermont that runs from Weathersfield to Morrisville.
Moose are most often encountered on four roads in Vermont, of which this is one. They are seen from Worcester to Elmore.[2]
Route description
Route 12 begins at the New Hampshire state line on the Connecticut River in the town of Weathersfield. It continues north along the west bank of the Connecticut River, overlapped with U.S. Route 5, until Hartland. It then heads northwest to Woodstock and then north through Montpelier to end at Vermont Route 100 in Morrisville. Vermont Route 12 runs parallel to Interstate 89 from the Woodstock/Hartford vicinity to Montpelier.
Major intersections
County | Location | Mile | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Windsor | Weathersfield | 0.0 | 0.0 | NH 12 | New Hampshire state line. |
0.4 | 0.6 | VT 131 | |||
0.4 | 0.6 | US 5 | Southern terminus of concurrency. | ||
1.5 | 2.4 | VT 44A | |||
Windsor | 5.4 | 8.7 | VT 44 | ||
Hartland | 9.4 | 15.1 | I-91 | I-91 Exit 9. | |
10.5 | 16.9 | US 5 | Northern terminus of concurrency. | ||
Woodstock | 18.2 | 29.3 | US 4 | ||
Bethel | 34.6 | 55.7 | VT 107 | Southern terminus of concurrency. | |
36.5 | 58.7 | VT 107 | Northern terminus of concurrency. | ||
Orange | Randolph | 44.5 | 71.6 | VT 12A | Southern terminus of VT 12A. |
44.6 | 71.8 | VT 66 | |||
Brookfield | 55.0 | 88.5 | VT 65 | ||
Washington | Northfield | 59.4 | 95.6 | VT 64 | |
60.5 | 97.4 | VT 12A | Northern terminus of VT 12A. | ||
Montpelier | 71.3 | 114.7 | US 2 | ||
Lamoille | Morristown | 97.5 | 156.9 | VT 15A / VT 100 | |
Concurrency terminus • Closed • Unopened |
VT 12A
Vermont Route 12A | |
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Location: | Randolph-Northfield |
Length: | 20.842 mi[1] (33.542 km) |
Existed: | ca. 1922[citation needed]–present |
Vermont Route 12A is a state highway in central Vermont, United States. It provides an alternate to VT 12 between Randolph and Northfield, via Braintree, Granville and Roxbury.
The road currently used by Vermont Route 12A was originally designated New England Interstate Route 12A in 1922 as part of the New England Interstate Route System and existed as such until it was replaced by a different system in 1926.
- Major intersections
County | Location | Mile[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Orange | Randolph | 0.000 | 0.000 | VT 12 | |
Washington | Roxbury | 14.854 | 23.905 | Warren Mountain Road | To VT 100 |
Northfield | 20.842 | 33.542 | VT 12 | ||
Concurrency terminus • Closed • Unopened |
See also
- Vermont Route 14 - The northernmost section used to be New England Route 12B
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2006 (Route Log) AADTs – State Highways" (PDF). Vermont Agency of Transportation. June 2007. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ↑ "Drivers warned about moose". Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida). May 8, 2013. pp. 8A.