Maine State Route 161
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MaineDOT | ||||
| Length: | 83.03 mi[1] (133.62 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1925 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  US 1A / SR 167 in Fort Fairfield | |||
    US 1 / SR 164 / SR 89 / SR 228 in Caribou US 1 / SR 11 in Fort Kent | ||||
| North end: | Frank Mack/Walker Brook Roads in Allagash | |||
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| Counties: | Aroostook | |||
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State Route 161 (SR 161) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways. It runs 83.03 miles (133.62 km) from Fort Fairfield to Allagash. It begins at an intersection with US Route 1A (US 1A) in Fort Fairfield, and deadends at the Saint John River west of Allagash.[1]
SR 161 runs through the communities of Fort Fairfield, Caribou, Woodland, Madawaska Lake, Stockholm, New Sweden, Cross Lake, New Canada, Fort Kent, St. John, St. Francis, and Allagash.
Most of the portion that runs through Caribou has been re-routed, thanks to a new bypass that was built recently. The bypass now carries 161, and the old portion that runs through downtown Caribou has been re-signed as 161B.
Junction list
The entire route is in Aroostook County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Fort Fairfield | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 1A north (Bridge Street) – Limestone, Van Buren US 1A / SR 167 south (Presque Isle Street) – Presque Isle, Mars Hill SR 167 north (Main Street) to Route 190 – Perth-Andover, NB | Southern terminus of SR 161 | |
| Caribou | 10.1 | 16.3 |  SR 205 south (East Presque Isle Road) – Presque Isle | Northern terminus of SR 205 | |
| 10.4 | 16.7 | US 1 (Van Buren Road) – Presque Isle, Van Buren | |||
| 10.4 | 16.7 | SR 164 north (Main Street) | Southern terminus of SR 161/164 concurrency | ||
| 11.2 | 18.0 | SR 89 east (High Street) to US 1 – Limestone | Western terminus of SR 89 | ||
| 11.5 | 18.5 | SR 164 south (Washburn Street) – Washburn | Northern terminus of SR 161/164 concurrency | ||
| 12.3 | 19.8 | SR 228 west (Woodland Road) – Woodland, Aroostook County, Perham | Eastern terminus of SR 228 | ||
| Square Lake | 37.6 | 60.5 |  SR 162 north – Frenchville, Madawaska | Southern terminus of SR 162 | |
| Fort Kent | 54.1 | 87.1 | US 1 south (East Main Street) – Frenchville, Madawaska | Northern terminus of US 1/SR 161 concurrency | |
| 54.6 | 87.9 | SR 11 south (Aroostook Road) – Wallagrass, Eagle Lake | Northern terminus of SR 11 | ||
| 55.1 | 88.7 |   US 1 north (Clair-Fort Kent Bridge) to Route 161 / Route 205 – Clair, NB | Northern terminus of US 1 at Canadian border | ||
| Allagash | 83.03 | 133.62 | Frank Mack Road/Walker Brook Road | Saint John River crossing Northern terminus of SR 161 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Suffixed route
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| Location: | Caribou |
| Length: | 3.6 mi (5.8 km) |
| Existed: | 2014–present |
State Route 161B runs from the US 1 and SR 161 intersection, runs concurrency with SR 164 for about 1 mile, and ends at SR 161. It was established in 2014, running over SR 161 old routing when SR 161 was moved to a new bypass around Caribou.