Vermont Route 30

Vermont Route 30
Seth Warner Memorial Highway[1] Stone Valley Byway
Map of southern Vermont with VT 30 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by VTrans
Length:	111.870 mi[2] (180.037 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 5 / VT 9 in Brattleboro
	US 7 in Manchester US 4 in Castleton
North end:	US 7 / VT 125 in Middlebury
Location
Counties:	Windham, Bennington, Rutland, Addison
Highway system
State highways in Vermont ← VT 26 VT 30A → ← Route 28 N.E. Route 30A →

Vermont Route 30 (VT 30) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Vermont which runs from Brattleboro in the south to Middlebury in the north. The northern portion, from Poultney to Middlebury, was part of the New England road marking system's Route 30, from which VT 30 got its number. The route passes through many historic small towns, and travel writers such as those at Southern Vermont have described the route as "idyllic" and "picturesque".^[3]

Route description

In Poultney, VT 30 passes along the eastern edge of Lake St. Catherine State Park. To the north in Hubbardton, VT 30 runs along the eastern shore of Lake Bomoseen. In Middlebury, VT 30 serves Middlebury College.

History

From 1922 until 1926, New England Route 30 (part of the New England road marking system) ran from Granville, New York, through Poultney (via New York State Route 22A), continuing north through Burlington, to Alburg. The northern sections of Route 30 were assigned in 1926 to U.S. Route 7 (US 7) from Middlebury to Burlington, and to US 2 from Burlington to Alburg. Soon afterwards, Vermont extended the Route 30 designation southeast to its current Brattleboro terminus. (VT 30 to Brattleboro had been in place by 1933.)^[4][5] In August 2011, Hurricane Irene heavily damaged large sections of VT 30 and made it impassable for a period of time.^[6]

Major intersections

County	Location[2]	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Windham	Brattleboro	0.000	0.000	US 5 / VT 9 to I-91 – Guilford, Putney
	Townshend	16.391	26.379	VT 35 – Athens, Grafton	Southern terminus of VT 35
	Jamaica	22.375	36.009	VT 100 south – Wardsboro, Wilmington	Southern end of concurrency with VT 100
		30.511	49.103	VT 100 north – South Londonderry, Londonderry, Magic Mountain Ski Area	Northern end of concurrency with VT 100
Bennington	Winhall	39.474	63.527	VT 11 east – Bromley Ski Area, Peru, Londonderry, Magic Mountain Ski Area	Southern end of concurrency with VT 11
	Manchester	44.321– 44.560	71.328– 71.712	US 7 – Rutland, Bennington	Exit 4 (US 7)
		45.877	73.832	VT 7A south / VT 11 – Manchester Village	Northern end of concurrency with VT 11; southern end of concurrency with VT 7A; western terminus of VT 11
		45.915[7]	73.893	VT 7A north – Rutland	Northern end of concurrency with VT 7A
	Rupert	54.021	86.938	VT 315 west – Rupert, Salem NY	Eastern terminus of VT 315
Rutland	Pawlet	60.248	96.960	VT 133 north – Middletown Springs, West Rutland	Southern terminus of VT 133
		64.592	103.951	VT 153 west – West Pawlet	Eastern terminus of VT 153
		65.522	105.447	VT 149 west – Granville NY	Western terminus of VT 149
	Poultney	75.550	121.586	VT 31 south	Northern terminus of VT 31
		75.634	121.721	VT 140 east – East Poultney	Western terminus of VT 140
	Castleton	82.169	132.238	VT 4A – Hydeville, Fair Haven, Castleton, West Rutland
		82.746	133.167	US 4 – Fair Haven, Castleton, Rutland	Exit 4 (US 4)
	Sudbury	93.483	150.446	VT 144 west – Hortonia	Eastern terminus of VT 144
		95.735	154.071	VT 73 west – Orwell, Ferry to NY State	Southern end of concurrency with VT 73
		97.917	157.582	VT 73 east – Brandon	Northern end of concurrency with VT 73
Addison	Cornwall	107.416	172.869	VT 74 west – West Cornwall, Shoreham, Ferry to NY State	Eastern terminus of VT 74
	Middlebury	111.475– 111.612	179.402– 179.622	VT 125 west to VT 23 – Weybridge, Bridport, Bridge to NY	Southern end of concurrency with VT 125
		111.870	180.037	US 7 / VT 125 east – East Middlebury, Brandon, Vergennes	Northern end of concurrency with VT 125
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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