Maine State Route 9
State Route 9 | ||||||
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Route information | ||||||
Maintained by MaineDOT | ||||||
Length: | 290.43 mi[1] (467.40 km) | |||||
Existed: | 1925, 2007 (current alignment) – present | |||||
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East end: | Ferry Point International Bridge to ![]() |
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Counties: | York, Cumberland, Kennebec, Penobscot, Washington | |||||
Highway system | ||||||
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State Route 9 is a numbered state highway in Maine, running from the New Hampshire border at Berwick in the west to the Canada–US border with New Brunswick at Calais in the east. State Route 9 runs a total of 290 miles (470 km).
Route description
State Route 9 is a meandering highway that works its way from New Hampshire to Canada. It frequently runs concurrent with other highways listed below and also frequently changes direction. For instance, in Kennebunk, State Route 9 travels in a westerly direction even though it is signed as eastbound. State Route 9 runs through most of Maine's major cities including Biddeford, Saco, South Portland, Portland, Augusta, and Bangor. Its leg from Bangor to Calais is often referred to as "The Airline" commonly thought to be due to its shorter route than the older U.S. 1. (Before the coming of air travel, the term airline often referred to such a shortcut.) Although anecdotes about unexploded ordnance deriving from bombers flying from the former Dow Air Force Base (now Bangor International Airport) using a number of towers and landmarks along "The Airline", in fact the term goes back to the early 1850s as a contrast to the shoreline route.[2] The last section of "The Airline" was paved in 1973 in Crawford and many old sections of the road are visible to the side of the present roadway. The "Whale's Back", a 2 mile stretch built atop an esker in Hancock County was one of the most notable features of the highway until it was rebuilt.
Over the years, a number of improvements have been made by the Route 9 Committee, a partnership of local government officials and business interests in the Baileyville-Calais area.
Junction list
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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York | Berwick | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() |
Continuation into New Hampshire |
0.2 | 0.32 | ![]() |
Northern terminus of SR 236 | ||
North Berwick | 7.2 | 11.6 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of concurrency | |
7.6 | 12.2 | ![]() |
Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
Wells | 11.4 | 18.3 | SR 9B (Littlefield Road) – Ogunquit | Western terminus of SR 9B | |
13.5 | 21.7 | SR 9A (Crediford Road) – Sanford | Western terminus of SR 9A | ||
14.3 | 23.0 | ![]() |
Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
14.9 | 24.0 | ![]() |
Maine Turnpike exit 19 | ||
16.5 | 26.6 | ![]() ![]() |
Southern terminus of SR 109 Southern terminus of US 1/SR 9 concurrency |
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18.3 | 29.5 | ![]() |
Northern terminus of US 1/SR 9 concurrency | ||
Kennebunk | 22.5 | 36.2 | ![]() |
Eastern terminus of SR 9A Southern terminus of SR 35 |
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Kennebunkport | No major junctions | ||||
Biddeford | 31.8 | 51.2 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of concurrency | |
37.1 | 59.7 | ![]() ![]() |
Eastern terminus of SR 111 Northern terminus of SR 208 |
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Saco | 38.1 | 61.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Southern terminus of SR 112 | |
Old Orchard Beach | 45.7 | 73.5 | ![]() ![]() |
Southern terminus of SR 5 | |
Cumberland | Scarborough | 51.1 | 82.2 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of concurrency |
54.2 | 87.2 | ![]() ![]() |
Southern terminus of SR 114 Northern terminus of SR |
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55.4 | 89.2 | ![]() ![]() |
Partial interchange | ||
South Portland | 56.7 | 91.2 | ![]() ![]() |
Unsigned SR 703 | |
56.8 | 91.4 | ![]() |
Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
57.6 | 92.7 | ![]() |
I-295 exit 3; partial interchange No access to SR 9 from I-295 north |
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Portland | 59.4 | 95.6 | ![]() |
Maine Turnpike exit 46 | |
59.7 | 96.1 | ![]() |
Western terminus of concurrency | ||
61.2 | 98.5 | ![]() |
Eastern terminus of concurrency![]() ![]() |
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61.2 | 98.5 | ![]() |
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62.6 | 100.7 | ![]() ![]() |
Southern terminus of concurrency![]() ![]() |
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62.7 | 100.9 | ![]() ![]() |
Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
63.9 | 102.8 | ![]() |
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Falmouth | 67.3 | 108.3 | ![]() ![]() |
I-295 exit 10 | |
Cumberland | No major junctions | ||||
North Yarmouth | 74.3 | 119.6 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of concurrency | |
74.6 | 120.1 | ![]() |
Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
Pownal | No major junctions | ||||
Androscoggin | Durham | 86.9 | 139.9 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of concurrency |
87.3 | 140.5 | ![]() |
Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
91.1 | 146.6 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of SR 9/125 concurrency | ||
Lisbon | 91.4 | 147.1 | ![]() ![]() |
Northern terminus of SR 9/125 concurrency Eastern terminus of SR 9/196 concurrency |
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92.2 | 148.4 | ![]() |
Western terminus of SR 9/196 concurrency | ||
Sabattus | 99.3 | 159.8 | ![]() |
Maine Turnpike exit 86 | |
100.7 | 162.1 | ![]() |
Western terminus of concurrency | ||
101.7 | 163.7 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of SR 132 | ||
102.9 | 165.6 | ![]() |
Western terminus of SR 197 | ||
Wales | No major junctions | ||||
Kennebec | Monmouth | No major junctions | |||
Litchfield | No major junctions | ||||
West Gardiner | 117.3 | 188.8 | ![]() |
Maine Turnpike exit 102; partial interchange | |
117.4 | 188.9 | ![]() ![]() |
I-295 exit 51 | ||
Gardiner | 120.5 | 193.9 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of US 201/SR 9/126 concurrency | |
120.9 | 194.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Northern terminus of US 201/SR 9 concurrency Western terminus of SR 9/27/126 concurrency Northern terminus of SR 24 |
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Randolph | 121.1 | 194.9 | ![]() ![]() |
Eastern terminus of SR 9/27/126 concurrency | |
Chelsea | No major junctions | ||||
Augusta | 126.8 | 204.1 | ![]() |
Southern terminus of SR 9/17 concurrency | |
127.3 | 204.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Northern terminus of SR 9/17 concurrency Southern terminus of US 201/202/SR 9/100 concurrency Western terminus of SR 105 |
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127.9 | 205.8 | ![]() ![]() |
Northern terminus of US 201/SR 9/100 concurrency | ||
128.9 | 207.4 | ![]() ![]() |
Western terminus of US 202/SR 3/9 concurrency | ||
China | 138.1 | 222.3 | ![]() |
Western terminus of concurrency | |
139.3 | 224.2 | ![]() |
Eastern terminus of concurrency | ||
139.5 | 224.5 | ![]() |
Eastern terminus of US 202/SR 3/9 concurrency | ||
146.6 | 235.9 | ![]() |
Western terminus of concurrency | ||
Albion | 153.9 | 247.7 | ![]() |
Eastern terminus of concurrency | |
Waldo | Unity | 160.2 | 257.8 | ![]() |
Western terminus of US 202/SR 9/139 concurrency |
161.1 | 259.3 | ![]() |
Eastern terminus of US 202/SR 9/139 concurrency Southern terminus of US 202/SR 9/220 concurrency |
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Troy | 164.1 | 264.1 | SR 220 north (Detroit Road) | Northern terminus of US 202/SR 9/220 concurrency | |
Penobscot | Dixmont | 170.8 | 274.9 | SR 7 (Moosehead Trail) – Newport, Brooks | |
173.0 | 278.4 | SR 143 (Simpson Corner Road) – Etna | Southern terminus of SR 143 | ||
Newburgh | 181.4 | 291.9 | SR 69 to I‑95 (Carmel Road) – Carmel, Winterport | ||
Hampden | 187.5 | 301.8 | US 202 east | Eastern terminus of US 202/SR 9 concurrency | |
187.9 | 302.4 | US 1A west (Main Road) – Winterport | Western terminus of US 1A/SR 9 concurrency | ||
Bangor | 192.4 | 309.6 | I‑395 / US 202 / SR 15 to I‑95 – Brewer, Ellsworth, Orono, Newport | I-395 exit 3; US 202 joins northbound and leaves southbound | |
193.1 | 310.8 | US 202 east to US 2 / SR 100 (Main Street) | Eastern terminus of US 1A/202/SR 9 concurrency | ||
Brewer | 193.7 | 311.7 | US 1A east (Wilson Street) – Ellsworth, Bar Harbor | Eastern terminus of US 1A/SR 9 concurrency | |
194.0 | 312.2 | State Street (former US 1A) SR 178 |
Southern terminus of SR 178 | ||
Eddington | 198.1 | 318.8 | SR 178 north (Riverside Drive) – Old Town | Eastern terminus of concurrency | |
204.6 | 329.3 | SR 46 (Jarvis Gore Drive) – Holden | Northern terminus of SR 46 | ||
Clifton | 207.0 | 333.1 | SR 180 (Rebel Hill Road) – Otis, Ellsworth | Northern terminus of SR 180 | |
Hancock | Amherst | 217.4 | 349.9 | SR 181 – Ellsworth | Northern terminus of SR 181 |
Aurora | 219.5 | 353.3 | SR 179 – Ellsworth | Northern terminus of SR 179 | |
Washington | Beddington | 233.5 | 375.8 | SR 193 (Beddington Road) – Deblois, Cherryfield | Northern terminus of SR 193 |
Wesley | 258.4 | 415.9 | SR 192 (Jr. Williams Road) – Machias | ||
Crawford | No major junctions | ||||
Alexander | No major junctions | ||||
Baileyville | 281.1 | 452.4 | US 1 north – Baileyville, Houlton | Southern terminus of concurrency | |
Baring | 282.3 | 454.3 | SR 191 – Machias | Northern terminus of SR 191 | |
Calais | 285.8 | 460.0 | To Route 1 (International Drive) – Saint John NB | International Avenue Bridge - As of 2010, all commercial vehicles must use this border crossing | |
286.3 | 460.8 | To Route 170 – Milltown NB | Milltown International Bridge | ||
287.9 | 463.3 | US 1 south (Main Street) – Machias | Eastern terminus of concurrency | ||
288.3 | 464.0 | To Route 170 | Ferry Point International Bridge Eastern terminus of SR 9 |
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ↑ Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME:Maine State Route 9
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.