Maine State Route 9
State Route 9 (SR 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. SR 9 runs a total of 289 miles (465 km).
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 Route of SR 9 highlighted in red | |||||||
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| Length | 289.09 mi[1] (465.25 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, Hancock, Washington | ||||||
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Route description
Maine State Route 9 east of Bangor.
Looking east to Lead Mountain along State Route 9
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.
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.
The Airline
The 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.[3]
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 |  | Western terminus of SR 9B | |
| 13.5 | 21.7 |  | 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Biddeford | 31.8 | 51.2 |  | Southern terminus of concurrency | |
| 37.1 | 59.7 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 111 Northern terminus of SR 208 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 61.2 | 98.5 |  | |||
| 62.6 | 100.7 |   | Southern terminus of concurrency | ||
| 62.7 | 100.9 | | Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
| 63.9 | 102.8 |  | | ||
| Falmouth | 67.3 | 108.3 | | I-295 exit 10 | |
| North Yarmouth | 74.3 | 119.6 |  | Southern terminus of concurrency | |
| 74.6 | 120.1 | | Northern terminus of concurrency | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Kennebec | 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 | ||
| Randolph | 121.1 | 194.9 | | Eastern terminus of SR 9/27/126 concurrency | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Troy | 164.1 | 264.1 | | Northern terminus of US 202/SR 9/220 concurrency | |
| Penobscot | Dixmont | 170.8 | 274.9 |  | |
| 173.0 | 278.4 |  | Southern terminus of SR 143 | ||
| Newburgh | 181.4 | 291.9 |  | ||
| Hampden | 187.5 | 301.8 | | Eastern terminus of US 202/SR 9 concurrency | |
| 187.9 | 302.4 |  | Western terminus of US 1A/SR 9 concurrency | ||
| Bangor | 192.4 | 309.6 |   | I-395 exit 3; US 202 joins northbound and leaves southbound | |
| 193.1 | 310.8 |  | Eastern terminus of US 1A/202/SR 9 concurrency | ||
| Brewer | 193.7 | 311.7 | | Eastern terminus of US 1A/SR 9 concurrency | |
| 194.0 | 312.2 | State Street (former US 1A) | Southern terminus of SR 178 | ||
| Eddington | 198.1 | 318.8 | | Eastern terminus of concurrency | |
| 204.6 | 329.3 |  | Northern terminus of SR 46 | ||
| Clifton | 207.0 | 333.1 |  | Northern terminus of SR 180 | |
| Hancock | Amherst | 217.4 | 349.9 |  | Northern terminus of SR 181 |
| Aurora | 219.5 | 353.3 |  | Northern terminus of SR 179 | |
| Washington | Beddington | 233.5 | 375.8 |  | Northern terminus of SR 193 |
| Wesley | 258.4 | 415.9 |  | ||
| Baileyville | 281.1 | 452.4 | | Southern terminus of concurrency | |
| Baring | 282.3 | 454.3 |  | Northern terminus of SR 191 | |
| Calais | 285.8 | 460.0 |  | International Avenue Bridge - As of 2010, all commercial vehicles must use this border crossing | |
| 286.3 | 460.8 | | Milltown International Bridge | ||
| 287.9 | 463.3 | | Eastern terminus of concurrency | ||
| 288.3 | 464.0 | | Ferry Point International Bridge Eastern terminus of SR 9 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- New England Interstate Route 9
References
- "Map Viewer". Maine Office of GIS. Maine DOT. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- "The Airline Road". Maine's French Communities. Archived from the original on 2001-07-07.
- Dudley, John. "The Airline Road". mainething.com.
External links
- "Maine State Route 9". RoadsAroundME. Floodgap Roadgap.
- Carey Kish (2017-11-13). "HIKING IN MAINE: AIRLINE ROAD IS BOUNTIFUL FOR HIKERS".
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