The Maine Ex-Highway Index

Bold green text: Verified as historic alignment.
Red text: Investigated as historic alignment; ruled out.
Black text, with historical info, indicates old alignments of the corridor that may or may not have been numbered highway. Or other points of confusion. Glarkable from context.
Brown text means... yeah, it means I'm taking notes.

(95): Interstate Highway • {1}: U.S. Highway • [9]: State Route -- kinda copies the shield shapes there, eh?

	US-1 has been given its own page.
	US-2 has been given its own page.
	Shown in the USGS 1944 Gray quad and 1943 Augusta quad cosigned with [100]? Interesting... 1 {202} multiplex continued west to {201}/[100] until late 2004. 2
	ME-4 has been given its own page.
	ME-5 has been given its own page.
	Mad multiplexage!   Sandy Bay Twp - Jackman: {201}   Jackman - Dover-Foxcroft: [15]   Abbot - Lagrange: [16]   Lagrange - Enfield: [155]   Enfield - Lincoln: {2} The non-redundant stretch from Lincoln to Vanceboro has been given its own page.
	ME-9 has been given its own page.
	ME-11 has been given its own page.
	South Dover?
	nothing here yet
	mountainview [6]
	Shore Dr, Rangeley Dix Rd, North Jay
	abandoned roadway, Porter   west of Roberts Ln roadway straightened between 1911 and 1941 1 Business [25], Westbrook Conant St William Clarke Dr built late 60s or early 70s Westbrook Arterial built early-mid 70s.
	no old alignments here
	nothing here yet
	no old alignments here
	ME-27 has been given its own page.
	South of Bethel Paradise Rd, Bethel Broad St Mainline in 19411; may or may not have continued along [5] to {2}/[26].
	nothing here yet
	Fowler Rd, Cape Elizabeth Mainline in 1941; moved to Bowery Beach Rd et al by 1957. 1 Wheeler Rd, Cape Elizabeth Mainline in 1957 1 ; bypassed by 1990 3 Old Ocean House Rd Mainline in 1957 1 ; bypassed by 1990 3 Windmill Ln This was Ocean House Rd in 1957 1 Was this bypassed before or after Ocean House became [77]? Shore Rd Cottage Rd, South Portland Mainline in 1957 1 ; moved to Ocean House Rd / Ocean St by 1964 6 Ocean St Million Dollar Bridge, South Portland - Portland Casco Bay Bridge opened ~1997-8 4 State St, Portland north AND southbound in 1978? 3
	No old alignments here, but [88] is itself an old routing of US-1
	Route commissioned between 19411 and 19646 It looks like there was some significant renumbering in the area.   {1}, Warren - [17], Rockport: see [137]   [17] - {1}, Rockport: see [194]
	abandoned roadway, York   east of York Pond Mainline in 1956; bypassed by 1985 1 Bog Rd, York abandoned roadway   NE of Cider Hill Rd turnpike bridge   With the turnpike there, there should be little to nothing left of the grade. Turnpike. Bridge. New alignment. 1 Old South Rd, South Berwick Pine St Brattle St private road / old Academy St Harold L Dow Hwy (Old Mill Rd) Old Mill Rd Mainline of corridor in 1941. May or may not have been signed as [91], which was commissioned between 1941 and 1956. 1
	bridge name unknown, Lovell   south of current alignment Mainline in 19411; bypassed by 19833 Highway commissioned between 19491 and 19833 - was this ever signed [93]?
	Falmouth Spur/(495) (295) to Gardiner Final segment, Topsham - Gardiner, opened spring 1977 5 Redesignated (295) January 2004 4 {1} between present (295) interchanges 17 & 20 {1} was {1} and (95) NB; (295) NB was {1} and (95) SB alignment constructed by 1957 1 Completed to interstate standards 198x (after 1983) 3
	Eastern Ave, Boothbay Harbor Mainline in 1957; bypassed by 1985 1 Oak Lawn Cemetary Rd, Boothbay Harbor abandoned roadway Back Narrows Rd Bradley Rd Mainline in 1893; bypassed by 1944 1 abandoned roadway, Boothbay   much straighter route from Boothbay Harbor town line to Meadow Cove Rd Mainline in 1893; bypassed by 1944 1
	Old Cascade Rd, Saco - Old Orchard Beach Mainline in 1916; bypassed by 1957 abandoned roadway   south of Ross Rd intersection Mainline in 1916; bypassed by 1957 1 Miles Ave Portland Ave Mainline in 1916; bypassed by 1957 1
	Old Kennebunk Rd, Sanford (abandoned)   part of this has become Industrial Ave Old Brown Swamp Rd (abandoned) Whichers Mill Rd abandoned roadway Mainline in 1891; bypassed by 1944 1 May or may not have been numbered highway McGuire Rd, Kennebunk abandoned roadway Mainline in 1891; bypassed by 1944 1 Stuart Ln, Kennebunk Hill Ln Mainline in 1891; bypassed by 1944 1
	Route 100 doesn't count!   Portland: {302}   Portland: Allen Ave: no old alignments, m'kay?   Portland - Gray: [26]   Gray - Auburn: {202} / [4]   Auburn - Augusta: {202} / [11]   Augusta - Fairfield: {201}   Fairfield - Newport: [11]   Newport - Bangor: {2}
	No old alignments here.
	Commissioned between 1941 and 1956. 1 No old alignments here.
	Main St, South Berwick Academy St Vine St Old Fields Rd, South Berwick - Eliot [101] abandoned roadway Mainline in 1941. Route truncated to [236] at Gould Corner, Eliot, by 1956 1 Dixon Rd, Eliot tiny deviation; impossible to tell from topos. Pleasant St, Eliot Existed before Main St in this location. (1895) Bypassed before inception of numbered route system. (1916) 1 What came first, Main St or the bridge to Kittery? Brave Boat Harbor Rd, York Mainline in 1920; bypassed by 1956 1 Lilac Ln built on old RR grade Western Point Rd old bridge Harris Island Rd old bridge Barrel Ln Ext Barrel Ln (Lilac Ln?) New Bridge under construction, 1956 topo? 1 Was old RR bridge refurbished, or a new span constructed?
	No old alignments here, but the route was extended slightly northward. (See [117].)
	ME-109 has been given its own page.
	South of [5] multiplex Rocky Dunn Rd, Baldwin Chase Rd Pequawket Trail there as early as 1911 1 Cosigned with [5] from Baldwin to Fryeburg north of [5] multiplex
	Knox Rd, Windham Varney Mill Rd Mainline in 1957 1; bypassed by 1977. 3 abandoned roadway, Gray Yarmouth Rd curve broadened at Mayall Rd junction, between 1957 1 and 1990 3
	[107] terminus & environs
	private road or name unknown, Roxbury   ~0.7 mi NW of Frye Crossover Rd Mainline in 1969; bypassed by 1997. 3
	Original southern terminus at Main St, Raymond. Extended south along Main St when {302} was bypassed, 1944-1957 1 Main St, Oxford Main St cut off between 1989 and 1998 3 Lower Rd, Minot Empire Rd Mainline in 1908; bypassed by 1955 1 Old Farm Hill, Auburn Apparently mainline in 1942. Moved to Minot Ave by 1956. 1 Minot Ave, Auburn (2-way) Rotory St came between `83 and `89. 3
	Cobble Knoll Rd, Poland abandoned roadway mainline in 1908; bypassed by 1955 1 W. Crestwood Dr, Poland mainline in 1908; bypassed by 1955 1 E. Crestwood Dr, Poland my sources say no. 1 Range Rd, Poland Downey Ln mainline in 1908; bypassed by 1955 1 abandoned or private roadway, New Gloucester mainline in 1908; bypassed by 1955 1 abandoned or private roadway, Auburn   both W and E of turnpike. cut off by turnpike ~1955; current Poland Spring Rd alignment constructed for single overpass.
	Peabody Rd, Harpswell looks like present alignment in 1894. 1 1945: terminated at eastern junction of Maine St / Bath Rd "roundabout. Campus Rd was shorter. On present alignment by 1957. 1
	Noble Dr, Freeport Woodside Ln Griffin Rd is new (~`56-57) construction. Gotta check this out in the field... Preble Rd, Bowdoinham Mainline in 1957 1 - chopped in ½ by interstate.
	Preble Point Rd, Arrowsic Old Arrowsic Rd, Woolwich Middle Rd New bridge built in 1950. 7 Leavitt Rd, Woolwich Mainline in 1945; bypassed by 1957 1 Private roadway? - Woolwich   former Old Stage Rd alignment Abandoned roadway Mainline in 1957 1 ; bypassed by 1985 3 ;
	Baker Dr, Woolwich Wold Dr Mainline in 1957 1; bypassed by 1988. 3 abandoned roadway? - Dresden Topo maps show the roadway being moved away from courthouse point between 1943 and 1957. 1 And again between 1957 and 1976 3 1998 DeLorme A&G does not reflect this change. 2 Everson Rd, Dresden Old Cedar Grove St, Pittston Route commissioned in 1944, w/present E-W aligment south of Everson Rd
	Kendall Ln, Freeport True St Moved to Mallett Dr when the interstate bisected town, 1956-7. 1
	W. Main St, Warren Four Rod Rd Main St Oyster River Rd / [131] Norwood St abandoned roadway [90] Cooper Rd [90] Gardner Rd Shown as straightened between 1906 and 1941 1 But change not reflected in `76 or `88 topos 3 [90] abandoned roadway   just west of Rockland city line Straightened out between 1906 and 1941 1 [90] ...and beyond [17] in West Rockport
	nothing here yet
	Park St, Phillips
	Ferry Rd, Westport Old Ferry Rd, Wiscasset Bridge built at Cushman Point between 1944 and 19571. I presume the route was designated at this time.
	nothing here yet
	Okay, here's an interesting one. 1 [162] continues along Brook Rd off the bottom of the 1935 Frenchville Quad. The 1931 and 1953 Square Lake quads have [162] along Main St, consistent with its modern routing. Use an image editor and paste the two together and it'll make no sense - the routes won't connect. I suspect the route crossed between the southern & northern roadways on Albert Rd/Albert Cross Rd. This ends just before the southern edge of the Frenchville Quad, making the error shown, in this context, at first more visually intuitive. [162] was rerouted across this section by 19863 , eliminating a 90° turn at each end.
	[6]
	1941: along [90] corridor to West Rockport 1
	Nothing here yet. Not to be confused with interstate 195.
	No old alignments here.
	N. Lisbon Rd, Lewiston S. Lisbon Rd Mainline in 1942; bypassed by 1956. 1 Farwell St, Lisbon Mainline in 1942; bypassed by 1956. 1 Frost Hill Ave, Lisbon Mainline in 1942; bypassed by 1956. 1 Old Lisbon Rd, Topsham River Rd Winter St Mainline in 1894; bypassed by 1944. 1 Monument Pl, Topsham Brunswick-Topsham bypass opened Fall 1997 4
	Old Main St, Topsham Old Augusta Rd, Topsham Atwood Rd Interstate. Bridge. New alignment. 1 North of Topsham
	Mad multiplexage!   Lebanon - Sanford: [11]   Sanford - Alfred: [4A]   Alfred - Auburn: [4]   Auburn - Augusta: [11]   Augusta: {201}   Augusta - Hampden: [9] [4A], Hollis - Buxton Moved to [4A] (current [4]) between 19833 and 1989 2 [4] and [4A] later switched, between 1989 and 1998. 2 Eastman Ln, Auburn Old Hotel Rd Hotel Rd Manley Rd Court St Not likely - The 1942 Lewiston quad shows {202} cosigned with [4] [9], {1A}, Hampden - Bangor Mainline in 1955. 1
	Heron Cove Rd, Phippsburg Mainline in 1945; bypassed by 1957. 1
	Topo maps show [216] multiplexed with [209] until:   Parker Head Rd (1990) 3   Winnegance (1957) 1
	abandoned roadway? - Phippsburg   north of Sebasco Rd, at Long Cove Rd Junction Present alignment appeared to be there in 1894 1 Kenyon Rd, Phippsburg Pine Dr abandoned roadway Lavery Ln This was the only option in 1894. The abandoned section disappeared from the map between 1945 and 1957. 1 This was probably never part of the numbered highway.
	No old alignments here.
	No old alignments here.
	Rogers Rd, Kittery Shapleigh Rd built between 1920 and 1956 1 Harold L Dow Hwy built between 1941 and 19561 , almost entirely on old rail grade.   Everything north of a point about 0.2 mi S of Martin Rd / Stevenson Rd jct. No old alignments this section. Berwick Rd, Berwick Saw Mill Hill Mainline in 19581; bypassed by 19853
	No old alignments here. But! This route was shown as: [114] on the 1944 Gray quadrangle. And... SR 95 on the 1943 Sebago Lake quad! 1 [114] is shown, in this quad, on its modern alignment. WTF, eh?
	abandoned roadway, Southport   east of reservoir   past water tower   to S of Plummer Rd mainline in 1893; rerouted by 1944 1 Hwy apparently not numbered until after 1988 3 Plummer Rd, Southport [27] mainline in 1893; bridge built by 1944 1 Hwy apparently not numbered until after 1988 3
	No old alignments here. See also: (95)
	Keene Ln, Bridgton Appears to have been bypassed between 1911 and 1941 1 Jim Douglass Rd, Bridgton Labeled as "Old Route 302 W" by MapQuest on 2nd highest zoom, until mid-October `05 Appears to have been bypassed by 1941 1 road name unknown, Bridgton   East of Beaver Pond. Abandoned? Looks like mainline, 1941 Fryeburg quad 1, 3 Kansas Rd, Naples - Bridgton Main St, Bridgton 1949 Norway quadrangle shows this as {302}. But 1943 Sebago Lake quad shows {302} on its present alignment. What gives? 1 Mast Cove Ln, Naples Mainline in 1943 - dotted line @ bypass? 1 Hillside Ave, Casco - Naples Labeled as "Old US Rte 302" in DeLorme's 2004 Portland region street atlas. Realignment appears to be post-1943. 1 S.Casco Village Rd, Casco abandoned roadway Hams Hill Rd Mainline in 1943 1 Main St, Raymond Mainline in 1944; bypassed by 1957. 1 County Rd, Raymond Mainline in 1892; bypassed by 1944 1 Windham Center Rd, Windham Pope Rd Present route there as early as 1892 1 Deering Ave, Portland Shown on 1978 USGS map. ME-100 did not follow Deering. 3
	No old alignments here.
	Maine Turnpike   Interchanges 52-103 1988-2004 4

To-do: more possibilities for {1} in Bath & in York county.

Sources:
  1.) UNH Library's Historic USGS Maps of New England & NY
  2.) DeLorme Maine Atlas & Gazetteer, 1989 & 1998 editions
  3.) terraserver-usa.com
  4.) personal memory
  5.) Delano, June. "Opening of I-95 Link Likely To Be Delayed" Portland Press Herald 1976-12-07: 44.
  6.) 1964 Rand McNally Atlas (excerpts)
  7.) nationalbridges.com

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