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?

{1} US-1 has been given its own page.
{2} US-2 has been given its own page.
[3] 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
[4] ME-4 has been given its own page.
[5] ME-5 has been given its own page.
[6] 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.
[9] ME-9 has been given its own page.
[11] ME-11 has been given its own page.
[15] South Dover?
BUSINESS
[15] 		nothing here yet [16] mountainview
[6]
[17] Shore Dr, Rangeley
Dix Rd, North Jay
[26] nothing here yet
[27] ME-27 has been given its own page.
[35] South of Bethel
Paradise Rd, Bethel
Broad St
Mainline in 19411; may or may not have continued along [5] to {2}/[26].
[35A] nothing here yet
[77] 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
[88] No old alignments here, but [88] is itself an old routing of US-1
[90] 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]
[91] 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
[93] 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]?
(95) 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 1957 1
Completed to interstate standards 198x (after 1983) 3
[96] 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
[98] 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
[99] 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
[100] Route 100 doesn't count!
  Portland: {302}
  Portland - Gray: [26]
  Gray - Auburn: {202} / [4]
  Auburn - Augusta: {202} / [11]
  Augusta - Fairfield: {201}
  Fairfield - Newport: [11]
  Newport - Bangor: {2}
[100A] No old alignments here.
[101] Commissioned between 1941 and 1956. 1
No old alignments here.
[103] 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?
[107] No old alignments here, but the route was extended slightly northward. (See [117].)
[109] ME-109 has been given its own page.
[113] 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
[115] 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
[117] [107] terminus & environs
[125] 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.
[127] Preble Point Rd, Arrowsic
Old Arrowsic Rd, Woolwich
Middle Rd
New bridge built sometime between 1945 and 1957. 1
[128] 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
[136] Kendall Ln, Freeport
True St
Moved to Mallett Dr when the interstate bisected town, 1956-7. 1
[137] 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
BUSINESS
[137] 		nothing here yet
[142] Park St, Phillips
[144] 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.
[155] nothing here yet
[162] 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.
[167] [6]
[194] 1941: along [90] corridor to West Rockport 1
(195) No old alignments here.
[196] 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
{201} Old Main St, Topsham
Old Augusta Rd, Topsham
Atwood Rd
Interstate. Bridge. New alignment. 1
North of Topsham
{202} 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
[209] Heron Cove Rd, Phippsburg
Mainline in 1945; bypassed by 1957. 1
[216] Topo maps show [216] multiplexed with [209] until:
  Parker Head Rd (1990) 3
  Winnegance (1957) 1
[217] 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.
[224] No old alignments here.
[231] No old alignments here.
[236] 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
[237] 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?
[238] 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
(295) No old alignments here.
{302} 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
(395) No old alignments here.
(495) Maine Turnpike
  Interchanges 52-103
1988-2004 4
To-do: 120-3... more possibilities for {1} 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)
Updates, 2005-12-12: previous updates
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