New England road marking system

New England road marking system
1922 list

The New England road marking system was an interstate system of marked numbered routes in New England. The routes were marked by a yellow rectangular shield with black numbers and border. Many shields were painted on telephone poles. The routes were approved by the highway departments of the six New England states in April 1922.[1]

Prior to the New England road marking system, through routes were mainly marked with colored bands on telephone poles. These were assigned by direction (red for east-west, blue for north-south and yellow for intermediate or diagonal routes). The Massachusetts Highway Commission convinced the rest of southern New England and New York to use this system in 1915 (New Hampshire and Vermont already had their own schemes, and Maine also opted out), and it was the main system until 1922.[2]

The New England road marking system, while limited to New England, was designed for expansion to the whole country. One- and two-digit numbers were assigned to major interstate routes, with three-digit routes for state routes (marked in a rectangle, with the state abbreviation below the number). In general, odd numbers ran east-west and even numbers ran north-south. The main exception was Route 1, which was to run along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Calais, Maine. A few of the major auto trails were not to be assigned numbers, instead being marked with letters - for instance, L for the Lincoln Highway and R for the Roosevelt International Highway.[1]

In 1926, several of the routes were supplanted by the national United States Numbered Highways. Except for Route 1, which became U.S. Route 1, the old numbers were not used, since the U.S. Highway system uses odd numbers for north-south routes and even numbers for east-west routes. While some of the routes that did not become U.S. Routes were disbanded in the 1930s, many of these other routes still have their numbers today, although the unified signage is no longer used.

List of routes

New England Route Current routes Endpoints
New England 1.svg Route 1 US 1.svg U.S. Route 1 NY/CT state line (NY 1 towards New York City) to Calais, Maine (towards Saint John, New Brunswick)
New England 1A.svg Route 1A Rhode Island 3.svg RI Route 3 Westerly, Rhode Island to Providence, Rhode Island
New England 2.svg Route 2 US 5.svg U.S. Route 5 New Haven, CT (Route 1) to Derby Line, VT (Route 5 towards Sherbrooke, QC)
New England 2A.svg Route 2A Vermont 5A.svg VT Route 5A West Burke, VT to Derby, VT
New England 3.svg Route 3 US 6.svg U.S. Route 6 NY/CT state line (towards Bedford, NY) to Provincetown, MA
New England 4.svg Route 4 US 7.svg U.S. Route 7 NY/CT state line (NY 21 towards Amenia, NY) to Highgate Springs, VT (Route 7 towards Montreal, QC)
New England 5.svg Route 5 US 20.svg U.S. Route 20 NY/MA state line (NY 5 towards Albany, NY) to Boston, MA (Routes 1 - 6 - 7 - 28)
New England 6.svg Route 6 US 3.svg U.S. Route 3
MA Route 3.svg MA Route 3
Orleans, MA (Route 3) to Colebrook, NH (Route 26)
New England 6A.svg Route 6A MA Route 3A.svg MA Route 3A Kingston, MA to Quincy, MA
New England 6A.svg Route 6A NH Route 3A.svg NH Route 3A Franklin, NH to Plymouth, NH
New England 6B.svg Route 6B MA Route 38.svg MA Route 38 Cambridge, MA to Lowell, MA
New England 7.svg Route 7 MA Route 2.svg MA Route 2 NY/MA state line (NY 7 towards Troy, NY) to Boston, MA (Routes 1 - 5 - 6 - 28)
New England 8.svg Route 8 Connecticut Highway 8.svg CT Route 8
MA Route 8.svg MA Route 8
Vermont 8.svg VT Route 8
Stratford, CT (Route 1) to Wilmington, VT (Route 9)
New England 9.svg Route 9 Vermont 9.svg VT Route 9
NH Route 9.svg NH Route 9
MA Route 9.svg State Route 9
NY/VT state line (NY 9 towards Troy, NY) to Wells, ME (Route 1)
New England 10.svg Route 10 Connecticut Highway 9.svg CT Route 9
Connecticut Highway 10.svg CT Route 10
MA Route 10.svg MA Route 10
NH Route 10.svg NH Route 10
Old Saybrook, CT (Route 1) to Littleton, NH (Route 18)
New England 11.svg Route 11 Vermont 11.svg VT Route 11
NH Route 11.svg NH Route 11
MA Route 11.svg State Route 11
MA Route 111.svg State Route 111
Manchester, VT (Route 4) to Biddeford, ME (Route 1)
New England 12.svg Route 12 Connecticut Highway 32.svg CT Route 32
Connecticut Highway 12.svg CT Route 12
MA Route 12.svg MA Route 12
NH Route 12.svg NH Route 12
Vermont 12.svg VT Route 12
New London, CT (Route 1) to Derby, VT (Route 2)
New England 12A.svg Route 12A Vermont 12A.svg VT Route 12A Randolph, VT to Northfield, VT
New England 12B.svg Route 12B Vermont 14.svg VT Route 14 Hardwick, VT to Coventry, VT
New England 13.svg Route 13 US 4.svg U.S. Route 4 Whitehall, NY to White River Junction, VT (Routes 2 - 14)
New England 14.svg Route 14 Vermont 14.svg VT Route 14
US 2.svg U.S. Route 2
Burlington, VT (Routes 4 - 15 - 30) to White River Junction, VT (Routes 2 - 13)
New England 15.svg Route 15 Vermont 15.svg VT Route 15
US 2.svg U.S. Route 2
Burlington, VT (Routes 4 - 14 - 30) to Houlton, ME (towards Fredericton, NB)
New England 16.svg Route 16 NH Route 16.svg NH Route 16 Portsmouth, NH (Route 1) to Errol, NH (Route 26)
New England 17.svg Route 17 MA Route 23.svg MA Route 23
US 7.svg U.S. Route 7
US 44.svg U.S. Route 44
Connecticut Highway 2.svg CT Route 2
NY/MA state line (NY 23 towards Hudson, NY) to Westerly, RI (Route 1)
New England 18.svg Route 18 US 2.svg U.S. Route 2
Vermont 18.svg VT Route 18
NH Route 18.svg NH Route 18
US 302.svg U.S. Route 302
Portland, ME (Routes 1 - 25 - 26) to Montpelier, VT (Routes 12 - 14 - 25)
New England 19.svg Route 19 US 302.svg U.S. Route 302
MA Route 11.svg State Route 11
MA Route 196.svg State Route 196
Bethlehem, NH (Route 10 - 18) to Brunswick, ME (Route 1)
In the 1922 plan but was never signed.[citation needed]
New England 20.svg Route 20 US 201.svg U.S. Route 201 Brunswick, ME (Route 1) to Jackman, ME (towards Quebec City, QC)
New England 24.svg Route 24 US 1.svg U.S. Route 1 Calais, ME to Madawaska, ME
1922 plan was routed Portland, ME to Greenville, ME
New England 25.svg Route 25 US 302.svg U.S. Route 302
NH Route 25.svg NH Route 25
MA Route 25.svg State Route 25
Montpelier, VT (Routes 12 - 14 - 18) to Portland, ME (Routes 1 - 18 - 26)
New England 25A.svg Route 25A Vermont 25.svg VT Route 25 West Topsham, VT to Bradford, VT
New England 26.svg Route 26 MA Route 26.svg State Route 26
NH Route 26.svg NH Route 26
Vermont 26.svg VT Route 26
Portland, ME (Routes 1 - 18 - 25) to Colebrook, NH (Route 6)
New England 28.svg Route 28 MA Route 28.svg MA Route 28
NH Route 28.svg NH Route 28
Buzzards Bay, MA (Route 3) to Ossipee, NH (Route 16)
New England 30.svg Route 30 Vermont 30.svg VT Route 30
US 7.svg U.S. Route 7
US 2.svg U.S. Route 2
NY/VT state line (towards Granville, NY) to Alburgh, VT
New England 30A.svg Route 30A Vermont 22A.svg VT Route 22A Fair Haven, VT to Vergennes, VT
New England 32.svg Route 32 Connecticut Highway 12.svg CT Route 12
Connecticut Highway 32.svg CT Route 32
MA Route 32.svg MA Route 32
NH Route 32.svg NH Route 32
Groton, CT (Route 1) to Newport, NH (Route 11)
New England 32A.svg Route 32A US 202 (NH).svg U.S. Route 202
NH Route 103.svg NH Route 103
Bradford, NH to Hopkinton, NH

References

  1. ^ a b Motor Sign Uniformity, New York Times, April 16, 1922
  2. ^ US-5: A Highway to History

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