U.S. Route 2 in Maine
Major junctions
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/US_2.svg/24px-US_2.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/24px-I-95.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/NB_95.svg/24px-NB_95.svg.png)
← ![]() | → ![]() |
← ![]() | N.E. | → ![]() |
U.S. Route 2 (US 2) in the U.S. state of Maine is a principal east–west route through the central portion of the state, extending from the New Hampshire border in Gilead to the town of Houlton less than a quarter mile from the Canadian border.
Route description
After crossing the New Hampshire state line in Gilead, US 2 continues to follow the Androscoggin River, turning north in Bethel (State Route 26 [SR 26] continues eastward from this turn). From there, the road crosses the river and turns north for a short while before turning eastward again, following the curving path of the river on the opposite bank until Dixfield, where it turns northeast, crossing from Oxford County, through southeastern Franklin County and into Somerset County. The road has a major junction with US 201 in Skowhegan, continuing to Penobscot County and the town of Newport, where the road begins a loosely parallel path with Interstate 95 (I-95), interchanging with the interstate just southeast of Bangor International Airport in Bangor.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US_Route_2_-_Maine_2.jpg/220px-US_Route_2_-_Maine_2.jpg)
From Bangor, the road begins following the Penobscot River northward, passing through Orono, crossing the river just south of the main campus of the University of Maine on Marsh Island. In Old Town, the road crosses the river again, staying to the east bank of the river through Mattawamkeag, crossing the Mattawamkeag River, then heading northward through the rest of the county and into Aroostook County, heading due north from Macwahoc, eventually meeting up again with I-95 near exit 286 in Oakfield, before crossing back at exit 291 in Smyrna. From Smyrna, the road travels due east into Houlton, sharing a concurrency with US 1 for just under one-half mile (0.80 km) before heading east and terminating just north of Houlton International Airport at I-95 exit 305, the last exit before it changes to Route 95.[2]
History
The original path of the road near the Houlton Airport did not turn around what is now the north–south runway, instead going straight on what is now Old Woodstock Road, over the eventual path of the runway, and crossing Airport Drive just south of the exit, meeting at the old U.S. Customs station, 200 yards (180 m) due south of the current one. The corresponding Canadian road also has closed, ending 0.4 miles (0.64 km) further from the border than it once did. The roadway paths are still visible on satellite imagery.
Major intersections
County | Location[1] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oxford | Gilead | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation from New Hampshire | |||
2.22 | 3.57 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 113 | |||||
Bethel | 11.87 | 19.10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 5; northern terminus of SR 35 | ||||
12.20 | 19.63 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 26 | |||||
12.77 | 20.55 | Androscoggin River | ||||||
Newry | 17.99 | 28.95 | Bear River | |||||
18.05 | 29.05 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 26 | |||||
Rumford | 24.24 | 39.01 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 5 | ||||
24.81 | 39.93 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 232 | |||||
34.39 | 55.35 | ![]() | Western terminus of SR 108 | |||||
35.21 | 56.67 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 120 | |||||
Mexico | 35.66 | 57.39 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 17 | ||||
Dixfield | 40.61 | 65.36 | ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 142 | ||||
Franklin | No major junctions | |||||||
Oxford | No major junctions | |||||||
Franklin | Wilton | 52.61 | 84.67 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 17 | |||
57.40 | 92.38 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 4 | |||||
58.33 | 93.87 | ![]() | ||||||
Farmington | 62.32 | 100.29 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 133 | ||||
65.10 | 104.77 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 43 | |||||
65.25 | 105.01 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 4 / SR 43; western end of concurrency with SR 27 | |||||
69.66 | 112.11 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 41 | |||||
New Sharon | 74.03 | 119.14 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 134 | ||||
74.24 | 119.48 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 134 | |||||
74.83 | 120.43 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 27 | |||||
Somerset | Mercer | 81.52 | 131.19 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 137 | |||
Norridgewock | 86.58 | 139.34 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with US 201A / SR 8 | ||||
86.96 | 139.95 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of concurrency with SR 8 | |||||
86.98 | 139.98 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of SR 139 | |||||
Skowhegan | 92.00 | 148.06 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with US 201A; western end of concurrency with US 201; northern terminus of SR 104 | ||||
92.37 | 148.66 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with US 201 | |||||
92.46 | 148.80 | ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 150 | |||||
Canaan | 100.65 | 161.98 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 23 | ||||
101.14 | 162.77 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 23 | |||||
Palmyra | 109.64 | 176.45 | ![]() | |||||
112.32 | 180.76 | ![]() | Southern terminus of SR 151 | |||||
Penobscot | Newport | 116.38 | 187.30 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 7 / SR 100; exit 157 on I-95 | |||
119.92 | 192.99 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 7; exit 161 on I-95 | |||||
Etna | 125.50 | 201.97 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Carmel | 128.77 | 207.24 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Bangor | 141.32 | 227.43 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of I-395; exit 182 on I-95 | ||||
142.35– 142.51 | 229.09– 229.35 | ![]() ![]() | Exit 183 on I-95 | |||||
143.68 | 231.23 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 222 | |||||
144.00 | 231.75 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 100; former eastern terminus of US 202 | |||||
144.22 | 232.10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Orono | 151.81 | 244.31 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 16 | ||||
152.14 | 244.85 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 2A | |||||
Old Town | 156.03 | 251.11 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of US 2A / SR 43 | ||||
Milford | 156.44 | 251.77 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 178 | ||||
Enfield | 179.01 | 288.09 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with SR 6 / SR 116 | ||||
Lincoln | 189.22 | 304.52 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 116 | ||||
190.81 | 307.08 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 155 | |||||
191.02 | 307.42 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with SR 6 | |||||
Winn | 201.88 | 324.89 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 168 | ||||
Mattawamkeag | 204.58 | 329.24 | Mattawamkeag River | |||||
204.77 | 329.55 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 157 | |||||
Aroostook | Macwahoc Plantation | 214.02 | 344.43 | ![]() | Northern terminus of SR 170 | |||
214.33 | 344.93 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 2A | |||||
Sherman | 231.67 | 372.84 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 158 | ||||
Island Falls | 242.75 | 390.67 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 159 | ||||
Smyrna | 253.32 | 407.68 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of SR 212 | ||||
258.63– 258.85 | 416.22– 416.58 | ![]() | Exit 291 on I-95 | |||||
Houlton | 269.76 | 434.14 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of concurrency with US 1 | ||||
269.93 | 434.41 | Meduxnekeag River | ||||||
270.05 | 434.60 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of US 2A | |||||
270.12 | 434.72 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of concurrency with US 1 | |||||
273.21 | 439.69 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of US 2; exit 305 on I-95 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
|
References
- ^ a b c "MaineDOT Public Map Viewer". Maine Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. Route 2 in Maine" (Map). Google Maps. Google. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: US Highway 2 (Maine)
![]() | ||
---|---|---|
Previous state: New Hampshire | Maine | Next state: Terminus |