New England Interstate Routes

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Not to be confused with the Interstate Highway System.

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1922 list

The New England Interstate Routes were an interstate system of marked numbered routes in New England, as well as New York east of the Hudson River. 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.<ref name="nyt April 16">Motor Sign Uniformity, New York Times, April 16, 1922</ref>

Prior to the New England Interstate Routes, 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 imtermediate 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.<ref>US-5: A Highway to History</ref>

The New England Interstate 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.<ref name="nyt April 16"/>

In 1926, 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. However, most of the routes that did not become U.S. Routes kept (and still have) their numbers as state highways.

[edit] List of routes

New England Route	Current Routes	Endpoints
Image:New England 1.svg Route 1	Image:US 1.svg	New York, NY to Calais, ME (towards Saint John, New Brunswick)
Image:New England 1A.svg Route 1A	Image:Rhode Island 3.svg	Westerly, RI to Providence, RI
Image:New England 2.svg Route 2	Image:US 5.svg	New Haven, CT (Route 1) to Derby Line, VT (towards Sherbrooke, Quebec)
Image:New England 2A.svg Route 2A	Image:Vermont 5A.svg	West Burke, VT to Derby, VT
Image:New England 3.svg Route 3	Image:US 6.svg	Bedford, NY (Route 22) to Provincetown, MA
Image:New England 4.svg Route 4	Image:US 7.svg	New York, NY to Highgate Springs, VT (towards Montreal, Quebec) Not signed as Route 4 in New York (see Route 22).
Image:New England 5.svg Route 5	Image:US 20.svg	Albany, NY to Boston, MA (Routes 1 - 6 - 7 - 28)
Image:New England 6.svg Route 6	Image:US 3.svg Image:MA Route 3.svg	Orleans, MA (Route 3) to Colebrook, NH (Route 26)
Image:New England 6A.svg Route 6A	Image:MA Route 3A.svg	Kingston, MA to Quincy, MA
Image:New England 6A.svg Route 6A	Image:NH Route 3A.svg	Franklin, NH to Plymouth, NH
Image:New England 6B.svg Route 6B	Image:MA Route 38.svg	Cambridge, MA to Lowell, MA
Image:New England 7.svg Route 7	Image:NY-2.svg Image:MA Route 2.svg	Troy, NY to Boston, MA (Routes 1 - 5 - 6 - 28)
Image:New England 8.svg Route 8	Image:Connecticut Highway 8.png Image:MA Route 8.svg Image:Vermont 8.svg	Stratford, CT (Route 1) to Wilmington, VT (Route 9)
Image:New England 9.svg Route 9	Image:NY-7.svg Image:Vermont 9.svg Image:NH Route 9.svg Image:MA Route 9.svg	Troy, NY to Wells, ME (Route 1)
Image:New England 10.svg Route 10	Image:Connecticut Highway 10.png Image:MA Route 10.svg Image:NH Route 10.svg	Old Saybrook, CT (Route 1) to Littleton, NH (Route 18)
Image:New England 11.svg Route 11	Image:Vermont 11.svg Image:NH Route 11.svg Image:MA Route 11.svg Image:MA Route 111.svg	Manchester, VT (Route 4) to Biddeford, ME (Route 1)
Image:New England 12.svg Route 12	Image:Connecticut Highway 12.png Image:MA Route 12.svg Image:NH Route 12.svg Image:Vermont 12.svg	New London, CT (Route 1) to Derby, VT (Route 2)
Image:New England 12A.svg Route 12A	Image:Vermont 12A.svg	Randolph, VT to Northfield, VT
Image:New England 12B.svg Route 12B	Image:Vermont 14.svg	Hardwick, VT to Coventry, VT
Image:New England 13.svg Route 13	Image:US 4.svg	Whitehall, NY to White River Junction, VT (Routes 2 - 14)
Image:New England 14.svg Route 14	Image:Vermont 14.svg Image:US 2.svg	Burlington, VT (Routes 4 - 15 - 30) to White River Junction, VT (Routes 2 - 13)
Image:New England 15.svg Route 15	Image:Vermont 15.svg Image:US 2.svg	Burlington, VT (Routes 4 - 14 - 30) to Houlton, ME (towards Fredericton, New Brunswick)
Image:New England 16.svg Route 16	Image:NH Route 16.svg	Portsmouth, NH (Route 1) to Errol, NH (Route 26)
Image:New England 17.svg Route 17	Image:NY-23.svg Image:MA Route 23.svg Image:US 7.svg Image:US 44.svg Image:Connecticut Highway 2.png	Hudson, NY to Westerly, RI (Route 1) Not signed as Route 17 in New York (see Route 23).
Image:New England 18.svg Route 18	Image:US 2.svg Image:Vermont 18.svg Image:NH Route 18.svg Image:US 302.svg	Portland, ME (Routes 1 - 25 - 26) to Montpelier, VT (Routes 12 - 14 - 25)
Image:New England 19.svg Route 19	Image:US 302.svg Image:MA Route 11.svg Image:MA Route 196.svg	Bethlehem, NH (Route 10 - 18) to Brunswick, ME (Route 1) In the 1922 plan but was never signed.
Image:New England 20.svg Route 20	Image:US 201.svg	Brunswick, ME (Route 1) to Jackman, ME (towards Quebec City, Quebec)
Image:New England 21.svg Route 21	Image:US 44.svg	Poughkeepsie, NY to Amenia, NY (Route 4 - 22) Not an official New England route designation but numbered by New York to be consistent with the system.
Image:New England 22.svg Route 22	Image:NY-22.svg	New York, NY (Route 1) to Hillsdale, NY (Route 23) Not an official New England route designation but numbered by New York to be consistent with the system. The section from Manhattan to Amenia was part of Route 4.
Image:New England 23.svg Route 23	Image:NY-23.svg Image:MA Route 23.svg	Hudson, NY to South Egremont, MA (Route 4) Not an official New England route designation but numbered by New York to be consistent with the system. This segment was planned to be part of Route 17.
Image:New England 24.svg Route 24	Image:US 1.svg	Calais, ME to Madawaska, ME 1922 plan was routed Portland, ME to Greenville, ME
Image:New England 25.svg Route 25	Image:US 302.svg Image:NH Route 25.svg Image:MA Route 25.svg	Montpelier, VT (Routes 12 - 14 - 18) to Portland, ME (Routes 1 - 18 - 26)
Image:New England 25A.svg Route 25A	Image:Vermont 25.svg	West Topsham, VT to Bradford, VT
Image:New England 26.svg Route 26	Image:MA Route 26.svg Image:NH Route 26.svg Image:Vermont 26.svg	Portland, ME (Routes 1 - 18 - 25) to Colebrook, NH (Route 6)
Image:New England 28.svg Route 28	Image:MA Route 28.svg Image:NH Route 28.svg	Buzzards Bay, MA (Route 3) to Ossipee, NH (Route 16)
Image:New England 30.svg Route 30	Image:NY-22A.svg Image:Vermont 30.svg Image:US 7.svg Image:US 2.svg	Granville, NY to Alburgh, VT
Image:New England 30A.svg Route 30A	Image:Vermont 22A.svg	Fair Haven, VT to Vergennes, VT
Image:New England 32.svg Route 32	Image:Connecticut Highway 32.png Image:MA Route 32.svg Image:NH Route 32.svg	Groton, CT (Route 1) to Newport, NH (Route 11)
Image:New England 32A.svg Route 32A	Image:US 202.svg Image:NH Route 103.svg	Bradford, NH to Hopkinton, NH