Maine State Route 4
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| Maintained by MaineDOT | ||||
| Length: | 168.7 mi[1] (271.5 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1931 – present | |||
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| South end: |
 NH 4 in Rollinsford, NH | |||
   US 202 / SR 4A / SR 111 in Alfred US 302 in Windham.svg.png){kind=small} I-95/Maine Turnpike in Gray/Auburn  US 202 / SR 11 / SR 100 in Auburn US 2 in Wilton US 2 / SR 27 in Farmington SR 16 in Rangeley | ||||
| North end: | Haines Landing in Rangeley | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Franklin | |||
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State Route 4 (abbreviated SR 4) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, a major highway located in the south central part of the state. Its southern terminus is at the New Hampshire border in South Berwick, where it connects to New Hampshire Route 4. Its northern terminus is at Haines Landing on Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Rangeley. SR 4 is 168.7 miles (271.5 km) long.
Approximately one-third of the overall length of SR 4 is overlapped by U.S. Route 202.
Route description
South Berwick to Auburn
SR 4 begins at the New Hampshire state line, where the roadway continues south as NH 4 towards Dover. From South Berwick, SR 4 runs in a northeasterly direction through the town of North Berwick, bypassing the center of Sanford to the east, and intersects with US 202 in Alfred. SR 4 runs concurrently with US 202 for 56.0 miles (90.1 km) to the city of Auburn via the towns of Gorham, Windham and Gray.
Auburn to Farmington
North of Auburn, SR 4 continues northward, staying near the west bank of the Androscoggin River, through the town of Turner, to Livermore, where it crosses the river to Livermore Falls.SR 4 continues to an intersection with US 2 in Wilton, and runs concurrently with it for 7.8 miles (12.6 km) to Farmington.
Farmington to Rangeley
SR 4 follows the Sandy River north of Farmington, through the towns of Strong and Phillips, and west to the river's source near Saddleback Mountain. The road turns north to Rangeley, where it turns west and runs concurrently with SR16 at Oquossoc. SR 4 meets SR 17, then continues northwest to its terminus at Haines Landing on the shores of Mooselookmeguntic Lake.
History
SR 4 was conceived in 1931 as a continuation of U.S. Route 4 in New Hampshire, hence its number. Although US 4 does come close to the Maine border, the intended connection never came to fruition, as US 4 was routed south of Dover to terminate in Portsmouth. Instead, an indirect connection exists, facilitated by NH 4, NH 9, and NH 16 (the Spaulding Turnpike). Because the state of New Hampshire also numbered the extension of SR 4 into New Hampshire as NH 4, there exist two routes within Dover numbered 4.
As first designated in 1931, SR 4 extended from its current southern terminus in South Berwick all the way to the Canada–US border. By 1937, most of the routes that are currently cosigned with it had been designated, most notably US 202. In 1946, SR 4 was truncated to its southern intersection with SR 16 in Rangeley, but was later re-extended along SR 16 to terminate at its current end at Haines Landing in 1951 (the road between SR 16 and Haine's Landing had previously been designated SR 144). Most of former SR 4 between SR 16 and the Canada–US border is now part of SR 27.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| York | South Berwick | 0.0 | 0.0 | NH 4 (Portland Avenue) – Rollinsford, Dover | Continuation into New Hampshire |
| 0.3 | 0.48 |  SR 236 south (Harold L. Dow Highway) – Eliot, Kittery | Southern end of concurrency with SR 236 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.80 | SR 236 north (Berwick Road) – Berwick | Northern end of concurrency with SR 236 | ||
| Berwick | No major junctions. | ||||
| North Berwick | 6.5 | 10.5 |  SR 9 west (Somersworth Road) – Berwick, Somersworth, NH | Southern end of concurrency with SR 9 | |
| 7.0 | 11.3 | SR 9 east (Wells Street) – Wells | Northern end of concurrency with SR 9 | ||
| Sanford | 14.5 | 23.3 |  SR 4A north / SR 109 (Main Street) – Sanford, Wells | Eastern terminus of SR 4A | |
| Alfred | 19.0 | 30.6 | US 202 west / SR 4A south (Sanford Road) – Sanford SR 111 east (Biddeford Road) – Biddeford | Southern end of concurrency with US 202; northern terminus of SR 4A; western terminus of SR 111 | |
| Waterboro | 26.8 | 43.1 |  SR 5 north (Sokokis Trail) – North Waterboro, Limerick | Southern end of concurrency with SR 5 | |
| Lyman | 28.7 | 46.2 | SR 5 south (New County Road) – Dayton, Saco | Northern end of concurrency with SR 5 | |
| Hollis | 32.1 | 51.7 |  SR 4A east / SR 35 (Main Street/Little Falls Road) – Dayton, Hollis | Western terminus of SR 4A | |
| 32.6 | 52.5 |  SR 117 north (Cape Road) – Hollis, Limington | Southern end of concurrency with SR 117 | ||
| Buxton | 34.3 | 55.2 | SR 117 south (Joy Valley Road) – Saco | Northern end of concurrency with SR 117 | |
| 35.3 | 56.8 |  SR 112 (River Road/Beech Plains Road) – Buxton, Saco | |||
| 36.2 | 58.3 | SR 4A west (Main Street) – Buxton, Hollis | Eastern terminus of SR 4A | ||
| 37.9 | 61.0 |  SR 22 (Long Plains Road) – Standish, Scarborough | |||
| Cumberland | Gorham | 41.4 | 66.6 | SR 112 – Gorham, Buxton | |
| 42.2 | 67.9 |  SR 25 west (State Street) – Standish, Limington | Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 25 | ||
| 42.4 | 68.2 |  SR 114 (School Street/South Street) – Standish, Scarborough | |||
| 42.9 | 69.0 | SR 25 east (Main Street) – Westbrook, Portland | Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 25 | ||
| 46.2 | 74.4 |  SR 237 (Newell Street/Mosher Road) – Gorham | |||
| Windham | 51.5 | 82.9 | US 302 (Roosevelt Trail) – Westbrook, Windham | ||
| Gray | 55.2 | 88.8 |  SR 115 west (Windham Road) – North Windham | Southern end of concurrency with SR 115 | |
| 58.6 | 94.3 |  SR 26A north – Gray Bypass | Southern end of concurrency with SR 26A | ||
| 58.8 | 94.6 | I-95 / Maine Turnpike - Portland, Augusta | Exit 63 on I-95 | ||
| 59.0 | 95.0 |  SR 26 north (Shaker Road) – New Gloucester, Poland SR 26 / SR 100 south (Portland Road) – Falmouth, Portland SR 115 east (Yarmouth Road) – North Yarmouth, Yarmouth | Northern end of concurrency with SR 115; southern end of concurrency with SR 100; southern terminus of SR 26A | ||
| New Gloucester | 66.6 | 107.2 |  SR 231 south (Intervale Road) – New Gloucester, North Yarmouth | Northern terminus of SR 231 | |
| Androscoggin | Auburn | 69.3 | 111.5 |  SR 122 west (Poland Spring Road) – Poland | Eastern terminus of SR 122 |
| 70.3 | 113.1 | I-95 / Maine Turnpike - Portland, Augusta | Exit 75 on I-95 | ||
| 74.3 | 119.6 |  SR 11 / SR 121 south (Minot Avenue) – Minot, Mechanic Falls | Southern end of concurrency with SR 11; northern terminus of SR 121. | ||
| 75.0 | 120.7 | US 202 east / SR 11 / SR 100 north (Court Street) – Lewiston | Northern end of concurrency with US 202 / SR 11 / SR 100 | ||
| Turner | 86.5 | 139.2 | SR 117 (Buckfield Road/Turner Center Road) – Buckfield, Turner | ||
| 92.7 | 149.2 |  SR 219 (Bear Pond Road/Howes Corner Road) – Hartford, Leeds | |||
| Livermore | 95.1 | 153.0 |  SR 108 west (Canton Road) – Canton | Southern end of concurrency with SR 108 | |
| 96.6 | 155.5 | SR 108 east (Boothby Road) – Leeds | Northern end of concurrency with SR 108 | ||
| Livermore Falls | 103.5 | 166.6 |   SR 17 south (Main Street) to SR 133 – Rockport, Fayette | Southern end of concurrency with SR 17 | |
| Franklin | Jay | 106.1 | 170.8 |  SR 140 south (Intervale Road) – Canton | Northern terminus of SR 140 |
| 109.3 | 175.9 | SR 17 north (Tilton Street) – Dixfield, Rumford | Northern end of concurrency with SR 17 | ||
| Wilton | 111.7 | 179.8 | US 2 west (Tilton Street) – Dixfield, Rumford | Southern end of concurrency with US 2 | |
| 112.6 | 181.2 |  SR 156 (Depot Street) – Weld, Farmington | |||
| Farmington | 116.6 | 187.6 | SR 133 south (Livermore Falls Road) – Farmington, Livermore Falls | Northern terminus of SR 133 | |
| 119.4 | 192.2 |  SR 43 west (Bridge Street) – Temple | Southern end of concurrency with SR 43 | ||
| 119.5 | 192.3 | US 2 east / SR 27 south (Farmington Falls Road) – New Sharon, Norridgewock | Northern end of concurrency with US 2; southern end of concurrency with SR 27 | ||
| 120.2 | 193.4 | SR 43 east (Perham Street) – Industry, Starks | Northern end of concurrency with SR 43 | ||
| 122.6 | 197.3 | SR 27 north (Fairbanks Road) – New Vineyard, New Portland | Northern end of concurrency with SR 27 | ||
| 122.9 | 197.8 |  SR 149 north (South Strong Road) – Strong | Southern terminus of SR 149 | ||
| Strong | 131.2 | 211.1 |   SR 145 north (North Main Street) to SR 149 / SR 234 – Strong, Phillips | Southern terminus of SR 145 | |
| Avon | No major junctions. | ||||
| Phillips | 138.6 | 223.1 |  SR 142 north to SR 149 – Salem, Kingfield | Southern end of concurrency with SR 142 | |
| 139.9 | 225.1 | SR 142 south (Weld Road) – Weld, Carthage | Northern end of concurrency with SR 142 | ||
| Rangeley | 160.4 | 258.1 | SR 16 east (Stratton Road) – Stratton, Carrabassett Valley | Southern end of concurrency with SR 16 | |
| 166.9 | 268.6 | SR 16 west (Wilsons Mill Road) – Magalloway Plantation, Errol, NH | Northern end of concurrency with SR 16 | ||
| 167.2 | 269.1 | SR 17 east (Lake Shore Road) – Byron, Roxbury | Western terminus of SR 17 | ||
| 168.7 | 271.5 | Haines Landing | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Concurrent routes
- State Route 236: 0.2 miles (0.32 km), South Berwick
- State Route 9: 0.5 miles (0.80 km), North Berwick
- U.S. Route 202: 56.0 miles (90.1 km), Alfred to Auburn
- State Route 5: 1.9 miles (3.1 km), Waterboro to Lyman
- State Route 117: 1.7 miles (2.7 km), Hollis to Buxton
- State Route 115: 3.7 miles (6.0 km), Gray
- State Route 26A: 0.4 miles (0.64 km), Gray
- State Route 100: 16 miles (26 km), Gray to Auburn
- State Route 11: 0.7 miles (1.1 km), Auburn
- State Route 108: 1.5 miles (2.4 km), Livermore
- State Route 17: 5.8 miles (9.3 km), Livermore to Jay
- U.S. Route 2: 7.8 miles (12.6 km), Wilton to Farmington
- State Route 43: 0.8 miles (1.3 km), Farmington
- State Route 27: 3.1 miles (5.0 km), Farmington
- State Route 142: 1.3 miles (2.1 km), Phillips
- State Route 16: 1.5 miles (2.4 km), Rangeley
Auxiliary routes
State Route 4A is the designation for two separate, but closely located, state highways in southeastern Maine, both located in York County. Although they are not directly connected to one another, they are linked by their parent highway, SR 4 (as well as US 202, which is concurrent with SR 4 over this stretch).
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| Location: | Sanford |
| Length: | 6.5 mi[2] (10.5 km) |
| Existed: | 1941–present |
Southern segment
The southern segment of SR 4A runs between the towns of Sanford and Alfred, and is multiplexed over its entire 6.5-mile (10.5 km) length. It is a service route for Sanford which SR 4 bypasses to the east.
SR 4A begins at an intersection with SR 4 and SR 109 south of town. SR 4A and SR 109 run concurrently to the northwest into the center of town, where they intersect with US 202 and SR 11. SR 11 splits off US 202 to join SR 109 to the northwest, while SR 4A joins US 202 to the northeast. US 202 and SR 4A run concurrently to the northeast, crossing into Alfred before intersecting with SR 4 and SR 111. SR 4A ends at this intersection, US 202 turns north to join SR 4 and SR 111 begins to the east.
Junction list
The entire route is in York County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Sanford | 0.0 | 0.0 |  SR 4 (Country Club Road / Alfred Street) – North Berwick, Alfred SR 109 south (Main Street) – Wells | Southern terminus | |
| 2.8 | 4.5 | US 202 west / SR 11 south (Lebanon Street) – Lebanon SR 11 / SR 109 north (Main Street) – Acton, Shapleigh | Northern end of concurrency with SR 109; southern end of concurrency with US 202 | ||
| 4.3 | 6.9 |  SR 224 west (Shaws Ridge Road) | Eastern terminus of SR 224 | ||
| Alfred | 6.8 | 10.9 | US 202 east / SR 4 (Main Street / Jordan Springs Road) – North Berwick, Waterboro SR 111 east (Biddeford Road) – Biddeford | Northern terminus; western terminus of SR 111 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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| Location: | Hollis-Buxton |
| Length: | 4.0 mi[2] (6.4 km) |
| Existed: | 1938–present |
Northern segment
The northern segment of SR 4A is the shorter of the two, running just 4.0 miles (6.4 km). This segment begins at an intersection between US 202, SR 4, and SR 35 in Hollis. SR 4A and SR 35 share a brief concurrency before SR 4A splits off to the east, crossing SR 117 in the process. The highway continues to the east into the town of Buxton. SR 4A then crosses SR 112 before terminating at US 202 and SR 4.
Junction list
The entire route is in York County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Hollis | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 202 / SR 4 (Hollis Road) – Waterboro, Buxton SR 35 south (Little Falls Road) – Dayton | Southern terminus | |
| 0.2 | 0.32 | SR 35 north (New Road) – Hollis | Northern end of concurrency with SR 35 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.64 | SR 117 (Cape Road) – Saco, Hollis | |||
| Buxton | 3.0 | 4.8 | SR 112 (River Road) – Saco, Gorham | ||
| 4.0 | 6.4 | US 202 / SR 4 (Narragansett Trail) – Hollis, Gorham | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ Maine State Route log via floodgap.com: Maine State Route 4
- 1 2 Maine State Route log via floodgap.com: Maine State Route 4A