U.S. Route 302

Numbered Highway in the US states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine

U.S. Route 302

US 302 highlighted in red

Route information
Auxiliary route of US 2
Length| 171 mi (275 km)
Existed| 1935[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
West end|  US 2 in Montpelier, VT
Major intersections|

* I-91 in Newbury, VT
* I-93 in Littleton, NH
* I-93 in Bethlehem, NH
* US 3 in Carroll, NH
* NH 16 in Bartlett, NH
* NH 16 in Conway, NH
* SR 35 / SR 115 in North Windham, ME
* US 202 / SR 4 in Windham, ME

East end|  I-295 / US 1 / SR 100 in Portland, ME
Location
Country| United States
States| Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine
Counties| VT: Washington, Caledonia, Orange
NH: Grafton, Coos, Carroll
ME: Oxford, Cumberland
Highway system

* United States Numbered Highway System

* List
* Special
* Divided

| ←  VT 289| VT| →  VT 313

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←  I-293| NH| →  I-393
←  I-295| ME| →  I-395
←  Route 17| N.E.| →  Route 20
←  SR 17|  ME| →  SR 22

U.S. Route 302 (US 302) is an east–west spur of U.S. Route 2 in northern New England in the United States. It currently runs 171 miles (275 km) from Montpelier, Vermont, beginning at US 2, to Portland, Maine, at U.S. Route 1. It passes through the states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

## Route description

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Lengths  | mi[1][2] | km

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VT | 35.746  | 57.528
NH | 79.155  | 127.388
ME | 53.9  | 86.7
Total  | 168.801  | 271.659
U.S. Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont, approximately two miles from the western terminus

### Vermont

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US 302 begins as River Street in the southeastern part of Montpelier, the state capital, at a junction with US 2\. It heads southeastward up the valley of the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River, passing through the northeastern corner of the town of Berlin and entering Barre, where it becomes North Main Street. In the center of Barre, US 302 becomes Washington Street at the junction with Vermont Route 14 south, and continues southeastward up the valley of the Jail Branch River. In East Barre, US 302 has an intersection with Vermont Route 110 at a roundabout. US 302 climbs into the hills of eastern Vermont, passing through the rural town of Orange, where it crosses a height of land and crosses the valley of the Waits River, a tributary of the Connecticut River. The highway turns northeastward, passing through a corner of Topsham, crosses another height of land, and enters the valley of the Wells River in the rural town of Groton. The highway turns southeastward again, following the Wells River and passing through the village of South Ryegate, before intersecting Interstate 91 in the northern part of the town of Newbury. US 302 continues east and enters the village of Wells River, where it crosses US 5 and reaches the Connecticut River and the New Hampshire border.

US 302 is named the William Scott Memorial Highway and was part of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway in Vermont.[3][4]

### New Hampshire

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US 302 entering Crawford Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

US 302 enters the state of New Hampshire at a two-lane arch bridge over the Connecticut River beginning in Wells River, Vermont. It follows Central Street on a two-lane alignment, passing through Woodsville until it reaches NH 10 (Dartmouth College Highway), where it turns eastward.

US 302 follows the Ammonoosuc River through a mix of fields and forested land, passing through Bath as Lisbon Road and Lisbon as its Main Street. As it approaches Littleton, the road's name changes to Meadow Street and becomes a shopping strip just before crossing the river and interchanging with I-93. After a short stretch, the road meets Main Street (NH18) at a skewed intersection, defaulting onto Main Street and passing through the town's downtown.

The route intersects NH 116 and turns southward onto Cottage Street, immediately bridging the Ammonoosuc River once again, and passes through a residential area before turning eastward onto Bethlehem Road. The route passes under Interstate 93 again and passes through woodland, where it crosses I-93 for a third time at a second interchange, where NH 18 and NH 116 also depart to the south. US 302 then travels eastward through largely forested land, passing through Bethlehem and Twin Mountain (where it crosses U.S. Route 3), then turns southward as it passes through Crawford Notch State Park, bearing Crawford Notch Road as its name and paralleling the Saco River.

After turning eastward again, passing through Bartlett and intersecting NH 16, the road becomes White Mountain Highway and turns southward once more, passing Lower Bartlett and entering North Conway. The route follows Eastman Road south of North Conway, which it follows to its end at NH 113 (Main Street) after bridging the Saco River once again. US 302 turns east, passing through more forested land as it crosses the Maine state border, bound for Fryeburg a short stretch east of there.

### Maine

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The state border sign for Maine on U.S. Route 302 in 2014

US 302 is known as the Roosevelt Trail through southern Maine because it was the beginning of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway to Portland, Oregon.[4][5] It is a two-lane highway for almost all of its length, but there are multi-lane sections within the Portland area, as well as short four-lane sections in and around North Windham in commercial areas. Some of the hilly sections also feature a third passing lane.

The highway enters Maine at Fryeburg, in the Saco River valley as it leaves the White Mountains. The road bridges the Saco near milepost 56 in eastern Fryeburg, Moose Pond near milepost 46 in Bridgton, Long Lake near milepost 31 in Naples, and the Crooked River in Casco near a boyhood home of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The highway passes the north end of Jordan Bay on Sebago Lake in the town of Raymond, and crosses the Pleasant River at milepost 13.4 in Windham. US 302 bridges the Presumpscot River from Westbrook into Portland at Riverton, then (via Forest Avenue) reaches its eastern terminus at I-295/US 1 at the south end of Back Cove via Forest Avenue.[6]

## History

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The eastern end of US 302 was formerly at Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine. The highway follows a 19th-century stagecoach road from Portland through Windham to Bridgton. The portion from Windham to Bridgton was built about 1785. Stagecoach service began in 1803, and the route became a post road for the United States Postal Service in 1814. Transportation over this route was augmented by the Cumberland and Oxford Canal from 1832 to 1932, and by the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad from 1883 to 1941.[7] The highway through Crawford Notch follows the Tenth New Hampshire Turnpike built in 1803 and parallels the Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division built in 1877. The highway eliminated railway passenger travel over the route from Portland by 1958, and railroad freight service through Crawford Notch was discontinued in 1983.[8]

State Route 18

Location| Conway, NH—Portland
Length| 54.18 mi (87.19 km)
Existed| 1926–1935

From 1922 until 1935, much of what is now US 302 was a part of the New England road marking system, designated as Route 18, from Portland, Maine, northwest to Littleton, New Hampshire, roughly 112 miles (180 km). From Littleton west to Montpelier in Vermont, US 302 and Route 18 took different paths. NE-18 took a more northerly route, along present-day New Hampshire Route 18 and Vermont Route 18 to St. Johnsbury, Vermont (closely paralleling I-93), then along present-day US 2 up to Montpelier.

Current US 302 runs along a more southerly route using other former sections of New England Interstate Routes. From Littleton, it went along former Route 10 to Woodsville, New Hampshire, then along former Route 25 to Montpelier.

The entire Maine segment of US 302 was formerly designated State Route 18, a route that was established in 1926 until being deleted in 1935 by US 302.

## Major intersections

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State| County| Location[1][2][9][10]| mi[1][2][9][10]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Vermont| Washington| Montpelier| 0.000| 0.000|  US 2 – East Montpelier, St. Johnsbury, Montpelier| Rotary; western terminus of US 302.
Berlin| 0.223| 0.359|

Berlin State Highway (VT 9030) to VT 62 west / I-89 – Berlin Corners| Northern terminus of unsigned VT 9030
City of Barre| 4.376| 7.042|
VT 14 north

VT 62 west to I-89| Western end of concurrency with VT 14; eastern terminus of VT 62.
4.833| 7.778|

VT 14 south to I-89| Eastern end of concurrency with VT 14.
Town of Barre| 8.639| 13.903|
VT 110 south – Washington, Chelsea, Granite Quarries| Northern terminus of VT 110 at rotary.
Orange| Orange| 16.041| 25.815|
VT 25 south – West Topsham, Bradford| Northern terminus of VT 25.
Caledonia| Groton| 23.928| 38.508|
VT 232 north – Rickers Mills| Southern terminus of VT 232.
Orange| Town of Newbury| 32.472–
32.681| 52.259–
52.595|  I-91 – Bradford, White River Junction, Barnet, St. Johnsbury| Exit 17 on I-91.
35.334| 56.865|
US 5 north – East Ryegate, St. Johnsbury| Western terminus of concurrency with US 5.
35.463| 57.072|
US 5 south – Newbury, Bradford| Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 5.
Connecticut River| 35.746

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0.000| 57.528

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0.000| Vermont-New Hampshire state line
New Hampshire| Grafton| Haverhill| 0.224| 0.360|  NH 135 (Woodsville Road / South Court Street) – Monroe| Village of Woodsville
1.245| 2.004|
NH 10 south (Dartmouth College Highway) – North Haverhill, Hanover| Northern terminus of NH 10
Bath| 3.812| 6.135|
NH 112 east (Wild Ammonoosuc Road) – Swiftwater, North Woodstock, Lincoln| Western terminus of NH 112
Lisbon| 12.960| 20.857|
NH 117 east (Sugar Hill Road) – Sugar Hill, Franconia| Western terminus of NH 117
Littleton| 20.004–
20.152| 32.193–
32.432|  I-93 (Styles Bridges Highway) – Bethlehem, Concord, Dalton, St. Johnsbury VT| Exit 42 on I-93
21.000| 33.796|

NH 18 north (West Main Street) to I-93 north / NH 135 – Dalton, Monroe| Western end of concurrency with NH 18
21.556| 34.691|
NH 116 north (Union Street) – Whitefield, Jefferson| Western end of concurrency with NH 116
22.088| 35.547| Cottage Street| To  I-93 – Franconia, Plymouth, Woodsville, St. Johnsbury VT Exit 41
Bethlehem| 23.501–
23.850| 37.821–
38.383|  I-93 (Styles Bridges Highway) – Franconia, Plymouth, Littleton, St. Johnsbury VT| Exit 40 on I-93; no eastbound access to I-93 north; no westbound access from I-93 south
23.857| 38.394|

NH 18 south / NH 116 south (Profile Road) – Franconia| Eastern end of concurrency with NH 18 / NH 116
26.672–
26.701| 42.924–
42.971|  NH 142 (Agassiz Street / Maple Street) – Franconia, Whitefield|
Coos| Carroll| 34.796| 55.999|  US 3 (Daniel Webster Highway) – Whitefield, Lancaster, Plymouth| Village of Twin Mountain
Carroll| Bartlett| 63.892| 102.824|
NH 16 north (Pinkham Notch Road) – Jackson, Gorham, Berlin| Western end of concurrency with NH 16; village of Glen
65.026| 104.649|
NH 16A south – Intervale| Northern terminus of NH 16A
67.299| 108.307|
NH 16A north (Intervale Resort Loop)| Southern terminus of NH 16A
Conway| 71.981| 115.842|
NH 16 south (White Mountain Highway) – Conway| Eastern end of concurrency with NH 16; village of North Conway
74.522| 119.932|
NH 113 west (East Main Street) – Conway| Eastern terminus of NH 113
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0.00| 127.388

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0.00| New Hampshire-Maine state line
Maine| Oxford| Fryeburg| 1.15| 1.85|
SR 113 north – East Conway NH, Stow| Western end of concurrency with SR 113
1.37| 2.20|

SR 5 south / SR 113 south – Brownfield, Old Orchard Beach| Eastern end of concurrency with SR 113; western end of concurrency with SR 5
1.79| 2.88|
SR 5 north – Lovell| Eastern end of concurrency with SR 5
Cumberland| Bridgton| 14.96| 24.08|
SR 93 north – Sweden, Lovell| Southern terminus of SR 93
16.86| 27.13|
SR 117 north – Norway, Harrison| Western end of concurrency with SR 117
18.41| 29.63|

SR 117 south to SR 107 south – Denmark| Eastern end of concurrency with SR 117
Naples| 24.94| 40.14|

SR 11 south / SR 114 south – Sebago Lake| Western end of concurrency with SR 11; northern terminus of SR 114
25.41| 40.89|
SR 35 north – Harrison, Waterford| Western end of concurrency with SR 35
26.30| 42.33|
SR 11 north – Mechanic Falls, Poland| Eastern end of concurrency with SR 11
Raymond| 34.02| 54.75|
SR 121 north – Raymond Village, Casco| Southern terminus of SR 121
34.47| 55.47|
SR 85 north| Southern terminus of SR 85
Windham| 38.86| 62.54|
SR 35 south – Standish

SR 115 east – Gray| Eastern end of concurrency with SR 35
Western terminus of SR 115
41.73| 67.16|  US 202 / SR 4 – Gray| Rotary
Portland| 51.74| 83.27|
SR 100 north (Allen Avenue) – Falmouth| Western end of concurrency with SR 100
52.99| 85.28|
SR 9 east (Ocean Avenue)| Western end of wrong-way concurrency with SR 9
53.08| 85.42|
SR 9 west (Woodford Street)| Eastern end of wrong-way concurrency with SR 9
54.01| 86.92|  I-295 / US 1 – South Portland, Falmouth

SR 100 south to SR 77 south| Exit 6 on I-295
Eastern terminus of US 302; eastern end of concurrency with SR 100
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus
* Incomplete access

## See also

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### Special routes

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* U.S. Route 302 Business (Bartlett, New Hampshire), a loop connecting US 302 to Lower Bartlett. It is locally known as the Intervale Resort Loop and is signed only as New Hampshire Route 16A.

### Related state highways

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* New Hampshire Route 18
* Vermont Route 18

## References

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1. ^ a b c Traffic Research Unit (May 2013). "2012 (Route Log) AADTs for State Highways" (PDF). Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division, Vermont Agency of Transportation. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
2. ^ a b c Bureau of Planning & Community Assistance (20 February 2015). "NH Public Roads". Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
3. ^ "Vermont Named State Highways and Bridges" Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Vermont Department of Libraries. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
4. ^ a b Tracy, A.W. Theodore Roosevelt International Highway (1996) p. 7
5. ^ "U.S. 2: Houlton, Maine, to Everett, Washington". United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
6. ^ Greaton, Everett F. Maine, a Guide "Down East" (1937) pp. 375–381
7. ^ Jones, Robert C. Two Feet to the Lakes: The Bridgton & Saco River Railroad (1993) ISBN 0-915713-26-8 pp. 12–13
8. ^ Johnson, Ron Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division p. 9
9. ^ a b Bureau of Planning & Community Assistance (3 April 2015). "Nodal Reference 2015, State of New Hampshire". New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Retrieved 7 April 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Haverhill, Grafton County[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Bath, Grafton County[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Lisbon, Grafton County[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Littleton, Grafton County[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Bethlehem, Grafton County[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Carroll, Coos County[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Bartlett, Carroll County[permanent dead link‍]
* Town of Conway, Carroll County[permanent dead link‍]
10. ^ a b "MaineDOT Public Map Viewer". Maine Department of Transportation. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

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Saco River watershed

Tributaries|

| Maine|

* Charles River
* Cold River
* Hancock Brook
* Kezar River
* Little Cold River
* Little Ossipee River
* Little River
* Little Saco River
* Mad River
* Middle Branch Mad River
* Old Course Saco River
* Ossipee River
* Saco River
* Shepards River
* South Branch Mad River
* South River
* Tenmile River
* West Branch Tenmile River

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New Hampshire|

* Bearcamp River
* Beech River
* Chocorua River
* Cold River (Bearcamp River)
* Cold River
* Cutler River
* Dan Hole River
* Deer River
* Dry River
* East Branch Saco River
* East Branch Whiteface River
* East Fork East Branch Saco River
* Ellis River
* Little Cold River
* Lovell River
* Mad River
* Middle Branch Mad River
* Mill Brook
* New River
* Ossipee River
* Pequawket Brook
* Pine River
* Rocky Branch
* Saco River
* Sawyer River
* Shepards River
* South Branch Mad River
* South River
* Swift River (Bearcamp River)
* Swift River (Saco River)
* West Branch
* Whiteface River
* Wildcat Brook
* Wonalancet River

Lakes|

* Lake Arrowhead
* Balch Pond
* Barker Pond
* Broad Bay
* Chocorua Lake
* Conway Lake
* Dan Hole Pond
* Echo Lake
* Hancock Pond
* Kezar Lake
* Lovewell Pond
* Moose Pond
* Ossipee Lake
* Pine River Pond
* Province Lake
* Sand Pond
* Silver Lake
* Skelton Dam

Towns|

* Acton
* Arundel
* Baldwin
* Bartlett
* Biddeford
* Bridgton
* Brownfield
* Buxton
* Chocorua
* Conway
* Cornish
* Dayton
* Denmark
* Eaton
* Effingham
* Freedom
* Fryeburg
* Hart's Location
* Hiram
* Hollis
* Limerick
* Limington
* Lovell
* Lyman
* Madison
* Newfield
* Ossipee
* Parsonsfield
* Porter
* Saco
* Sebago
* Shapleigh
* Standish
* Stoneham
* Stow
* Sweden
* Tamworth
* Waterboro
* Waterford

Landmarks|

* Crawford Notch
* Maine Central Railroad
* U.S. Route 302
* White Mountains

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