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Continuing into the town of Farmington, US 2 and SR 4 gradually turn north towards downtown, intersecting with SR 133 south of town. In downtown Farmington, SR 43 joins from the west and the road crosses the Sandy River to junction with SR 27. US 2 turns south onto SR 27 while SR 4 and SR 43 join SR 27 north.
Maine State Route 4 runs through the village, leading southeast 40 miles (64 km) to Farmington and west 7 miles (11 km) to Oquossoc village in the western part of the town of Rangeley. State Route 16 joins Route 4 in Rangeley village, running west with it to Oquossoc but leading northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Stratton.
Maine Central Railroad Rangeley branch, Livermore Falls branch, Farmington branch and Lewiston branch in 1917. The Maine Central Railroad Rumford Branch is a railroad line in Maine now operated as part of the CSX Transportation system.
New Hampshire Route 113B and New Hampshire Route 153 enter Maine. NH 153 remains entirely under NHDOT maintenance. NH 113B is a loop of Maine State Route 113. The spans of NH 113B within Maine are considered unnumbered highway by the MDOT. SR 113 enters New Hampshire several times but remains under MDOT maintenance. New England Interstates
On 1 July 1891, scheduled train service commenced from Rangeley to the Maine Central Railroad in Farmington via the Sandy River Railroad from Phillips. P&R locomotive #1 was the first 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive built by the Portland Company. It was the largest 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive in Maine when
Became Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad #5 5 N.B.Beal: Portland Company: 0-4-4 T Forney locomotive: 1891 622 Became Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad #6, preserved as WW&F #9 6 Baldwin Locomotive Works: 2-6-0 tender 1893 13733 Built as 2nd #2. Renumbered #6 in June 1905. Became Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad No. 18 7 ...
Rebuilding brought larger mills to Phillips, Farmington, and New Sharon, and the river was closely followed by the narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad from Phillips to Farmington in 1879. [8] Construction of the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad up Orbeton Stream in 1891 enabled logging of the headwaters.
SR 4 north / SR 27 north / SR 43 east (Main Street) – Saddleback, Sugarloaf, Rangeley: Eastern end of concurrency with SR 4 / SR 43; western end of concurrency with SR 27: 69.66: 112.11: SR 41 south (Crosswell Road) to SR 156 – Mount Vernon, Farmington Falls: Northern terminus of SR 41: New Sharon: 74.03: 119.14: SR 134 north (Starks Road)