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U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in the U.S. state of Maine is a major north–south section of the United States Numbered Highway System, serving the eastern part of the state.It parallels the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire north through Portland, Brunswick, and Belfast to Calais, and then the St. Croix River and the rest of the Canada–United States border via Houlton to Fort Kent.
U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States.It runs 2,370 miles (3,810 km) from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making it the longest north–south road in the United States. [2]
Maine contains two primary U.S. numbered highways: U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 2. US 1 has a bypass and business route as well as several alternate alignments designated US 1A. US 1 also has a "child" route - the intrastate U.S. Route 201, a spur route north to the Canada–US border which also has its own alternate, designated US 201A.
U.S. Route 1 Bypass (US 1 Byp.) is a 4.3-mile-long (6.9 km) bypass of U.S. Route 1 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine.Most of its north section, northeast of the Portsmouth Traffic Circle where it meets the Blue Star Turnpike (Interstate 95 or I-95) and Spaulding Turnpike, is built to rudimentary freeway standards, with no cross traffic but driveway access.
The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge is a lift bridge spanning the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine, carrying traffic of U.S. Route 1 Bypass. An original bridge by the same name was in operation from 1940 until 2016. A replacement span opened in March 2018.
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
The Sagadahoc Bridge is a four-lane concrete segmental box girder bridge between the City of Bath and the town of Woolwich, Maine, carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) over the Kennebec River. It was completed in 2000 to replace the two-lane road portion of the adjoining 1927 Carlton Bridge, which remains in use as a rail bridge.
The Scarborough Connector, officially designated State Route 701, is a 1.77-mile (2.85 km) freeway located in southern Maine which connects U.S. Route 1 and State Route 9 in Scarborough to Interstate 295 in South Portland.