State Route 16 (Maine)
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State Route 16 is a numbered state highway in Maine, United States. SR-16 runs from the New Hampshire state line at Wentworth's Junction (near Lake Aziscohos) in the west to Orono at the eastern terminus. State Route 16 runs a total of 190 miles (305.8 km), passing mostly through rural areas, with the largest population center at its eastern terminus in Orono.
Concurrent routes
The following highways run concurrently with State Route 16:- State Route 4, Rangeley (7 miles)
- State Route 27, Eustis to Kingfield (23 miles)
- State Route 4 and U.S. Route 201 Alternate, Anson to Embden (7 miles)
- State Route 15, Abbot to Dover-Foxcroft (12 miles)
- State Route 6, Abbot to Lagrange (35 miles)
Local names
Within the towns connected by State Route 16, the highway also is known by various local names:- Rangeley: Main Street, Pleasant Street, Dead River Road
- Anson: New Portland Road, Elm Street, Main Street, Solon Road
- Bingham: Bridge Street, Main Street
- Abbot: West Road
- Guilford: Elm Street, Main Street, Water Street, Dover Road
- Dover-Foxcroft: Guilford Road, Main Street, Summer Street, Milo Road
- Sebec: Milo-Dover Road
- Milo: Dover Road, Main Street, Elm Street
- Alton, Old Town, Orono: Bennoch Road
Notes
State Route 16 originally followed present-day State Route 6 from Lagrange to the Canadian border.See also
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