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Maine State Highway System
The Maine State Highway System is maintained by the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) as a system of numbered highways, defined as the "connected main highways throughout the state which primarily serve arterial or through traffic."[citation needed] As of 2006[update], 22,236 miles (35,785 km) of roadway are included in the highway system, including Interstate highways, U.S. Routes, state highways, and other urban and rural local roads.
Maine has one primary Interstate Highway, Interstate 95 (I-95), within its borders, as well as four related routes: I-195, I-295, I-395, and the unsigned I-495. All Interstate Highways in Maine are part of the National Highway System and, as such, receive some degree of federal funding. All of these highways are freeways and are built under set standards for roadway design.
Maine contains two primary U.S. numbered highways: U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and US 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 US 201, a spur route north to the Canadian border which also has its own alternate, designated US 201A.
US 2 has two alternate alignments designated US 2A as well as two child routes: US 202, a southwestern spur stretching to Delaware, and US 302, a western loop connecting US 1 in Portland to US 2 in Montpelier, Vermont.
These routes are generally maintained and funded in the same manner as state routes, with these responsibilities falling to MaineDOT.
State routes are numbered and signed by the state, and by extension are also generally maintained and funded by the state, except in areas designated as "urban compact areas", defined by MaineDOT as "those in which the population according to the last United States census exceeds 7,500 inhabitants. Urban compact municipalities are also those in which the population according to the last United States census is less than 7,500 inhabitants but more than 2,499 inhabitants, and in which the ratio of people whose place of employment is in a given municipality to employed people residing in that same municipality according to the last United States census is 1.0 or greater."[citation needed] In this case, the section of road is the responsibility of the municipality.
State-aid highways are roads chosen by the local municipality which serve as links between other state routes. Winter snow removal is the responsibility of the municipality, while other maintenance and funding is handled by the state, with the exception of urban compact areas.
Townways in Maine are classified as all highways that do not fall into one of the preceding categories. These roads are chosen, funded, and maintained by the towns, or the county in unorganized areas. The vast majority of highways in the state fall under this category. These also represent the closest thing to county roads in the state, as Maine does not have signed county roads as other states such as New York do.
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Maine State Highway System
The Maine State Highway System is maintained by the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) as a system of numbered highways, defined as the "connected main highways throughout the state which primarily serve arterial or through traffic."[citation needed] As of 2006[update], 22,236 miles (35,785 km) of roadway are included in the highway system, including Interstate highways, U.S. Routes, state highways, and other urban and rural local roads.
Maine has one primary Interstate Highway, Interstate 95 (I-95), within its borders, as well as four related routes: I-195, I-295, I-395, and the unsigned I-495. All Interstate Highways in Maine are part of the National Highway System and, as such, receive some degree of federal funding. All of these highways are freeways and are built under set standards for roadway design.
Maine contains two primary U.S. numbered highways: U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and US 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 US 201, a spur route north to the Canadian border which also has its own alternate, designated US 201A.
US 2 has two alternate alignments designated US 2A as well as two child routes: US 202, a southwestern spur stretching to Delaware, and US 302, a western loop connecting US 1 in Portland to US 2 in Montpelier, Vermont.
These routes are generally maintained and funded in the same manner as state routes, with these responsibilities falling to MaineDOT.
State routes are numbered and signed by the state, and by extension are also generally maintained and funded by the state, except in areas designated as "urban compact areas", defined by MaineDOT as "those in which the population according to the last United States census exceeds 7,500 inhabitants. Urban compact municipalities are also those in which the population according to the last United States census is less than 7,500 inhabitants but more than 2,499 inhabitants, and in which the ratio of people whose place of employment is in a given municipality to employed people residing in that same municipality according to the last United States census is 1.0 or greater."[citation needed] In this case, the section of road is the responsibility of the municipality.
State-aid highways are roads chosen by the local municipality which serve as links between other state routes. Winter snow removal is the responsibility of the municipality, while other maintenance and funding is handled by the state, with the exception of urban compact areas.
Townways in Maine are classified as all highways that do not fall into one of the preceding categories. These roads are chosen, funded, and maintained by the towns, or the county in unorganized areas. The vast majority of highways in the state fall under this category. These also represent the closest thing to county roads in the state, as Maine does not have signed county roads as other states such as New York do.