U.S. ROUTE 302

'U.S. Route 302' is a spur of U.S. Route 2. It currently runs 171 miles (275 km) from Portland, Maine at U.S. Route 1 to Montpelier, Vermont at US 2. It passes through the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

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History

See also

Bannered routes

Related state highways

References

History

In the early 1920s, US 302 used to be part of the old New England Interstate road system.
From Portland, Maine northwest to Littleton, New Hampshire (roughly 112 miles), US 302 used to be known as 'New England Interstate Route 18' (NE-18). From Littleton west to Montpelier in Vermont, US 302 and NE-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 NE-10 to Woodsville, New Hampshire, then along former NE-25 to Montpelier.

See also

Bannered routes

★ U.S. Route 302 Business (Bartlett, New Hampshire), a loop connecting US 302 to Lower Bartlett

Related state highways

★ New Hampshire Route 18

★ Vermont Route 18

References

1. Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 27 February 2006.