Maine State Route 16

State Route 16
Route information
Maintained by MaineDOT
Length:	190.61 mi (306.76 km)
Major junctions
West end:	NH Route 16 in Wentworth's Location, NH
	U.S. Route 201 in Bingham State Route 6 in Abbot/Lagrange Interstate 95 in Old Town
East end:	U.S. Route 2 in Orono
Location
Counties:	Oxford, Franklin, Piscataquis, Penobscot
Highway system
State Routes in Maine ← SR 15 SR 17 →

State Route 16 is a numbered state highway in Maine, United States. SR-16 runs from the New Hampshire state line (signed as NH-16) 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 (310 km), passing mostly through rural areas, with the largest population center at its eastern terminus in Orono at I-95.

Route 16 follows a rather circuitous route between the two states, originating in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at Interstate 95, and re-intersecting Interstate 95 some 350 miles (560 km) later 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)

A moose stands beside Route 16 between Rangeley and Stratton

Saddleback Maine ski area seen from Route 16

Sugarloaf USA ski area seen from Routes 16 and 27

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

• List of Maine State Routes

External links

• Maine Highways