The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-18
HIGHWAYS DESIGNATED
FOR FEDERAL AID
Includes Two North and South Inter
state Lines and Several Inter-
county Roads.

The road system, comprising seven
per cent of the highways by mileage
in the state for improvement by fed
eral aid, as determined by the state
highway board at a recent meeting
consists of both interstate and inter
county roads, taking in especially the
heavy travelled routes
The system includes two north and
south interstate roads, one on the east
side OF the state and one on the west
side. The west road runs from the
Massachusetts state line between Pow
nal and WiIlialnstown through Ben
nington, Manchester, Rutland, Bran
don, Waterbury, Vergennes, Burling-
ton, st. Adams and Highgate, end
ing at the Canada line. Connecting
roads lead both into Canada and Mas
sachusetts.
The east trunk line begins at the
Massachusetts line between Guilford
and Bernardston. IL runs through
Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Windsor,
White River Junction, Bradford, Wells
River, st. Johnsbury, West Burke, Bar
ton, Newport, Derby, and to the Cana
dian border at Derby Line. Massa-
chueetts and Canada connect. with this
road.
The interstate system includes one
other long stretch across the state
from Burlington over French hill to
Richmond, through Waterbury, Mont
pelier. Barre, Brookfeld, Royalton,s to
the Connecticut river at White River
junction. A New Hampshire road con-
meets.
The intercounty system consists Of
ID main roads, and the highway net is
completed by number of interstate
roads run as follows:
l. Brattleboro, Wilmington, Ben
nington, to New York line, near Hoo
sick, N. Y.
2. Bellows Falls, Chester, Peru,
Manchester, known as Peru turnpike.
3. Rutland, Ludlow, Gassctts,
Springfield to Connecticut river.
4. whitehall n. ", Fair Haven,
Rutland, Sherburne, Woodstock, to the
Connecticut river at White River june
tion.
S. Montpelier, Northfeld, Randolph,
Bethel. Stockbridge, North Sherburne,
connects with Rutland Woodstock
road.
6. Barre, Orange Heights, to Con-
necticut river at Wells River.
!. Montpelier, Marshfeld, Danville,
st. Johnsbury, Waterford, to Connect
icut river near Littleton, N. "A.
3. Burlington, Essex Junction, Cam
vile. Hardwick, St. Johnsbury, Lu-
nenburg, to Connecticut river near Lu-
nenburg.
0. Waterbury. Stowe, Morrisville,
North HYDE Park, Lowell and New
port. and connects with the interstate
road at Newport.
10. Starts at Derby at the interstate
road, through Island Pond and ends at
the Connecticut at Bloomfield.
IL. Starts at st. Albans, Enosburg
Falls and Richford to the Canadian
line.
l2. Starts at the Canadian line at
North Troy, goes to Newport Center
and connects with the road from John
son to Newport.
IS. Starts at st. Adams, through
Fairfax, and Cambridge.
IA Starts at the old chimney on the
Burlington st. Albans interstate road
and goes over Sand Bar bridge through
South Hero, North Hero and Alburgh-
There are a number of short con-
structs OF roads as links in the sys-
tenn. these include one from Chester
to Gassetts, one from Bethel to Roy
alton, one from Johnson to North
HYDE Park. one from Chazy Ferry on
Isle La Motto to the road from North
Hero to Alburgh, one from Pownal
through North Pownal to the New
York state line near Petersburg, n. Y.