The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-20
HIGHWAYS CHOSEN
FOR FEDERAL AID
BrattlebOro On Two Routes-Peru Turn
pike One of IntercOmty High
WAYS to BE Helped.

MONTPELIER. Feb. 20.-The road
system. comprising seven per cent OF
the highways by mileage IN the state. as
determined by the state highway board
at Il recent meeting consists of both
Interstate and inter-country roads, TAX
ing in especially the heavy Travelled
routes. .-..s
The SYSTEM includes two, north aud
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 Willamstown through Benning-
ton, Manchester Rutland. Brandon,
Waterbury. Ncrgennes. Burlington, St.
Adams and IIighgate, ending at the Can
ada line. Connecting roads lead both
into Canada and Massachusetts.
The east trunk line begins at the Mas
sacliusetts line between Guilford and
BernardstOn. 1t runs through Brattle-
horo. Bellows Falls. Windsor, White
River Junction. Bradford, Wells River.
st. JOhnsbury. West Burke, Barton.
Newport. Derby, and to the Canadian
border at Derby Line Massachusetts
and Canada connect with this road.
The interstate system includes one
other long stretch across the state from
Burlington over French hill to Rich
mond. through Waterbury, Montpelier,
Barre BroOkfield ROyalton. to the Con-
necticut at White River Junction. \
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The intcr-cOunty system consists of
II main roads, and the highway net is
completed by a number OF Interstate
roads run as follows:
l. Brattleboro. Wilmington. Benning
ton. to New York line, near Hoosick,
.. Bellows Falls, Chester. Peru. Man
chester, known as Peru turnpike.
>. Rutland. Ludlow, Gassetts, Spring
field to Connecticut river.
t. Whitehall. ~ y Fair Haven. Rut-
land. Sherbuunc. Woodstock. to the Con
nccticut river at White River Junction.
,. Montpelier, Mortified, Randolph.
connects with Rutland Woodstock road.
6. Barre, Orange Heights to Con
necticut river at Wells River.
Z. Montpelier. Marshield, Danville,
st. Johnsbury, Waterford. to Connecti-
cut river near Littleton, - II.
s. Burlington. Essex Junction. Cam
bridge. Johnson, Hyde Park. Morris
vile, Hardwick. st. JOhnsbury, Lunen-
burg, to Connecticut river near Lunen-
8. Waterbury, Stowe, MorrisvilIc,
North Hyde Park, Lowell and Newport.
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.
II. Starts at St Adams, Enosburg
Falls and Richford to the Canadian line.
II Starts at the Canadian line at
North Troy. goes to Newport Center
and connects with the road from Johnson
to Newport
IS. Starts mt St. Adams. through
Fairfax. and Cambridge. 80
II Starts at the old chimney, on the
Burlington-St Adams Interstate road
and goes over Sand Bar bridge through
South Hero, North Hero and Alburgh.
There are a number OF short con-
structs of road rs links in the system.
These include one from Chester TO Gas
sets, one from Bethel to Royalton. 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 Pownal0
to the New York state line near Peters.
burg, ny