page_title: Vermont Route 44
section_title: Auxiliary route
hierarchical_section_title: Vermont Route 44 / Auxiliary route
caption_attribution_description: Progressing northbound on VT 44 w/shield to the right.
context_page_description: Vermont Route 44 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Vermont. The highway runs 10.190 miles from VT 106 in Reading east to U.S. Route 5 and VT 12 in Windsor. VT 44 passes through West Windsor in southern Windsor County, serving the area north of Mount Ascutney. The highway has an auxiliary route, VT 44A, which provides access to Mount Ascutney State Park and connects VT 44 with Interstate 91 in Weathersfield. VT 44 was established in 1958 along the highway between Reading and Windsor. The three towns had previously maintained the highway with support from the state for construction and maintenance, including reconstruction along several segments in the 1940s. The state paved VT 44 in the early 1970s and early 1980s. VT 44A was established in 1987 when part of VT 44 in Windsor was returned to town maintenance.
context_section_description: Vermont Route 44A (VT 44A) is a 2.994-mile-long (4.818 km) auxiliary route of VT 44 that runs from US 5 and VT 12 in Weathersfield north to VT 44 in Windsor. The highway heads north from its oblique intersection with the U.S. Highway and state route along Back Mountain Road, which follows the east flank of Mount Ascutney. North of the Weathersfield–Windsor town line, VT 44A crosses over I-91 and provides access to Mount Ascutney State Park, which includes a toll road that ascends the mountain. The highway reaches its northern terminus at VT 44 between the town center of Windsor and the town of West Windsor. VT 44A connects VT 44 with I-91 via US 5 and VT 131 in Weathersfield.
  The 1927 Bureau of Public Roads–Vermont State Highway Department report indicated the unnumbered road along the east flank of Mount Ascutney had an untreated gravel surface. When the state constructed I-91 and Back Mountain Road's bridge across the Interstate in 1965 and 1966, Back Mountain Road was likely relocated and was paved with a bituminous concrete surface. The remainder of the highway was paved with bituminous concrete at an unknown date. The Vermont Agency of Transportation took over maintenance on Back Mountain Road from the towns of Weathersfield and Windsor and assigned VT 44A in February 1987 in exchange for the town of Windsor taking over maintenance on the part of VT 44 east of VT 44A.
caption: First reassurance marker on northbound VT 44A
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