US Route 1

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## Location

### States

Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

**US Route 1** is a north-south US highway running from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida. It passes through the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, The District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and passes through many major cities such as Boston, New York City, Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Richmond, Raleigh, NC, Columbia, SC, Augusta, GA, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. The highway also is the southernmost US highway in the United States, running from the Canadian Border in Maine to Key West, Florida, where it is only 95 miles to Cuba.

## Route Description

### Maine

US 1 begins at the Clair-Fort Kent bridge on the US-Canada border in Fort Kent, Maine. Afterwards it begins paralleling the US-Canada border and the Saint John River after passing through Fort Kent. It passes through Madawaska, and meets Bridge Avenue (to Trans Canada Highway and Edmundston, NB), Van Buren, where it meets US 1A and NB 17, and also in Van Buren, it splits with the US-Canada border, passing further inland, while US 1A continues paralleling the border. US 1 passes through Caribou and Presque Isle, then merges back onto US 1A in Blaine. It continues south along the US-Canada border, then meets I-95 and US 2 in Houlton.US 1 then continues moving south along the border, then after many miles it meets ME 9 and NB 1 in Calais. It then begins paralleling the Atlantic Ocean/Guld of Maine. It meets ME 3 (to Acadia National Park) in Ellsworth, it passes through Belfast, Rockland, and Brunswick, then begins to parallel I-295. It passes through Freeport and Yarmouth, then meets former I-495 and enters the Portland area. US 1 passes through Downtown Portland, then passes over the Fore River and enters South Portland. Afterwards it begins paralleling I-95 for the first time, and passes through many coastal towns such as Scarborough, Old Orchard Beach, Saco, Biddeford, York, and Kittery, then passes over the Piscataqua River and enters Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

### New Hampshire

Right before entering New Hampshire, US 1 splits into US 1 and US 1 Bypass in Kittery, ME. This portion of the article will follow US 1. US 1 passes right into downtown Portsmouth, where it meets NH 1A. Then south of downtown, it meets US 1 Bypass, and continues south into Rye. It passes through southern Portsmouth and western Rye. It then passes through North Hampton, where it meets NH 101 (to I-95), and then passes through Seabrook, where it meets NH 107 (to I-95), then enters Massachusetts.

#### US 1 Bypass (Portsmouth)

US 1 Bypass splits off in Kittery, Maine, then enters New Hampshire. It parallels I-95 west of Portmsouth, then turns into a partial highway, which then goes through the Portsmouth Traffic Circle with I-95 and NH 16, then continues south as a partial highway. It passes under NH 33, then merges onto US 1.

### Massachusetts

Directly after entering Massachusetts, US 1 meets MA 286 in downtown Salisbury, then continues south as a bypass of I-95, passing through Newburyport, Rowley, and Topsfield, then enters Peabody and US 1 turns into a connector between I-95 and Boston. It then passes I-95 and MA 128, then turns into a full 50mph highway, however it has many businesses along the sides, making it a very dangerous highway. Too small for the amount of traffic. It passes Saugus and Revere, passing MA 129 and MA 16. It then passes Bunker Hill and merges onto I-93. It follows I-93 throughout various tunnels in Downtown Boston. US 1 continues to follow I-93 through Quincy, then splits with MA 3 and I-93 and US 1 continues west towards I-95. US 1 then follows a wrong-way concurrency with I-95 (North I-95/South US 1) for one exit, the splits off in Dedham. US 1 passes south through Norwood, Walpole, Plainville, and Attleboro, then enters Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

### Rhode Island

After entering Rhode Island, US 1 passes through Downtown Pawtucket, then passes through downtown Providence. US 1 continues to parallel I-95 through Cranston and Warwick, then begins to parallel RI 4. US 1 passes through Kingston, then passes through Westerly, and crosses over the Pawcatuck River into Connecticut, and it begins paralleling I-95 again.

### Connecticut

In Connecticut, US 1 parallels I-95 for the entire route. US 1 enters Connecticut in downtown Pawcatuck, and passes many medium to large towns in Connecticut. It is concurrent with I-95 many times throughout the state. It passes through towns such as New London, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Stamford. Afterwards it enters New York, and New York City.

### New York

US 1 is in New York City for the majority of the route. US 1 passes through Port Chester, meets I-287 and I-95 then moves southwest. Paralleling I-95 in Rye, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, New Rochelle, and Pelham Manor, then enters Bronx, passing through as Boston Rd, Pelham Parkway, East Fordham Road, Webster Avenue, The Cross Bronx Expressway, Alexander Hamilton Bridge, Trans-Manhattan Expressway, and lastly the George Washington Bridge. It also is concurrent with I-95 for the final 3 miles of US 1 in New York.

### New Jersey

US 1 enters New Jersey on the George Washington Bridge and I-95. US 1 and US 9 split off in Fort Lee alongside US 46, and it turns into US 1-9. US 1-9 passes through Fort Lee, Palisades Park, Ridgefield, North Bergen, Union City, Newark, Elizabeth, and lastly Woodbridge Township. US 9 then splits off and heads towards Toms River, and US 1 continues to follow I-95 towards Trenton. US 1 acts as a bypass of I-95 and a free alternative to the New Jersey Turnpike. It passes west of I-95, then enters Trenton, acting as a partial expressway through downtown, and acts as an expressway into Pennsylvania.

### Pennsylvania

US 1 enters Pennsylvania as an expressway, and passes through Morrisville, then continues west, passing through Philadelphia's north suburbs and neighborhoods, passing highways like US 13, I-295, I-276, PA 611, I-76, and lastly I-476. Near Media, US 1 turns into a street instead of an expressway, passing through Philadelphia's west suburbs, and Wilmington's north suburbs. Despite passing nearby Wilimington, US 1 never enters the state of Delaware. US 1 continues to act as an I-95 bypass of Wilmington, as US 1 doesn't meet I-95 again until Baltimore. US 1 turns into an expressway yet again in Kennett Square, then enters Maryland.

### Maryland

US 1 enters Maryland as a bypass of I-95, meeting US 222 in Conowingo, crosses the Susquehanna, passes through Bel Air, then begins paralleling I-95, then US 1 passes through downtown Baltimore, passing US 40 and I-83. After Baltimore, US 1 continues to parallel I-95 and MD 295, passing Baltimore-Washington suburbs, then passes inside of the Capital Loop, and enters DC.

### District of Columbia

In DC, US 1 acts as many streets, including Rhode Island Avenue (Woodridge-Shaw), 6th Street (Shaw-Federal Triangle), Constitution Avenue (Federal Triange-Smithstonian), and 14th Street (Smithsonian-Virginia), and passes many major landmarks and important buildings in DC. It also parallels US 29 and US 50 in some parts. It then crosses the 14th Street bridge into Virginia, passing East Potomac, DC along the way.

### Virginia

After entering Virginia, US 1 breaks away from I-395. It becomes a expressway through Pentagon City. It passes Ronald Reagan Airport, Potomac, and Alexandria. US 1 continues to parallel I-95 and the Potomac River, passing towns such as Woodbridge, Quantico, Fredericksburg, and Richmond. US 1 passes through downtown Richmond as Belvidere Street and the Richmond Highway. It passes through some suburbs throughout Richmond, then splits off from I-95 in Petersburg. It passes through downtown Petersburg, then holds a short concurrency with US 460 and moves southwest alongside I-85 into North Carolina.

### North Carolina

After entering North Carolina, US 1 breaks away from I-85 in Henderson, moving straight south, and passes through downtown Raleigh, then begins a concurrency with US 64, which it drops in Apex, then continues southwest as an expressway, passing through Sanford, Aberdeen, and Rockingham, then goes south into South Carolina after passing US 74 and I-74.

### South Carolina

US 1 passes through the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Reserve in northeast South Carolina, passing Cheraw and Camden. US 1 passes through Camden, holding concurrencies with US 521, US 601, and SC 34 through Camden and Lugoff, then passes through Columbia's suburbs, Elgin, Pontiac, and Wildewood, then meets I-77 and I-20, passing through downtown Columbia as Two Notch Road, Gervais Street, Meeting Street, Augusta Road, and then passes through Lexington as Main Street. US 1 acts as an alternate to US 1 to Aiken and Augusta, then enters Georgia.

### Georgia

In Georgia, US 1 passes through Augusta as Broad Street, 13th Street, Walton Way, 15th Street, Ruth B. Crawford Highway, and Deans Bridge Road. US 1 then continues south through east-central Georgia, passing through Swainsboro, meeting I-16, passing Waycross, then entering Florida after having concurrencies with US 23, US 82, US 84, and US 301.

### Florida

US 1 enters Florida with US 301, moving southwest into Jacksonville, then passes through Jacksonville as MLK Jr. Parkway, Main Street, and Philips Highway, where it continues to parallel I-95, which it follows throughout the entire state from Jacksonville to Miami. US 1 passes Saint Augustine, Palm Coast, Daytona Beach, Titusville, Cape Canaveral, Melbourne, Vero Beach, Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Miami. It acts as a coastal connector for I-95, as well as a business route. After passing Miami, it meets I-95 for the final time at it's southern terminus, then continues south, meeting the Ronald Reagan Turnpike in Homestead, and FL 9336 (to Everglades), then acts as the main highway of the Keys, passing Key Largo, Tavernier, Islamorada, Layton, Duck Key, Marathon, Big Pine Key, Cudjoe Key, Big Coppitt Key, and lastly Key West, where it ends about 90 miles from Cuba.

## Auxiliary Routes

**Note:** US Route 101 is not an auxiliary route of US 1. It is a primary route alongside US Routes 99, 98, 97, and so on.