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Maine State Route 172

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Termini and Mileage (2006)

Termini
Main alignment: Int of RTE 172, RTE 175, Sedgwick to Int of BUCKSPORT RD, MAIN ST, Ellsworth
Mileage
Main alignment: 22.66 miles (total over all segments)

Notes and History
ME 172 as originally designated in 1925 ran between West Enfield at NEI 15 (now US 2) and Grand Falls Plt east of Burlington, where it terminated into private road. In 1931, this entire alignment became part of the new ME 100 (and is now ME 188) and the number lapsed until after the Maine Great Renumbering, when it was applied to new routing between Blue Hill and Sargentville via Sedgwick (cosigned with ME 175 for a few miles out of Blue Hill and then again from Sedgwick to Sargentville), then across a ferry to Deer Isle and terminating at Stonington. Its terminus in Stonington seems to have been where ME 15 ends now, at the intersection of N and W Main Sts and School St.
In 1946-7, ME 15 was cut back to Blue Hill and ME 172 was extended further north to Ellsworth along the vacated alignment. The alignment approaching Blue Hill with ME 175 was partially changed afterwards; see ME 175. However, ME 15 would get the last laugh in 1963 when it took over ME 172's old terminus in Stonington using a complex extension in routings, coming south first on ME 176, then new alignment and finally ME 175 to Sargentville and then to Deer Isle, while ME 172 would be cut back to Sedgwick at ME 175. For some reason, however, the portion between ME 175 and ME 175 (not a typo) north of Sedgwick was not officially part of the routing until 1966.
See also ME 172A.

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Termini and Mileage (2006)	Termini Main alignment: Int of RTE 172, RTE 175, Sedgwick to Int of BUCKSPORT RD, MAIN ST, Ellsworth Mileage Main alignment: 22.66 miles (total over all segments)

*Notes and History*	ME 172 as originally designated in 1925 ran between West Enfield at NEI 15 (now US 2) and Grand Falls Plt east of Burlington, where it terminated into private road. In 1931, this entire alignment became part of the new ME 100 (and is now ME 188) and the number lapsed until after the Maine Great Renumbering, when it was applied to new routing between Blue Hill and Sargentville via Sedgwick (cosigned with ME 175 for a few miles out of Blue Hill and then again from Sedgwick to Sargentville), then across a ferry to Deer Isle and terminating at Stonington. Its terminus in Stonington seems to have been where ME 15 ends now, at the intersection of N and W Main Sts and School St. In 1946-7, ME 15 was cut back to Blue Hill and ME 172 was extended further north to Ellsworth along the vacated alignment. The alignment approaching Blue Hill with ME 175 was partially changed afterwards; see ME 175. However, ME 15 would get the last laugh in 1963 when it took over ME 172's old terminus in Stonington using a complex extension in routings, coming south first on ME 176, then new alignment and finally ME 175 to Sargentville and then to Deer Isle, while ME 172 would be cut back to Sedgwick at ME 175. For some reason, however, the portion between ME 175 and ME 175 (not a typo) north of Sedgwick was not officially part of the routing until 1966. See also ME 172A.