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Maine State Route 89

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Termini and Mileage (2006)

Termini
Main alignment: Int of RTE 161, RTE 89, Caribou to Int of RTE 1A, RTE 89, Limestone
Mileage
Main alignment: 10.89 miles (total over all segments)

Notes and History
ME 89, a minor highway in the Aroostock/Caribou region and a service route for the former Limestone Air Force Base (later Loring AFB, decommissioned 1994), does not appear until 1946-7. Originally as designated, it terminated in Limestone (what was then ME 165, and is now US 1A) at the same place as today, but only extended west to ME 223, entirely along new routing, and ME 223 then continued the alignment west into Caribou. In 1953, ME 223 was truncated at ME 89 and ME 89 took the old alignment to Caribou.
Curiously, ME 89 continues past present-US 1 to terminate at ME 161 on Main St. This is because US 1 used to run on Main St, and the routing has not been corrected to terminate it early along the eastern bypass alignment (see US 1 for the history of its routing).
The entire ME 89 routing is sterilely referred to as the Access Hwy today, evoking images of boring corporate civil engineering meetings in the heads of all who intone the name for all eternity.

Additional Resources
Maine Highways 76 to 100 (JP Kirby)

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Termini and Mileage (2006)	Termini Main alignment: Int of RTE 161, RTE 89, Caribou to Int of RTE 1A, RTE 89, Limestone Mileage Main alignment: 10.89 miles (total over all segments)

*Notes and History*	ME 89, a minor highway in the Aroostock/Caribou region and a service route for the former Limestone Air Force Base (later Loring AFB, decommissioned 1994), does not appear until 1946-7. Originally as designated, it terminated in Limestone (what was then ME 165, and is now US 1A) at the same place as today, but only extended west to ME 223, entirely along new routing, and ME 223 then continued the alignment west into Caribou. In 1953, ME 223 was truncated at ME 89 and ME 89 took the old alignment to Caribou. Curiously, ME 89 continues past present-US 1 to terminate at ME 161 on Main St. This is because US 1 used to run on Main St, and the routing has not been corrected to terminate it early along the eastern bypass alignment (see US 1 for the history of its routing). The entire ME 89 routing is sterilely referred to as the Access Hwy today, evoking images of boring corporate civil engineering meetings in the heads of all who intone the name for all eternity.

*Additional Resources*	Maine Highways 76 to 100 (JP Kirby)