Vermont Route 22A

Vermont Route 22A
Route information
Maintained by VTrans
Length:	44.738 mi[3] (71.999 km)
Existed:	1940s[1][2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	NY 22A at Hampton, NY
	US 4 in Fair Haven
North end:	US 7 in Ferrisburgh
Location
Counties:	Rutland, Addison
Highway system
State highways in Vermont ← VT 18 VT 23 → ← Route 30 N.E. Route 32 →

Vermont Route 22A is a state highway in western Vermont, United States. It is the northward continuation of New York State Route 22A. Its southern end is at the New York state line in Fair Haven and its northern end is in Ferrisburgh at U.S. Route 7. As it is an extension of NY 22A, VT 22A is a spur route of NY 22, which runs roughly parallel to VT 22A west of the state border. This is a rather unusual case of one state having a suffixed route of another state's primary route. Vermont does not currently have a "Route 22."

All of VT 22A north of Fair Haven was originally designated as Route 30A, a highway in the New England road marking system, in 1922. Route 30A was added to the Vermont state highway system in 1935 as Vermont Route 30A. An extension south to the New York state line was added to the route later in the decade. VT 30A was renumbered to VT 22A in the 1940s when New York renumbered the continuation across the state line.

History

The portion of modern VT 22A from VT 4A in Fair Haven to Green Street in Vergennes was originally designated as Route 30A, a highway in the New England road marking system, in 1922.^[4][5][6] All of Route 30A was added to the Vermont state highway system as part of the 1935 state highway system expansion. It was initially designated VT 30A.^[7] A highway connecting VT 30A to New York State Route 286 at the New York state line was added to the state highway system in 1939 and designated VT 286.^[8][9] New York renumbered NY 286 to NY 22A in the early 1940s;^[1][10] VT 30A and VT 286 were redesignated as VT 22A around the same time.^[1][2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[3]	Destinations	Notes
Rutland	Fair Haven	0.000	NY 22A	Continuation into New York
		1.525	VT 4A west	Southern terminus of overlap
		1.865	VT 4A east	Northern terminus of overlap
		2.798	US 4	Exit 2 (US 4)
	Benson	11.194	VT 144	Western terminus of VT 144
Addison	Orwell	17.288	VT 73
	Shoreham	23.589	VT 74 west	Southern terminus of overlap
		24.018	VT 74 east	Northern terminus of overlap
	Bridport	30.196	VT 125 east	Southern terminus of overlap
		30.654	VT 125 west	Northern terminus of overlap
	Addison	37.330	VT 17
	Ferrisburgh	44.738	US 7
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Esso (1942). New York with Pictorial Guide (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
2. ^ ^{a b} State of New York Department of Public Works. Official Highway Map of New York State (Map). Cartography by General Drafting (1947–48 ed.). 
3. ^ ^{a b} "2006 (Route Log) AADTs – State Highways" (PDF). Vermont Agency of Transportation. June 2007. http://www.aot.state.vt.us/Planning/Documents/TrafResearch/Publications/2006%20Route%20Log%20AADTs%20State%20Highways-Final.pdf. Retrieved May 1, 2009. 
4. ^ "Motor Sign Uniformity". New York Times: p. 98. April 16, 1922. 
5. ^ Rand McNally (1926). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas – northern New Hampshire and Vermont (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/New%20Hampshire/unitedstates1926ra_004.html. Retrieved May 1, 2009. 
6. ^ Rand McNally (1926). Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas – southern New Hampshire and Vermont (Map). http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NewEngland/New%20Hampshire/unitedstates1926ra_005.html. Retrieved May 1, 2009. 
7. ^ "State Highways History – 1931 and 1935 additions" (PDF). Vermont Agency of Transportation. October 5, 2007. http://www.aot.state.vt.us/planning/documents/mapping/publications/History_Details_1931_1935.pdf. Retrieved May 1, 2009. 
8. ^ Esso (1938). New York Road Map for 1938 (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. 
9. ^ "Outline History of Vermont State Highways" (PDF). Vermont Department of Highways. 1965. http://www.aot.state.vt.us/planning/documents/mapping/publications/Outline_History_VTStateHwys.pdf. Retrieved May 1, 2009. 
10. ^ United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (1944). New York – Vermont – Granville Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Cartography by United States Geological Survey. http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/usgspreview/index.cfm?code=o43073d3. Retrieved May 3, 2009.