U.S. Route 7 in Vermont

Infobox road
state=VT
type=US
route=7
alternate_name=Ethan Allen Highway
length_mi=176.287
length_round=2
length_ref=
established=1926United States Department of Agriculture. ")]
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
previous_type=VT
previous_route=5A
next_type=VT
next_route=7A

U.S. Route 7 is a mostly rural two-lane road running along the western side of the state, with a few, short expressway sections. It is known as the Ethan Allen Highway for much of its 176-mile path through the state. US 7 ends at I-89 in the northern part of the town of Highgate, just south of the Canadian border. I-89 continues to the border crossing.

Route description

US 7 remains a rural 2-lane highway from the Massachusetts line to Bennington, Vermont, where a freeway is being built to the north and east of Bennington. Once complete, U.S. 7 will utilize this new bypass while the existing 2-lane road into town will become part of Vermont Route 7A. North of town, the highway then again returns to expressway status. For 3 miles it is a true expressway with divided carriageways and multiple lanes. Route 7 then narrows down to an undivided two-lane freeway. There are, however, many stretches with passing lanes. Just north of Manchester, Vermont the expressway ends and the road is either two lane or 4 lane undivided, uncontrolled road all the way to the Canadian border (except between Shelburne and Burlington, known as Shelburne Road, which is a 4 lane divided highway, and also for a 10-mile section south of Rutland). US 7 and US 2 are concurrent from Burlington to Colchester.

Major intersections

Massachusetts to Bennington

VTint
county=Bennington
cspan=4
mile=0.00
road=jct|state=MA|US|7
location=Pownal
lspan=2
notes=Massachusetts-Vermont state lineVTint
mile=1.863
road=
notes=Eastern terminus of VT 346VTint
mile=10.957
road=
location=Bennington
area=CDPVTint
mile=12.140
road=
location=Bennington
notes=Southern terminus of VT 7A; southern terminus of expressway

Bennington to Manchester

Dorset to Highgate

VTint
county=Bennington
location=Dorset
mile=38.897
road=jct|state=VT|VT|7A
notes=Northern terminus of VT 7A; northern terminus of expresswayVTint
county=Rutland
cspan=13
mile=56.165
road=
location=Wallingford
lspan=2VTint
mile=57.054
road=
notes=Southern terminus of VT 7BVTint
mile=58.581
type=mplex
road= south
location=Clarendon
lspan=5
notes=Southern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=59.297
type=mplex
road= north
notes=Northern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=61.169
road=
notes=Western terminus of VT 103VTint
mile=62.591
road=VTint
mile=63.393
road=
notes=Northern terminus of VT 7BVTint
type=mplex
mile=63.844
road= west
location=Rutland
area=town
notes=Southern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=65.944
road=
jct|state=VT|US-Bus|4|dab1=Rutland
location=Rutland
area=city
lspan=2
notes=Eastern terminus of BR US 4VTint
type=mplex
mile=66.081
road= east
notes=Northern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=73.057
road=
location=Pittsford
notes=Northern terminus of VT 3VTint
type=mplex
mile=81.656
road= east
location=Brandon
town=CDP
lspan=2
notes=Eastern terminus of concurrencyVTint
type=mplex
mile=82.072
road= west
notes=Western terminus of concurrencyVTint
county=Addison
cspan=7
mile=91.315
road=
location=Salisbury
notes=Northern terminus of VT 53VTint
mile=94.157
road=
location=Middlebury
lspan=3
notes=Northern terminus of VT 116VTint
mile=94.431
type=mplex
road= east
notes=Southern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=98.285
type=mplex
road=jct|state=VT|VT|30|VT|125|dir2=west
notes=Northern terminus of VT 30; northern terminus of US 7/VT 125 concurrencyVTint
type=mplex
mile=106.034
road= east
location=New Haven
lspan=2
notes=Western terminus of concurrencyVTint
type=mplex
mile=106.148
road= west
notes=Eastern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=111.511
road=
location=Ferrisburgh
notes=Northern terminus of VT 22AVTint
county=Chittenden
cspan=10
mile=120.723
road=
location=Charlotte
notes=Eastern terminus of VT F-5VTint
mile=130.458
road=
location=Burlington
lspan=4
notes=Western terminus of I-189VTint
mile=131.627
road=
jct|state=VT|US-Alt|7|nolink1=yes (Shelburne Street)
notes=Southern terminus of ALT US 7VTint
type=mplex
mile=132.550
road= east
notes=Southern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=133.490
road=
jct|state=VT|US-Alt|7|nolink1=yes (North Winooski Avenue)
notes=Northern terminus of ALT US 7VTint
mile=134.783
road=
location=Winooski
notes=Western terminus of VT 15VTint
mile=135.763
road=
location=Colchester
lspan=4
notes=Exit 16 (I-89)VTint
mile=139.026
road=
notes=Northern terminus of VT 127VTint
mile=139.220
road=
notes=Northern terminus of VT 2AVTint
type=mplex
mile=142.110
road= west
notes=Northern terminus of concurrencyVTint
county=Franklin
cspan=10
mile=151.485
road=
location=Georgia
lspan=2
notes=Northern terminus of VT 104AVTint
mile=151.648
road=
notes=Exit 18 (I-89)VTint
mile=160.332
type=mplex
road= east
location=St. Albans
area=city
lspan=4
notes=Southern terminus of overlapVTint
mile=160.360
type=mplex
road= west
notes=Northern terminus of overlapVTint
mile=160.911
road=
notes=Eastern terminus of VT 38VTint
mile=161.322
road=
notes=Western terminus of VT 105VTint
mile=162.473
road=
location=St. Albans
area=town
notes=Southern terminus of VT 207VTint
mile=168.910
type=mplex
road= east
location=Swanton
lspan=2
notes=Southern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=168.992
type=mplex
road= west
notes=Northern terminus of concurrencyVTint
mile=176.287
road=
location=Highgate
notes=Exit 22 (I-89)

Bannered routes

Burlington alternate route

Usban
route=7
banner=ALT
location=Burlington

U.S. Route 7 Alternate is an alternate route of U.S. Route 7 in Burlington, Vermont. The southbound-only US 7 Alternate begins at the intersection of Hyde Street and Riverside Avenue (US 2/US 7) and runs for a distance of convert|2.107|mi|kmcite web |url=http://www.aot.state.vt.us/Planning/Documents/TrafResearch/Publications/2006%20Route%20Log%20AADTs%20State%20Highways-Final.pdf |title=2006 (Route Log) AADTs - State Highways |date=June 2007 |format=PDF |publisher=Vermont Agency of Transportation |pages=pp. 19–24 | accessdate=2008-02-21] in the following manner: west on Riverside Avenue, south on North and South Winooski Avenues, south on St. Paul Street, south on Shelburne Street and then terminates at US 7 at the rotary-style intersection of South Willard Street (US 7), Locust Street and Ledge Road. Mainline US 7 travels southbound over Hyde Street and North and South Willard Streets until the intersection above.

The lone "Alternate US 7" assembly on the route is located on St. Paul Street in Burlington, just south of the intersection with South Winooski Avenue and Howard Street.

References