Effective: 1/23/86

MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Description of State Maintenance Boundary Lines established for

delimiting the urban area of

Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine 

Houlton

Beginning at a point on U.S. Route 1 0.17 mile north of the intersection with “B” Road; thence, southerly via the easterly right-of-way of U.S. 1 to the southerly right-of-way of said ramp and of I-95 eastbound On-Ramp; thence, easterly via the southerly right-of-way of said ramp and of I-95 crossing Meduxnekeag River to Foxcroft Road; thence, northerly via the westerly right-of-way of Foxcroft Road to a point 1.40 miles north of the intersection of Foxcroft Road and Military Street; thence, southerly via the easterly right-of-way of Foxcroft Road to the southerly right-of-way of I-95;

Thence, southeasterly to Old Foxcroft Road 0.28 mile north of Military Street (U.S. Route 2), point of reference utility pole #201/8 east side of road; thence, southeasterly to Military Street (U.S. Route 2) 0.25 mile east of junction of Military Street and Old Location of U.S. Route 2, point of reference utility pole #3 south side of road;

Thence, southwesterly to junction of Old Location of U.S. Route 2 and Old Foxcroft Road 0.15 mile east of Military Street (U.S. Route 2); thence southwesterly crossing Canadian Pacific Railway to Robinson Street 0.27 mile south of Varney Avenue, point of reference utility pole #12 west side of road;

Thence, southwesterly crossing Pearce Brook to Court Street (U.S. Route 1) 0.40 mile south of Old Court Street, point of reference utility pole #843 west side of road; thence, southerly via the easterly right-of-way of Court Street (U.S. Route 1) to the Houlton-Hodgdon town line; thence, northerly via the westerly right-of-way of Court Street (U.S. Route 1) to utility pole #843 0.40 mile south of Old Court Street; thence westerly to a point on Bangor Street (U.S. Route 2a) 0.82 mile southwest of Hogan Street, point of reference utility pole #62 west side of road;

Thence, due west into Meduxnekeag River; thence northerly via said river crossing an unnamed brook to the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad; thence, northerly to the junction of Bryson Street and Dump road (connection between Bryson and Bridge Streets);

Thence, northwesterly to a culvert on Smyrna Street (U.S. Route 2) 0.27 mile west of B Stream; thence, northwesterly crossing B Stream and Bangor and Aroostook Railroad to North Street (U.S. Route 1) at a point 0.29 mile north of Putnam Avenue #2;

Thence, northerly via the westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 1 to a point 0.17 mile north of the intersection with “B” Road, the point of beginning.

Note: Bridges, in any, bisected by the State Maintenance Line are in the rural area.