Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MaineDOT | ||||
Length | 86.16 mi[1] (138.66 km) | |||
Existed | 1925–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Route 190 in Fort Fairfield | |||
North end | Dickey Road in Allagash | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Maine | |||
Counties | Aroostook | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 161 (SR 161) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways. It runs 86 miles (138 km) from Fort Fairfield to Allagash. It begins at the Fort Fairfield–Andover Border Crossing along the Canada–US border to Dickey Road near the confluence of the Allagash and Saint John rivers.
SR 161 runs through the communities of Fort Fairfield, Caribou, Woodland, New Sweden, Stockholm, New Canada, Fort Kent, St. John, St. Francis, and Allagash.
Most of the portion that runs through Caribou has been re-routed, due to a bypass that was completed in 2012. The two-lane bypass now carries SR 161, and the old portion that runs through downtown Caribou has been re-signed as SR 161B.