The New England road marking system was a regional system of marked numbered routes in the six-state region of New England in the United States. The routes were marked by a yellow rectangular sign with black numbers and border. Many signs were painted on telephone poles. The routes were approved by the highway departments of the six New England states in April 1922.^[1]

Prior to the New England road marking system, through routes were mainly marked with colored bands on telephone poles. These were assigned by direction (red for east–west, blue for north–south and yellow for intermediate or diagonal routes). The Massachusetts Highway Commission convinced the rest of southern New England and New York to use this system in 1915 (New Hampshire and Vermont already had their own schemes, and Maine also opted out), and it was the main system until 1922.^[2]

The New England road marking system, while limited to New England, was designed for expansion to the whole country. One- and two-digit numbers were assigned to major interstate routes, with three-digit routes for state routes (marked in a rectangle, with the state abbreviation below the number). In general, odd numbers ran east–west and even numbers ran north–south. The main exception was Route 1, which was to run along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Calais, Maine. A few of the major auto trails were not to be assigned numbers, instead being marked with letters—for instance, L for the Lincoln Highway and R for the Roosevelt International Highway.^[1]

In 1926, several of the routes were supplanted by the national United States Numbered Highway System. Except for Route 1, which became U.S. Route 1, the old numbers were not used, since the U.S. Highway System uses odd numbers for north–south routes and even numbers for east–west routes. While some of the routes that did not become U.S. Routes were disbanded in the 1930s, many of these routes were transferred to state highway systems, often retaining their original route numbers.

Background

Before 1915, there was no uniform method to mark major throughways in New England or New York. Vermont and New Hampshire had existing pole marking schemes, though these varied between the states. Vermont's system was unique because route colors were not determined by direction, but by funding and responsibility for maintenance. Maine also had an existing lettering scheme, established in 1914. Many states at this time had numbering systems solely for government use. For example, Connecticut had established an internal system of trunk lines in 1900, which had grown to 14 routes by 1913, but this system was not signposted. In 1908, the New York legislature had laid out 37 routes slated for maintenance solely by the state, but there was no proper numbering until 1924.

In 1915, the Massachusetts Highway Commission proposed to the New England States and New York to adopt a uniform pole-marking scheme, with red bands signifying major east-west routes, blue bands signifying major north-south routes, and all secondary routes marked yellow. All the states agreed to the system, though New Hampshire and Vermont stipulated that these routes would not replace their existing systems.

This system held in most of these states, though Maine supplanted this system in 1919 with its own system of auto trails. By 1922, it was generally agreed that pole markings in general were too inconsistent from region to region. In April 1922, delegates from the New England states met at a dinner conference hosted by the Automobile Club of America to coordinate a new system. Soon thereafter, the system was approved by the highway commissions of all the states involved, and signing began soon thereafter. Maine did not use the system until 1925.^[1]

Routes by number

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Number	Length (mi)	Length (km)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Local names	Formed	Removed	Notes
Route 1	—	—	New York state line in Greenwich, CT	Canadian border in Calais, ME	Atlantic Highway	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of US 1
Route 1A	—	—	Route 1 in Westerly, RI	Route 1 in Providence, RI		—	—	Predecessor of RI 3
Route 1A	—	—	Seabrook, NH	Route 1/Route 16 in Portsmouth, NH		—	—	Predecessor of NH 1A
Route 2	—	—	Route 1 in New Haven, CT	Canadian border in Derby Line, VT	Connecticut River Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of US 5
Route 2A	—	—	Route 2 in West Burke, VT	Route 2 in Derby Line, VT		01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of VT 5A
Route 3	—	—	New York state line in Danbury, CT	Provincetown, MA	New York, Hartford, Providence, and Cape Cod Route	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of US 6 and MA 28
Route 4	—	—	New York state line in Sharon, CT	Canadian border in Highgate Springs, VT	New York, Berkshire, and Burlington Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of US 7
Route 5	—	—	New York state line in Pittsfield, MA	Route 1 in Boston, MA	Hubway	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of US 20
Route 6	—	—	Route 3 in Orleans, MA	Route 26 in Colebrook, NH	Cape Cod White Mountains Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of US 3, MA 3, MA 6A
Route 6A	—	—	—	—		01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of MA 3A
Route 6B	—	—	Route 6 in Cambridge, MA	—		01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of MA 3B which became MA 38
Route 7	—	—	New York state line in Williamstown, MA	Route 1 in Boston, MA	Mohawk Trail	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of MA 2
Route 8	—	—	Route 1 in Stratford, CT	Route 9 in Wilmington, VT	Stratford, Waterbury, and North Adams Route	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of CT 8, MA 8, VT 8
Route 9	—	—	New York state line in Bennington, VT	Route 1 in Wells, ME	Bennington Wells Route	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of VT 9, NH 9, ME 9
Route 10	—	—	Route 1 in Old Saybrook, CT	Route 18 in Littleton, NH	Central New England Route	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Predecessor of CT 9, CT 10, MA 10, NH 10
Route 11	—	—	Route 4 in Manchester, VT	Route 1 in Biddeford, ME	Manchester Biddeford Route	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became VT 11, NH 11, ME 11, ME 111
Route 12	—	—	Route 1 in New London, CT	Route 2 in Newport, VT	Keene Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became CT 12, MA 12, NH 12, VT 12, VT 14, VT 16, US 5
Route 12A	—	—	Route 12 in Randolph, VT	Route 12 in Northfield, VT		01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became VT 12A
Route 12B	—	—	Route 12 in Hardwick, VT	Route 2/Route 12 in Coventry, VT		01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became VT 14
Route 13	—	—	New York state line in Fair Haven, VT	Route 2 in White River Junction, VT	Whitehall White River Junction Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became US 4
Route 14	—	—	Route 4/Route 30 in Burlington, VT	Route 6/Route 6A in Franklin, NH	Burlington Franklin Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became US 2, VT 14, US 4
Route 15	—	—	Route 4/Route 30 in Winooski, VT	Canadian border in Houlton, ME	Burlington Bangor Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became VT 15, US 2
Route 16	—	—	Route 1 in Portsmouth, NH	Route 26 in Errol, NH	East Side Road	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Became NH 16
Route 17	—	—	New York state line in Egremont, MA	Route 1 in Stonington, CT	Westerly Route	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Replaced by MA 23, US 7, US 44, CT 2
Route 18	—	—	Route 12/Route 14 in Montpelier, VT	Route 1 in Portland, ME	Crawford Notch Way	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Replaced by US 2, VT 18, US 302
Route 20	—	—	Route 1 in Brunswick, ME	Canadian border in Jackman, ME	Portland Quebec Highway	01922-01-011922	01927-01-011927	Superseded by US 201