(Excuse the mess…this is a work in progress)

Insterstates	US Routes	Maine Routes

Interstate 95 (North → South) I-95 connects major cities, tiny towns, beach detours, and roadside chaos from Maine all the way to Florida. Sometimes it’s the fastest way somewhere… and sometimes it’s just the road between one good story and the next.

MAINE: Houlton → Smyrna → Oakfield → Island Falls → Sherman → Benedicta → Medway → Chester → Howland → Old Town → Orono → Bangor → Hampden → Newburgh → Etna → Plymouth → Newport → Palmyra → Pittsfield → Clinton → Fairfield → Waterville → Sidney → Augusta → West Gardiner → Sabattus → Lewiston → Auburn → New Gloucester → Gray → Falmouth → South Portland → Scarborough → Saco → Biddeford → Kennebunk → Wells → York → Kittery

Interstate 195 (East → West) Interstate 195 may be short, but it’s one of the most recognizable little connector roads in southern Maine. It acts as the fast track between I-95 and the coast, carrying a steady stream of beach traffic, campground check-ins, day trippers, and people realizing they forgot sunscreen. In the summer, this road is basically powered by iced coffee and vacation energy.

MAINE: Old Orchard Beach → Saco

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US Route 1 (North → South) The legendary coastal highway full of seafood shacks, weird roadside attractions, beach towns, traffic circles, and some of the best random detours on the East Coast.

MAINE: Fort Kent → Frenchville → Van Buren → Caribou → Presque Isle → Mars Hill → Houlton → Danforth → Topsfield → Baileyville → Baring → Calais → Perry → Pembroke → Dennsville → Whiting → East Machias → Machias → Jonesboro → Columbia Falls → Harrington → Cherryfield → Milbridge → Gouldsboro → Sullivan → Hancock → Ellsworth → Orland → Bucksport → Verona Island → Prospect → Stockton Springs → Belfast → Lincolnville → Camden → Rockport → Rockland → Thomaston → Warren → Waldoboro → Damariscotta → Newcastle → Edgecomb → Wiscasset → Woolwich → Bath → West Bath → Brunswick → Freeport → Yarmouth → Cumberland → Falmouth → Portland → South Portland → Scarborough → Saco → Biddeford → Kennebunk → Wells → York → Kittery

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ME Route 5 (East → West) One of those roads that quietly shifts from beach traffic to backroads Maine before you even realize it. Maine Route 5 starts down near the southern Maine coast and slowly works its way inland through small towns, forests, lakes regions, and classic “blink and you’ll miss it” New England communities. One minute you’re near beach traffic and ice cream stands… the next you’re passing farm fields, campgrounds, and old general stores. It’s not flashy, but honestly? That’s part of the charm.

Andover → Rumford → Newry → Bethel → Albany Township → Lovell → Fryeburg → Brownfield → Hiram → Baldwin → Cornish → Limerick → Waterboro → Lyman → Dayton → Saco → Old Orchard Beach

ME Route 9 (East → West) From deep northern Maine woods to southern Maine beach traffic, this road covers a little bit of everything. Maine Route 9 begins way up near the Canadian border and cuts across the state through forests, tiny towns, inland backroads, and eventually the busy coastal communities of southern Maine. Up north, it’s known as the “Airline Road” and feels remote, rugged, and very different from the beach-town energy it eventually connects to farther south. It’s basically a road trip through multiple versions of Maine all stitched together into one highway.

Calais → Baring → Baileyville → Wesley → Beddington → Aurora → Amherst → Clifton → Eddington → Brewer → Bangor → Hampden → Newburgh → Dixmont → Troy → Unity → Albion → China → Augusta → Randolph → Gardiner → West Gardiner → Sabattus → Lisbon → Durham → North Yarmouth → Falmouth → Portland → South Portland → Scarborough → Old Orchard Beach → Saco → Biddeford → Kennebunk → Wells → North Berwick → Berwick

ME Route 98 (East → West) The tiny connector road that quietly funnels everyone toward the beach. Maine Route 98 is short, local, and honestly easy to overlook – but if you’ve spent any time around southern Maine in the summer, chances are you’ve ended up on it at some point. It acts as one of the little connecting roads between Saco and Old Orchard Beach, carrying beach traffic, campground traffic, and probably at least a few melting ice cream cones. It’s not exactly a scenic road-trip destination… but it absolutely earns its place in the southern Maine road network.

Old Orchard Beach → Saco

ME Route 111 (East → West) Maine Route 111 runs through a mix of southern Maine mill towns, lakes-region communities, local businesses, and stretches of road that somehow always seem to have at least one Dunkin’ nearby. It connects coastal southern Maine to more inland towns, slowly trading beach traffic and city intersections for forests, camp roads, and smaller-town Maine energy. It’s not the scenic “tourist” route – but honestly, it feels a lot more like the real Maine a lot of locals actually use every day.

Biddeford → Lyman → Alfred

ME Route 112 (North → South) From inland Maine backroads to the southern Maine coast, this road slowly shifts from quiet woods to beach traffic. Maine Route 112 runs through smaller inland communities, forests, rivers, and stretches of classic rural Maine before eventually connecting back toward the busier southern Maine coast. It’s one of those roads where the scenery gradually changes from farm stands and tree lines to campgrounds, traffic lights, and people hauling beach chairs in the back of their SUVs. Not every memorable road trip road needs dramatic overlooks. Sometimes the quieter roads end up telling the better story.

Gorham → Buxton → Saco

ME Route 117 (North → South) One of those classic inland Maine roads where things slowly get quieter the farther you go. Maine Route 117 runs through smaller towns, wooded stretches, lakes-region backroads, and the kind of places where you randomly stumble across farm stands, antique shops, or a general store that somehow still has a hand-painted sign out front. It’s less about rushing somewhere and more about the slower side of Maine that a lot of people miss when they stick to the interstate. Honestly, roads like this are where New England starts feeling the most real.

Turner → Buckfield → Paris → Norway → Harrison → Bridgton → Denmark → Hiram → Baldwin → Cornish → Limington → Hollis → Buxton → Saco

ME Route 208 (North → South) The road that quietly carries you from downtown Biddeford out toward the coast. Maine Route 208 connects the mill buildings and downtown energy of Biddeford with the quieter coastal side of the city near University of New England, Biddeford Pool, and Hills Beach. One minute you’re passing old brick buildings and city traffic… the next you’re near salt marshes, beaches, and some of the prettiest coastal stretches around southern Maine. It’s a short road, but honestly it kind of shows off everything Biddeford has become.

Biddeford (local only)